THE RUDE MECHANICALS

MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE PLAYERS

 

PRESENT

 

 William Shakespeare’s

The Merchant of Venice

 

NOVEMBER 6-14

Fri., Nov. 6 & 13; Sat., Nov. 7 & 14, at 7:30 PM

Sun., Nov. 8, at 2 PM

Wed., Nov. 11, & Thurs., Nov. 12, at 8:45 PM

$5 General Public, $2 Students

 

November 11 & 12  FREE

for Shepherd University students

 

REYNOLDS HALL

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

 

For more information and tickets, contact Dr. Betty Ellzey

bellzey@shepherd.edu

304-876-5208

 

 

The Rude Mechanicals is a theater company at Shepherd University devoted to the performing socially conscious productions of medieval and Renaissance drama. Past productions include "The Harrowing of Hell," "The Second Shepherds' Play," "Mankind," "Death and Destruction" and staged readings of scenes from Shakespeare.

 

The company has performed in Shepherdstown, Washington DC, and Toronto. In the summer of 2001, the Rude Mechanicals performed "The Death of Herod" at the Festival for the International Society for Medieval Theatre in Groningen, Netherlands

 

 

 

 

 


For more information, contact Dr. Betty Ellzey (876-5208, bellzey@shepherd.edu).