THE WINTER’S TALE
Workshop and Virtual Reading
by William Shakespeare
translated by Tracy Young
Tracy Young’s translation is part of
Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! Project
- Remarks by Lue Douthit, Artistic Director of Play On Shakespeare, and Tracy Young, Playwright
- Reading of Acts I and II, followed by a discussion period
- Reading of Acts III and IV, followed by a discussion period
- Reading of Act V, followed by a discussion period
- The discussion periods will include Lue Douthit, Creative Director of Play On Shakespeare, Director Michael Mendelson, Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Scholar-in-Residence, Ben Pryor, Dramaturg, and the entire cast
Cast
Andrés Alcalá – Paulina
David Bodin* – Cleomenes/Old Shepherd
Abrar Haque – Florizel/Guard/Gaoler
Murren Kennedy – Polixenes
James Luster – Camillo/Servant/Gentleman
Ashley Mellinger – Hermione/Dorcas/Time
Michael Mendelson* – Leontes
Chris Murray* – Archidamus/Autolycus
Lucy Paschall – Paulina
Miriam Schwartz – Perdita/Emilia
Roan Shea – Mamillius/Dion/Mopsa
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association
Creative Team
Director & Artistic Director Michael Mendelson^
Managing Director Karen Rathje
Production & Stage Manager Karen Hill
Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
^Member, Stage Directors, and Choreographers Society
Information About This Version of The Winter’s Tale
The version of The Winter’s Tale that Portland Shakes is doing is a Play On Shakespeare version by playwright and theatre director Tracy Young. Play On Shakespeare was created by Oregon Shakespeare in 2015 to commission 36 playwrights to translate 39 plays attributed to Shakespeare into contemporary, modern English. More information about Play On Shakespeare and its history appears HERE
You can read more about Tracy Young HERE
Information About William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
We have two exceptional articles to recommend to get you started reading about The Winter’s Tale. The first is Jeanette Winterson’s article about her novel, The Gap of Time, which is a retelling of Shakespeare’s play. Winterson’s article appears in The Guardian HERE:
The second is an article in the New Yorker by Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, our Scholar-in-Residence, where he discusses Winterson’s novel.
Synopsis of The Winter’s Tale
A synopsis of The Winter’s Tale is HERE.
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