{"id":4374,"date":"2010-11-16T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=4374"},"modified":"2010-11-16T02:51:45","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T08:51:45","slug":"apsu-presents-william-shakespeares-masterwork-king-lear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2010\/11\/16\/apsu-presents-william-shakespeares-masterwork-king-lear\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU Presents William Shakespeare&#8217;s Masterwork &#8220;King Lear&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41950\" title=\"Austin Peay State University\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/apsulogo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University\" width=\"236\" height=\"60\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Late in William Shakespeare\u2019s tragic masterpiece \u201cKing Lear,\u201d the Earl of Gloucester cries out \u201cAs flies to wanton boys are we to the gods \u2013 they kill us for their sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The line encapsulates the general state of despair and helplessness felt by the characters after two hours of betrayal, violence, warring and storms. The emotional intensity of \u201cKing Lear\u201d has led it to be considered by many as the bard\u2019s greatest drama. The esteemed Polish theater critic Jan Kott even described the work as \u201ca high mountain that everyone admires, yet no one particularly wishes to climb.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This month, the Austin Peay State University Area of Theatre is tackling this ambitious play under the direction of assistant professor Darren Michael. The show begins at 7:30pm on November 17th-20th, with a 2:00pm matinee on November 21st in the Trahern Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will give you the labors of our work as we attempt to climb the Everest-like peak that is \u2018King Lear,\u2019\u201d Michael said. \u201cBut we also wanted to bring the story back to its roots of Elizabethan storytelling where the invisible \u2018fourth wall\u2019 between the audience and the actors never existed. This was meant to be a performance, direct and immediate. We hope to bring out the accessibility of the words and message, just as Shakespeare\u2019s players would have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKing Lear\u201d is the story of an old monarch who watches his worst nightmare come true as his kingdom and his sanity crumble under the ruthless, bloodthirsty hands of his two eldest daughters. The play reminds audiences that power often blinds one to the pretense of loyalty and fidelity, but in one\u2019s most humble hour, true family and friends are discovered.<\/p>\n<p>General admission tickets to the play are $10.00, and student, faculty, staff and military tickets are $5.00. For more information, contact Michael at 931-221-6291.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Late in William Shakespeare\u2019s tragic masterpiece \u201cKing Lear,\u201d the Earl of Gloucester cries out \u201cAs flies to wanton boys are we to the gods \u2013 they kill us for their sport.\u201d The line encapsulates the general state of despair and helplessness felt by the characters after two hours of betrayal, violence, warring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,262,5620,5621,5622,2507,765],"class_list":["post-4374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-apsu","tag-austin-peay-state-university","tag-austin-peay-state-university-area-of-theatre","tag-darren-michael","tag-king-lear","tag-trahern-theatre","tag-william-shakespeare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-18y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4376,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions\/4376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}