Newsletter - June 7, 2012
In This Issue
'The Tempest'
2012 'Festivities'
Will's Insult of the Day
Shakescabulary Lesson
Current Show:

DATES: May 31 - June 17, 2012

 

TIMES: Wed-Sat at 8pm; Sundays at 6:30pm

 

LOCATION: The Green Uptown (400 S. Tryon Street)

 

PRICE: Admission by donation ($5 min suggested)

 

MORE INFO:

www.charlotteshakespeare.com

 

This Week's Pre-show Entertainment :

 
June 7:
Shakespeare Trivia Night
win awesome prizes!
 
June 8:
Alan Barrington
 acoustic guitar & vocals
 
June 9 & 10:
Greyson Turner
originals & covers
Will's Insult of the Day
"There's no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune."

-Henry IV
Contact Us
Charlotte Shakespeare
PO Box 32875
Charlotte, North Carolina 28232
704-625-1288
Rave reviews for The Tempest!    
Make plans to join us before June 17 and see what all the critics are raving about. 
 
"The Green Uptown on a balmy night is the perfect 
setting for this fantastical - and free - production. 
Go now before these wondrous spirits vanish into 
thin air."
                                                           -The Charlotte Observer
Read the full review here!  
               
"Fun and talented ensemble of actors... thoroughly enjoyable, unique theatre that all audiences can access and experience."
                       - Arts a la Mode

Read the full review here!

 
Also...

      We are raffling off a BRAND NEW iPad at the end of the run of The Tempest! Anyone who donates a minimum of just $5 during the run is eligible for the drawing. 

 

       Charlotte Shakespeare is a non-profit professional theatre and audience donations account for 1/3 of of our budget each year. You can become one of our vital financial supporters by making your tax-deductible donation here.

 

Shakescabulary Lesson

NONPAREIL   adj.  [non-puh-rel]   

  

Definition:

  1. a person or thing having no equal <the nonpareil beauty of Helen of Troy>
Synonyms:
unparalleled - peerless - matchless - unsurpassed - inimitable
 

Origin:

The word "nonpareil" originated in Middle French, when it meant "with no equal"-- "pareil" meaning equal.

 

Example:

And that most deeply to consider is

The beauty of his daughter; he himself

Calls her a nonpareil 

                              -The Tempest