One of the nice things about the Great River Shakespeare Festival is their apprentice project.
GRSF is strong on education (Elderhostel's, Teacher's Workshops, High School Night, Apprentice Classes) and for their full time apprentices, the work-load can be tremendous. This year, fourteen acting apprentices take classes six days a week, understudy various roles in the two shows that run in rep, work in the various shops (scene shop, costumes, lights, props, etc) for two weeks, work the front of house concessions, and will also be performing one showing of a different Shakespeare play.
This year's play for the apprentices is Cymbeline.
I find this quite exciting as I was not otherwise familiar with Cymbeline. What a great opportunity for these young actors to expereince Shakespeare, and to perform one of his less known works as well!
And perhaps that's what I find most appealing about having a Shakespeare Festival in the immediate area -- the opportunity to hopefully experience all of The Bard's works at some point.
Bonus points for any reader who can tell me (without first looking it up on the internet [you're on your honor here]) what the term "bard" means, and why it's attributed to Shakespeare.
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I could be wrong (it wouldn't be the first time; more like the third), but I believe bard means "poet." Why Shakespeare? Other than the fact he wrote poetry (which he was very interested in having published, as opposed to his plays), I don't know.
What kootch said.
Exactly how many bonus points did I earn? And what can I trade them in for?
Two points for getting it correct, and nobs for being the first.
Points have no cash value, but may be redeemed for comments on any blog that needs more commentary action.
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