Methinks I hath a midsummer night’s dream. Sirrahs, Mistresses, Cousins, and Hobknockers, gather ye ’round. For I hath an announcement of great import. The city of Murray, Utah, declares a festival in honor of William Shakespeare, whose 446th birthday was observed on April 23.
Methinks it a goodsome idea.
Wherefore, I beg ye all to hearken here.
Prithee! Who goes there?
Murray City, from whence the awesome lad David Archuleta hails, will celebrate Shakespeare Festival April 29 through May 1, 2010. Come one, come all to the three day festival and ’twill have a good time! If David Archuleta makes a grand appearance, perhaps he would quote Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: “Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass: and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ; yet cannot you make it speak. ‘Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.” (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2) You tell ’em, David/Hamlet!
Or perhaps, David would prefer a Happy Birthday rap to William Shakespeare. ‘Tis fun to talk like Shakespeare, like the Q Brothers, Hip-Hop Style:
“Happy Birthday, Willie Shakespeare,” 1:48
If David Archuleta should attend the Murray Shakespeare Festival and sing any of Shakespeare’s sonnets, David will be crowded “Sonnet Idol” then and there on the spot! Henceforth, forevermore.
Murray City, Utah, Shakespeare Festival activities
For schedule and other information, visit Murray City’s official website.
APRIL 29
- Murray High Commons Plaza
- Green Show presented by Longview 6 grade and HJH drama students
- Royalty processional dance, Punch and Judy Puppet Show, Vignettes
- Murray High Little Theater
- Sonnet Idol – students may audition to present a sonnet
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented by Murray High students
APRIL 30
- Murray High Little Theater/Band Room
- Stage combat & improv workshops by MHS Advanced Drama students.
- Murray High Commons Plaza
- Green Show presented by Longview 6 grade and HJH drama students
- Royalty processional dance, Punch and Judy Puppet Show, Vignettes
- Murray High Little Theater
- Sonnet Idol – students may audition to present a sonnet
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented by Murray High students
MAY 1
- Murray High Little Theater
- Sonnet Idol – students may audition to present a sonnet
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented by Murray High students
Fare thee well.
The elements be kind to thee, and make
Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well.
~William Shakespeare, birth observed on 23 April, baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616
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“If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.”
Duke Orsino, Twelfth Night (Act 1, Scene 1)
“The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;”
Lorenzo, Merchant of Venice (Act 5, Scene 1)
The quote from Hamlet—”…You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery…”‐seems to me an apt reply to David’s recent critics. In fact, one could probably quote Shakespeare at many of life’s ups and downs. haha