{"id":7217,"date":"2018-02-04T20:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T20:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/07\/furman-theatre-presents-twisted-tales-from-shakespeare\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:00:34","slug":"furman-theatre-presents-twisted-tales-from-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-theatre-presents-twisted-tales-from-shakespeare\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman Theatre presents &#8220;Twisted Tales From Shakespeare&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University Theatre will present <em>Twisted Tales from Shakespeare <\/em>Feb. 14-17 and Feb. 22-24 at 8 p.m., with matinee performances Feb. 18 and Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. All performances take place in The Playhouse on the Furman campus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35447\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35447\" class=\"wp-image-35447 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/Twisted-Tales-poster-800x493-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"500\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 308px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 308\/500;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Furman Theatre presents Rhett Bryson&#8217;s stage adaptation of Armour&#8217;s &#8220;Twisted Tales From Shakespeare.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The play is open to the public. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for students.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the same-titled 1957 book by Richard Armour, <em>Twisted Tales From Shakespeare<\/em> is adapted for the stage and directed by Furman theatre professor Rhett Bryson.<\/p>\n<p>Bryson\u2019s stage adaptation of Armour\u2019s book explores the early days of Shakespeare\u2019s history, the true authorship of Shakespeare\u2019s plays, and the Globe Playhouse. The performance interprets two of Shakespeare\u2019s most famous plays: <em>Hamlet<\/em> and <em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for the whole family, this comic look at Shakespeare includes these cast members:<\/p>\n<p>Eliza Kate Leiter, Narrator<br \/>\nDayanari Umana, Footnoter<br \/>\nDerek Leonard, Actor 1<br \/>\nDrake Shadwell, Actor 2<br \/>\nElli Caterisano, Actress 1<br \/>\nClare Beth McConnell, Actress 2<\/p>\n<p>For ticket information and reservations, call the Theatre Box Office at 864-294-2125. Tickets are on sale now and may be ordered <a href=\"https:\/\/app.arts-people.com\/index.php?ticketing=futa\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University Theatre will present Twisted Tales from Shakespeare Feb. 14-17 and Feb. 22-24 at 8 p.m., with matinee performances Feb. 18 and Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. All performances [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":9382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,41,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-theatre-arts","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}