What if all the words were lost?

William Shakespeare'southward been expressionless for iii years. His closest friends and fellow actors securely miss him and his beautiful plays. When a pirated, badly botched Hamlet ("To exist or non to be, there's the betoken . . .") plays on a nearby stage, they realize Shakespeare's lines are disappearing into the forgetful memory of time. What they need is a book—a definitive copy of his original plays, but to brand one, they'll accept to battle an unscrupulous publisher, a boozy poet laureate and their own mortality. Lauren Gunderson's wait at Shakespeare'southward Get-go Page is a lively, funny, poignant honey letter to theatre and the printed discussion. Christopher Liam Moore (Shakespeare in Love) directs.

The globe premiere of The Volume of Volition at Denver Middle Theatre was the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

Length: Approximately 2 hours, fifteen minutes, including one suspension

Suitability Suggestions

Although there is some profanity, this touching look at family unit, friendship, and community is suitable for about eye and loftier schoolhouse students.

Accessibility

The Allen Elizabethan Theatre is outfitted with an elevator for balustrade seating.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is committed to accessibility. We recognize the needs of persons with disabilities and strive to brand our facilities and productions accessible to all. OSF offers a multifariousness of accommodations, outlined here.

¿Y si fueran a perderse todas las palabras?

William Shakespeare tiene tres años de haberse muerto. Sus amigos más cercanos y sus compañeros actores los extrañan profundamente a él y a sus obras. Cuando se produce un Hamlet pirateado y horriblemente fallido en united nations teatro cercano, se dan cuenta de que los renglones de Shakespeare se están perdiendo en la olvidadiza memoria del tiempo. Lo que ellos necesitan es united nations libro – una copia definitiva de sus obras originales, pero para crear uno, tendrán que batallarse con un editor poco escrupuloso, united nations borracho poeta laureado y su propia mortalidad de ellos. El concepto de Lauren Gunderson del Primer Page de Shakespeare es una animada, divertida y conmovedora carta de amor al teatro y a la palabra impresa. Christopher Liam Moore (Shakespeare Enamorado) dirige.

El estreno mundial de El Libro de Will en el Denver Center Theatre recibió el premio por nueva obra de teatro de la Edgerton Foundation.

Sugerencias de idoneidad

A pesar de alguna  profanidad, esta vista conmovedora de familia, amistad y comunidad es idónea para la mayoría de los estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria.

Accesibilidad

El Allen Elizabethan Theatre cuenta con elevador para los asientos de balcón.

El Oregon Shakespeare Festival se compromete a la accesibilidad. Reconocemos a las necesidades de los patrones con discapacidades y nos esforzamos a asegurar que nuestras instalaciones y producciones les sean accesibles a todos. OSF ofrece una variedad de acomodaciones, aquí descritas here.

Production Photo of The Book of Will

View Full Image with Credit Ensemble. Photo by Jenny Graham.

Production Photo of The Book of Will
Ensemble. Photograph by Jenny Graham.

east-Luminations: The Consummate Works?

The Book of Will celebrates the work that the 1623 First Folio did to preserve Shakespeare's complete plays. Simply what was left out of that compilation? Troilus and Cressida nearly didn't brand the cut; it was supposed to announced in the Tragedies section after Romeo and Juliet but was replaced early in the print run past Timon of Athens, probably considering of a dispute over printing rights. It snuck back in for the rest of the run, too belatedly to be listed in the contents. Pericles, a likely collaboration with George Wilkins, was not printed, nor were two other plays attributed to Shakespeare and John Fletcher, The Two Noble Kinsmen and the lost play Cardenio, nor was another lost play called Dearest'south Labours Won. Maybe Heminges and Condell wanted to exclude co-authored plays from a volume that opens with the portrait of a single author, "Mr William Shakespeare." Merely contempo scholarship has detected the hand of other playwrights like Fletcher and Thomas Middleton in plays that do appear in the Page (Henry 8, Macbeth, Timon). The image of Shakespeare as an individual genius may be less reflected in the Page than synthetic past it.

—Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

Reprinted from OSF's 2018 Illuminations, a 64-page guide to the season's plays. Members at the Donor level and above and teachers who bring schoolhouse groups to OSF receive a free re-create of Illuminations.

Artistic Team

* Fellow member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA)
 ** AEA Professional Theatre Intern

Cast

Ensemble: Jordan Barbour*, Catherine Castellanos*, Kate Hurster*, Cristofer Jean*, David Kelly*, Kevin Kenerly*, Jeffrey King*, Kate Mulligan*, Daniel T. Parker*, Jonathan Luke Stevens*

* Fellow member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA)

Our 2018 Season

  • Othello
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Destiny of Desire
  • Henry V
  • Manahatta
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein'southward Oklahoma!
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • The Book of Will
  • Dearest's Labor's Lost
  • The Way the Mount Moved
  • Snow in Midsummer