Show I I Company to perform Shakespeare at Grand I Stacie P art Arts Editor The sonnets the tragedies the comedies the Cliffs Notes Whether it was the full- full length play of Rom Romeo co and Juliet or consuming Cliffs Cliff's Notes on Hamlet right before the big test in English class students have run into the works of William Shakespeare in one form fonn or another The mystery surrounding how or if he actually did write those powerful lines fades when theater and film enthusiasts become addicted to the timeless stories During the summer many travel to the southern part of the state in order to view view many examples of why today we are drawn to the productions of Much Ado Ab About ut Nothing or Twelfth Night or what you will But with gas prices rising and many students and faculty sticking around for the summer semester a hour five-hour drive just isn't always in Fortunately for those stuck in the Salt Lake area Cedar City's Utah Shakespeare Festival Touring Company will beat beat be beat at The group will perform A Midsummer Nights Night's Dream at the Grand Theatre for two nights The play depicts two sets of couples whose lives arc are intertwined after afier they enter the realm of the King and Queen of the Fairies The minute 80 production allows students on tight schedules or those who just have a short hort attention span to stop stop in a have a break with the company's engaging version of the Shakespeare classic Fine Arts Associate Professor Tess Boone and English Associate Professor Mary Jayne Davis wrote in a press release that the play was a wonderfully lyrical expression of lighter Shakespearean themes most notably those of love dreams and the stuff of both the creative With the comedy as creative and amusing as it is romantic students can try it for free on March 28 and 29 at 11 am a.m. A Midsummer Nights Night's Dream at is sponsored co-sponsored by the Fine Arts and Lectures Fee Committee and the English and Fine Arts departments |