Director Saheem Ali continues his audio exploration of William Shakespeare’s canon for The Public Theater in New York with a new production of ROMEO Y JULIETA, collaborating with playwright Ricardo Pérez González on an adaptation of noted scholar Alfredo Michel Modenessi’s Spanish translation. Actor Lupita Nyong’o plays Julieta, with Juan Castano as her Romeo, in this bilingual Spanish and English production that will bring one of history’s most famed lovers to your homes and phones in a stu ...
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FROM OPEN AIR TO ON THE AIR! Join WNYC and The Public Theater as we bring Free Shakespeare in the Park to the airwaves with William Shakespeare’s RICHARD II. Brought to you in a serialized radio broadcast over four nights, listen as the last of the divinely anointed monarchs descends and loses it all. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and deprives him of his inheritance, he unwittingly creates an enemy who will ultimately force him from the throne. One of the Bard’s onl ...
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Trailer for Romeo y Julieta, an audio play of William Shakespeare’s tragedy, adapted by Saheem Ali and Ricardo Pérez González from Alfredo Michel Modenessi’s text. The production is bilingual in English and Spanish. Co-produced by The Public Theater and WNYC Studios.By The Public Theater
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Romeo y Julieta: Program Note/ Nota De Programa
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Program Note for Romeo y Julieta. Optional contextual material. Recommend listening before the play. Narrated by Ricardo Pérez González, featuring interviews with the cast and creative team of the show. Nota del programa para Romeo y Julieta. Material contextual opcional. Se recomienda escuchar antes de la obra. Narración por Ricardo Pérez González…
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Romeo y Julieta: Audio Play/ Audio Teatro
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Romeo y Julieta is an audio production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy, adapted by Saheem Ali and Ricardo Pérez González from Alfredo Michel Modenessi’s text. The production is bilingual in English and Spanish. Co-produced by The Public Theater and WNYC Studios. We recommend you listen with over-ear headphones, or earbuds, or a high quality extern…
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Romeo y Julieta: Afterglow/ El Aura Del Deleite
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Afterglow is a bonus episode of supplemental discussions with the cast, creative team and experts associated with the production. Recommended listening after the play. The episode is compiled and written by Ricardo Pérez González. El Aura Del Deleite es un episodio adicional de discusiones complementarias con el elenco, el equipo creativo y los exp…
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Richard is imprisoned and Bolingbroke is now King Henry. But the new king immediately faces new challenges: The Duke of York discovers that men still loyal to Richard intend to stage a coup. And a member of Henry’s court, a knight named Exton, believes Henry has tasked him with killing Richard. DIVE DEEPER INTO RICHARD II: Read the radio play scrip…
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Bolingbroke’s power increases, and his men urge him to claim more than just his stolen inheritance. Bolingbroke confronts Richard at Flint Castle, and the king agrees to return to London. Back in court, Bolingbroke moves to depose the king. Will Richard give up the crown on his own? Or will Bolingbroke have to take seize it? DIVE DEEPER INTO RICHAR…
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King Richard’s wealthy uncle, John of Gaunt, is on his deathbed, heartbroken over the banishment of his son, Bolingbroke. Gaunt hopes to warn Richard about the dire state of the kingdom, but the king does not heed his warning. When Gaunt dies, Richard claims Gaunt’s inheritance — intended for the banished Bolingbroke — and uses it to fund a war wit…
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The Duke of Gloucester has been murdered. Now the young King Richard must settle a dispute between two members of his court, Thomas Mowbray and Henry Bolingbroke, over who is responsible for the killing. Richard calls for a trial by combat, and the men prepare to face one another in a fight to the death. But just as it is beginning, Richard abruptl…
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FROM OPEN AIR TO ON THE AIR! Join WNYC and The Public Theater as we bring Free Shakespeare in the Park to the airwaves with William Shakespeare’s RICHARD II. Brought to you in a serialized radio broadcast over four nights, listen as the last of the divinely anointed monarchs descends and loses it all. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bol…
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