Shakespeare for the Masses will perform King John at the Vineyard Playhouse on Jan. 14 and Jan. 15.
Shakespeare for the Masses
2017
2016
August 3, 2016
On Sunday, August 7, at 2 p.m. the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library are honoring Shakespeare for the Masses .
March 29, 2016
Shakespeare for the Masses will perform three, yes three, Shakespeare plays in one hour — Richard II and Henry IV, parts one and two.
January 7, 2016
Shakespeare for the Masses is back to cure the January doldrums by demanding from you a pound of flesh.
2015
January 7, 2015
Now is the winter of our discontent. These classic lines from Shakespeare’s play Richard III will presumably be said by Chris Roberts when he stars as the legendary hunchbacked king at this weekend’s performances.
2013
December 24, 2013
Shakespeare for the Masses is back and they are bringing Henry V with them. The Young prince Henry of Henry IV has now matured into a man, with manly desires — thus the decision to conquer France. “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.”
Lines like that make going to war sound almost cozy.
The play usually runs a few hours, but a Shakespeare for the Masses production always rolls in at just under an hour. They are always free, too. Yes, free, the better to spread the words of the master and send us all “Once more into the breach, dear friends...”
