Thurs 27th & Friday 28th August 2009
Much Ado about Nothing
Saturday 29th August 2009
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Times:
5.30pm - Castle grounds open
6.30pm - The Collector Earl's Garden gates open
7.30pm - Performance starts
Tickets:
Advance: Adult: £25
Child: £15 (ages 5-15)
On the night: Adult: £27.50
Child (5-15): £16.50
Sorry Tickets Sold Out!!
A Midsummer Night's Dream tickets Sold Out!!
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Shakespeare in The
Collector Earl's Garden
The British Shakespeare Company
Much Ado About Nothing -
27 & 28 August
A Midsummer Night's Dream -
29 August
The fantastical Collector Earl's Garden at Arundel Castle will be transformed into a Shakespearean open-air theatre for three nights this summer.
In one of the highlights of this year's Festival, the British Shakespeare Company (BSC) will be performing two of the Bard's most playful comedies - Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Much Ado About Nothing
Set in Messina, the capital of Sicily, where family honour is all important, the play tells of confusion and misunderstanding. It is a comedy about self-deception, vanity, jealousy and pride. Shakespeare conjures up a series of melodramatic events, but there are no tragic results… and all ends well.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The play revolves around the adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. This drama is one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare and by popular demand BSC will reprise last summer's triumphant performance.
The Collector Earl's Garden
This elaborate garden, opened by the Prince of Wales last year as a tribute to the 14th Earl of Arundel who was known as 'The Collector', includes a rock work 'mountain' planted with palms and rare ferns, as well as temples, portals, obelisks and urns which represent another world. It has been described as "a perfect escape from everyday life" and the BSC says it will be "a magnificent and idyllic setting" for the plays.
The British Shakespeare Company
Founded by actor-manager Robert J Williamson the company continues the tradition of English open air theatre and is now Europe's largest open-air Shakespeare company.
Williamson will head a cast of some of Britain's finest professional Shakespearean actors, who played to sell-out audiences in Arundel last year, in performances of Much Ado followed by A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The company is promising "a magical open-air festival of love, laughter and amorous adventure" at the medieval castle.
More information
The British Shakespeare Company