A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM with Rachel Hechler, Yuxuan Jiang, Craig Lee, and Megan Nyugen

As a part of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, was performed at the Centennial Park Bandshell located adjacent to West End Avenue. This classic play written in 1596, portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the…

Posted by essinec on October 1, 2018 in Blog posts, NSF, Shakespeare

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM with Sarah Byun, Steve Park, and Louis Schatzki

Since 1988, Centennial Park has hosted the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, a free Shakespeare-in-The-Park style performance. The success of the program led to the establishment of both summer and winter shows in 2008. Besides performing Shakespeare’s works, the organization prides itself on educational opportunities. They run a program called Continuing Legal Education which approaches his works…

Posted by essinec on September 26, 2018 in 1010 blog posts, NSF, Shakespeare

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The Tie Between English Nationalism and American Racism by Madagan Riley

Over the past month, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival (NSF) produced Henry V as their 28th annual Shakespeare in the Park in Centennial Park of Nashville. Following the last two summer productions of A Mid-summers Nights Dream and Much Ado About Nothing that the company both set in the American South, no one was extremely surprised when director Nat…

Posted by essinec on September 22, 2015 in Blog posts, Henry V, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, NSF, Shakespeare

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