It was a mighty battle all the way through, and the grand champion faced many formidable challengers, but the fans have spoken and Don Adriano de Armado is the winner of Seattle Shakespeare Company’s 2012-2013 Character Bracket Battle. Thanks to everyone who voted and cheered their favorite on in the rounds!
Incredible! The two finalists for our Championship Round of the 2012-2013 Character Bracket Battle are…Nora and Don Armado. Nora from A Doll’s House whipped Cleopatra from Antony and Cleopatra in the final four, but it was a close race for Don Armado from Love’s Labour’s Lost against Kate from The Taming of the Shrew. Based [...]
The male characters were trounced last week and the ladies triumphed. In some cases it was almost no contest. The lone male contender in this battle is Don Armado. Can the fantastical Spaniard from Love’s Labour’s Lost hold his own against Kate from The Taming of the Shrew? Doubtful, she has dominated every battle she’s [...]
Now things are getting interesting! Lover against lover. Clown against clown. Friend against friend. We’re down to the last eight of your favorite characters from this season. Who’s going to make it to final four? In several of the Round 2 match ups, there was no question about who would be the winner. Nora, Kate, [...]
The battle for favorite character raged over the weekend and ended with some surprising results! Enobarbus edged out Lepidus to move forward in the next round and Dr. Rank upset Krogstad in a close call. Berowne pulled from behind to beat out Holofernes and Grumio made a last minute comeback to unseat Mama Baptista. The [...]
It’s basketball tournament time and the brackets are out, so we have decided to create a little competition of our own. It’s your chance to cheer on and vote for your favorite characters from the plays in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s current season. Each play will have an ultimate winner who will go up against the [...]
A Doll’s House has been getting remarkable reviews since it opened earlier this month. Here’s a round up of what local theatre critics have been saying about the show. Broadway World “Crisp and engaging” “A stellar cast and crew” “Rock solid evening of theater” “not one wasted moment throughout” “A superb ensemble cast” “Betsy Schwartz [...]
Try a taste of the spirit of Scandinavia at A Doll’s House — Aquavit. Seattle Shakespeare Company partners with local distiller Sound Spirits for the signature cocktail for A Doll’s House featuring their aquavit. So just what is aquavit? It’s a neutral spirit flavored with herbs and spices and is historically made in Scandinavian countries. [...]
The art of translation, taken back to its Latin roots, involves a carrying-over. But what does one carry over? Translators like to maintain their devotion to retaining the “original meaning” of the text (and I have been just as guilty of this in the past as any). If by “meaning” we mean “what the author [...]
It’s A Doll’s House! Consistently it is the most performed of Ibsen’s plays and it was the most famous play – in any language – of the nineteenth century. From its first production, A Doll’s House has sparked debate. It is so well constructed that every scene puts more and more pressure on Nora until [...]
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