If Shakespeare’s plays are the only works of Renaissance drama you know,
you don’t know Renaissance drama or Shakespeare
If Shakespeare’s plays are the only works of Renaissance drama you know,
you don’t know Renaissance drama or Shakespeare
Streaming through Sunday, July 25
$15 for 48-Hour Anytime Access*
Originally scheduled for an outdoor season at Lake Lanier, COVID-19 cancelled our March 2020 production of Othello. Now, Resurgens revives the North Georgia Shakespeare Festival to bring our “original practices” performance of this compelling and often controversial domestic tragedy to streaming audiences everywhere.
And look what else is on sale—Sir Thomas More, for the first time On Demand! Resurgens presents this stirring early modern account of one leader’s defiant stand against mob violence and groupthink in an era of autocratic misrule. Partially penned by Shakespeare, Sir Thomas More offers both a timely and timeless drama of individual courage in the face of mass conformity. The original production was banned from the Elizabethan stage by the Master of the Revels, Edmund Tilney, because of its controversial references to insurrection. Now, after 400 years, Dr. Brent Griffin revives this neglected classic for the first professional performance of the play in America. Streaming online through July 25.
And now available from booksellers everywhere—Ann Christensen’s critical edition of A Warning for Fair Women. Resurgens Theatre Company had the privilege of working with Dr. Christensen in 2018 to produce the play’s world revival, which is nicely documented (including photos from our production) in her new and highly informative publication. For more info, see the University of Nebraska Press’ website: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496208361/.