{"id":11833,"date":"2025-04-16T08:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/?p=11833"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:13:45","slug":"us-drama-presents-the-winters-tale-by-william-shakespeare-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/2025\/04\/16\/us-drama-presents-the-winters-tale-by-william-shakespeare-2025","title":{"rendered":"US Drama presents\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Winter\u2019s Tale by William Shakespeare\u00a0\u00a0 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Winter\u2019s Tale by William Shakespeare 2025 @The Adam Small Theatre Complex &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Auditorium<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Stellenbosch Drama students will soon be performing a freshly minted production of\u00a0<i>The Winter\u2019s<\/i>\u00a0<i>Tale.<\/i>\u00a0A large, diverse, and talented cast will be tackling one of Shakespeare\u2019s last plays and promises to be a joy for the eye and ear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">A tragedy, comedy and romance-fantasy all rolled into one, the play deals with the themes of jealousy, marital strife, domestic violence, and the power of friendship among women. The play also resonates with issues such as reconciliation and forgiveness in the complicated world of relationships and power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Please join us to experience the now contemporary struggles of the wealthy Tech millionaire, Leontes in Sicilia\/Cape Town and his wife Hermione, and meet the wonderful, comic characters of Autolycus, Shep and Clown in rural Bohemia\/Mauritius \u2013 there is even a threat from a mysterious Bear!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the end it is up to Hermione\u2019s best friend Paulina and the young lovers Perdita and Florizel to save the day, rescue their older parents from ruin and to celebrate the lively Rum Harvest Festival. It\u2019s a vibe!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0Sukki Hofmeyr directs, Elana Snyman (design), Elrina Marais and Enrique De Villiers (costumes), Estelle Olivier (choreography), Rudolph Van Jaarsveld (lighting design), Hendrick Jali (sound design).\u00a0 The show is also supported by a large cohort of technical students who assist with all aspects of stage production and management, decor, lighting, sound, props, costumes, posters, and media.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winter\u2019s Tale by William Shakespeare 2025 @The Adam Small Theatre Complex &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Auditorium Stellenbosch Drama students will soon be performing a freshly minted production of\u00a0The Winter\u2019s\u00a0Tale.\u00a0A large, diverse, and talented cast will be tackling one of Shakespeare\u2019s last plays and promises to be a joy for the eye and ear. A tragedy, comedy and [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13109,"featured_media":11836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3256,160,195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-notices","category-stellenbosch-university"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11839,"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833\/revisions\/11839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.sun.ac.za\/af\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}