Stories about "shakespeare"
Literary symposium spotlights new scholars, new approaches

Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:39 am

Young scholars from diverse backgrounds brought fresh approaches to early modern literature at a Bates College symposium on Sept. 26.

Pringle ’98, star of hip-hop ‘Othello,’ tells Time Out Chicago how Bates theater helped his rap artistry

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 4:31 pm

Rapper, writer, actor and director Postell Pringle '98 is winning rave reviews for his star turn this spring in the title role of "Othello: The Remix" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Andrucki directs Shakespeare’s early ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’

Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:56 pm

Bates presents Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" in performances March 7-11.

Othello: Love Curdled Through a Malevolent Scheme

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:22 am

New York Times reviewer Charles Isherwood praises the "extraordinary" Off Broadway directing debut of Arin Arbus '99, who directed the Theater for a New Audience production of Othello. "Shakespeare is the star here," Isherwood writes, "but he is handled with the kind of artistry we always hope for and rarely find. This is among the most sensitively directed, eloquently designed and impeccably acted productions of a Shakespeare tragedy that the city has seen in years."

Bates' 'Measure for Measure' moves to 1970s New York City

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:05 pm

Martin Andrucki, Dana Professor of Theater at Bates, directs the college theater department production of "Measure for Measure," William Shakespeare's dark comedy about sex, public morality and private hypocrisy.

Bates players, campus radio present Shakespeare's 'Lear'

Wednesday, May 8, 2002 2:58 pm

The Bates College student theater group present the Maine radio premiere of Shakespeare's "King Lear" in a broadcast from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, on the college radio station, WRBC (91.5 FM).

Bates players, campus radio present Shakespeare's Lear

Tuesday, April 9, 2002 3:34 pm

Next month, the Bates College student theater group and the campus radio station present the Maine radio premiere of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy: "King Lear." Recorded in March, the Robinson Players' Lear will be broadcast from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, on the college radio station, WRBC (91.5 FM). Matteo A. Pangallo, a junior from Salem, Mass., directed the cast of Bates faculty and students.

"Bingo" to be Staged at Bates

Friday, February 16, 1996 9:39 am

The last year in the life of William Shakespeare is the subject of a dramatic play to be staged at Bates College on March 7, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., and on March 10 at 2 p.m. in the Schaeffer Theatre. Tickets are $6.