Dark Lady Players Demonstrate New Shakespeare Theory
Summary
She has also left us her literary signatures on the plays--for instance where she associates the image of the great Renaissance poet (the swan dying to music), with the names Aemelia (in Othello) and Bassanio (in Merchant of Venice).Professor Kelly Morgan, at Fitchburg State College, the former artistic director of the Riverside Shakespeare Company and founder of the Mint Theater in NYC, says this work opens up "breathtaking new avenues for performance".She has also left us her literary signatures on the plays--for instance where she associates the image of the great Renaissance poet (the swan dying to music), with the names Aemelia (in Othello) and Bassanio (in Merchant of Venice).Her authorship makes sense of many otherwise inexplicable features of the plays, such as their references to Hebrew texts, the fluency they demonstrate in Italian, their knowledge of music, knowledge about Venice, their use as sources of books written for young women, and even the unusual number of women dressing as men.About The Dark Lady Players: This company is largely composed of LAMDA and RADA graduates, and uses early Renaissance meta-theatrical conventions to perform the allegorical layers of the Shakespearean plays.Professor Kelly Morgan, at Fitchburg State College, the former artistic director of the Riverside Shakespeare Company and founder of the Mint Theater in NYC, says this work opens up "breathtaking new avenues for performance".