Project #1 - Alabama Shakespeare Festival

The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas

"The story is one of the most intriguing in all literature, and one of the most remembered and beloved stories in human history. Well worth the effort to read through the long narrative."
http://books.google.com/books?id=4RUUAAAAYAAJ#reviews_anchor

"The Count of Monte Cristo is a delicious book, full of intrigue, great fight scenes, love, passion, and witty social satire."
http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449264

Winnie the Pooh
Based on stories by A.A. Milne
Dramatized by Le Clanche Du Rand

"As long as there are children and parents to read to them, Winnie the Pooh will remain a favorite storybook classic."
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Tales-Winnie-Pooh/dp/0525457232

"Winnie the Pooh is the optimist and the philospher, he is able to see the good in everyone and make the best of every situation." http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99107.Winnie_the_Pooh

Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Adapted by: Joseph Robinette

"Barnyard life spins into real emotions teaching valuable lessons in camaraderie, devotion, sacrifice, and life's issues." http://broadwayworld.com/article/Charlottes_Web_The_Musical_20061212

"The book has liveliness and felicity, tenderness and unexpectedness, grace and humor and praise of life, and the good backbone of succinctness that only the most highly imaginative stories seem to grow." http://www.amazon.com/Charlottes-Play-Format-Joseph-Robinette/dp/product-description/0871292432

A Christmas Carol: The Musical
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
Music by Lynn Ahrens and Alan Menken

"This rendition of the show received Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for best musical...a Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night."
http://www.mcleanplayers.org/mcp/Show.cfm?ShowID=225

''A Christmas Carol,'' despite music by Alan Menken (Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast'') and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens (''Ragtime''), has never been as much a musical as a spectacle."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E4D9133BF937A35751C1A96E958260

Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare

“Romeo and Juliet are two teenagers in love and their story ends in terrible tragedy.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547864785&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547864788&cisb=22_T6547864787&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=11314&docNo=1

“Romeo and Juliet is a much bigger story than just the two in the middle. It's actually a satirical comedy about rather useless adults. I had a bit of a eureka moment when I realised that Romeo and Juliet only lived in the context of the rather clumsy, cruel, thoughtless world that surrounded them.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547864785&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547864788&cisb=22_T6547864787&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=10939&docNo=21

Bear Country
by Michael Vigilant

“The wit, wisdom, humor and spirituality of Bryant are captured wonderfully by veteran actor Rodney Clark”
http://alabama.scout.com/2/833623.html

“The play focuses on Coach Bryant's characteristic leadership style and reveals some of the lesser known anecdotes and stories about his life and career, chronicling his evolution from a young man driven by poverty into an inspiring leader who left an indelible mark on the lives of his players and associates."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125036-Bear_Country_Shaping_Up_to_Be_an_Alabama_Shakespeare_Hit_Opens_Jan._11

Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare

“A comedy of errors The Abbey Theatre presents a new production of William Shakespeare's mischievous tour de force The Comedy of Errors.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547925960&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547925963&cisb=22_T6547925962&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=227171&docNo=2

“…his neatly plotted comedy of sundered families, divided selves and accidental husband swapping may touch on deep fears…”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547925960&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547925963&cisb=22_T6547925962&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=142626&docNo=8


Othello
by William Shakespeare

"With a little perseverance, you will find Othello is quite Moorish."
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547956879&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547956882&cisb=22_T6547956881&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=314239&docNo=1

"As helmed by Arin Arbus, Shakespeare's domestic tragedy has been stripped of its stage trappings and presented virtually in the raw."
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547956879&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547956882&cisb=22_T6547956881&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=139224&docNo=6

The Furniture of Home
by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder

"Her play is hilarious but so very human and complex."
http://southernwritersproject.net/?tag=the-furniture-of-home

"They learn to let go of the past and hold on to one another in this hilarious and heartwarming story about what makes a home."
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123138113


The Three Musketeers
Based on the novel by Alexander Dumas
Adapted by Charles Morey

"The movie was absurd but took itself too seriously; the play is extremely light-hearted and even slapsticky. The movie had virtually no good acting or characterization; the play is vivid and entertaining and performed with great skill"
http://www.ericdsnider.com/theater/the-three-musketeers/

"...director Geoffrey Sherman's production gets a lot of mileage out of the melodramatic comic conventions of the theatre, while staying true to the spirit and historical authenticity of the original novel."
https://blackboard.shsu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_38078_1%26url%3d