Shakespeare: If Music Be...

September 16, 2024

Avon theatre, stratford on

An evening of music, dance and ideas inspired by Shakespeare. Music by Erich Korngold, Sergei Prokofiev, John Cage, and Rufus Wainwright; choreography by Peggy Baker and James Kudelka and scenes from Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo & Juliet.

Repertoire/Credits

Sonnet #10, Rufus Wainwright
arr. by Kevin Fox
Andrew Burashko piano, Kevin Fox cello/vocals

Quotes from Boris Pasternak, Voltaire, Henry Miller, Charles Darwin, Lord Byron & Vladimir Nabokov
Graham Abbey actor, Maev Beaty actor, Sara Topham actor

Sonnet #20, Rufus Wainwright
arr. by Kevin Fox
Kevin Fox cello/vocals

Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene V, William Shakespeare
Graham Abbey actor, Sara Topham actor

March of the Montagues and Capulets
Romeo and Juliet Before Parting, Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography by James Kudelka
Carleen Zouboules dancer, Connor Mitton dancer, Andrew Burashko piano


INTERMISSION


Four Scenes from “Much Ado About Nothing”, William Shakespeare
Four Pieces from Much Ado About Nothing, Erich Korngold
i. Act I, Scene I
ii. The Maiden in the Bridal Chamber
iii. Act IV, Scene I
iv. Dogberry and Verges March
v. Act V, Scene II
vi. Garden Scene
vii. Act V, Scene, IV
iix. Masquerade
Graham Abbey actor, Maev Beaty actor, Sheila Jaffe violin, Andrew Burashko piano

Ophelia's Mad Scene (Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V), William Shakespeare
Sarah Topham actor
Ophelia/Why the Brook Wept, J ohn Cage/Peggy Baker
Miyeko Ferguson dancer, Henry From piano

Robert McQueen, Director
Michael Walton, Lighting Designer

Artists

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