{"id":25861,"date":"2023-10-02T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=25861"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:55:14","slug":"marshall-to-present-the-book-of-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/marshall-to-present-the-book-of-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall to present \u2018The Book of Will\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">The Marshall University School of Theatre and Dance will present \u201cThe Book of Will\u201d by Lauren Gunderson at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 4-7, at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">The show tells the true, Elizabethan-era story of London actors Hendry Condell and John Heminges, who take on the challenge of compiling the First Folio of the works of their friend and mentor, William Shakespeare. It\u2019s a story of love, loss and laughter that sheds new light on the literary legend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">The show is directed by School of Theatre and Dance Assistant Professor Leah Turley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">The cast includes Jimi Lee, George Kinley, Jack Cirillo, Nikki Riniti, Eliza Aulick, Samantha Phalen, Harper Aulick, Maggie Piaskwoski, Gabriella Bellomy, Jacob Gillispie, Mariss Ruff, Van Preston, Josiah Baker, Samuel McElwain and Michael Martin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">\u201cThe Book of Will\u00a0is a funny and warm-hearted story, but it is also gripping, with plenty of plot twists and suspense to keep its audience engaged and entertained,\u201d said Box Office Manager Sam Kincaid. \u201cThe audience will be captivated by the machinations put in place as William Shakespeare&#8217;s friends strive to save his legacy as a dramatist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a fascinating mix of fact and historical fiction that dramatizes the events that kept his legacy alive. It also has some great laughs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">The School of Theatre and Dance is following a Shakespearean theme for the fall semester.\u00a0 The second show of the season will be a staging of one of his last and least-performed plays, &#8220;The Winter\u2019s Tale.&#8221; The production will be directed by Broadway veteran Terry Layman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">Tickets for &#8220;The Book of Will&#8221; are available at 304-696-ARTS. They are free for Marshall students with a valid MU ID. They are $22 general admission and $15 for seniors age 60 and older and Marshall employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\">The production is sponsored by the School of Theatre and Dance in the College of Arts and Media.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marshall University School of Theatre and Dance will present \u201cThe Book of Will\u201d by Lauren Gunderson at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 4-7, at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse. The show tells the true, Elizabethan-era story of London actors Hendry Condell and John Heminges, who take on the challenge of compiling the First Folio of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,45,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cam","category-featured","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25862,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25861\/revisions\/25862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}