{"id":1927,"date":"2015-04-24T18:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T18:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2015-04-24T18:42:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T18:42:44","slug":"king-john-in-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/2015\/04\/24\/king-john-in-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"King John in the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/Goff0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1928\" alt=\"Goff0001\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/Goff0001-215x300.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/Goff0001-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/Goff0001-736x1024.jpg 736w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/Goff0001.jpg 1293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a>On Wednesday (the eve of Shakespeare&#8217;s birthday) the Watkinson (producer) paired up with volunteers from Dan Lloyd&#8217;s &#8220;Shakespeare as Philosopher&#8221; class (cast) and area teaching artist Christin Goff (Director) to perform a staged reading of <em>King John<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJcast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1929\" alt=\"KJcast\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJcast-300x131.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJcast-300x131.jpg 300w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJcast-1024x450.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The players performed to a small but dedicated audience&#8211;augmented by a few floaters after intermission, who doubtless came to see what all the fuss was about. The production was augmented by inter-scene and intermission music, live bongo drums (for dramatic affect), and projected slides which provided a visual gloss, of sorts, to the action, which at times can be unclear (this is not one of the more well-known plays). However, the text was edited by Ms. Goff for the performance, which helped the flow and pacing of the play, and the name-cards displayed when a character was speaking also helped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJ-director.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1930\" alt=\"KJ director\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJ-director-300x261.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJ-director-300x261.jpg 300w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJ-director-1024x893.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJ-bastard-speaks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1931\" alt=\"KJ bastard speaks\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJ-bastard-speaks-300x132.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJ-bastard-speaks-300x132.jpg 300w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/KJ-bastard-speaks-1024x452.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This was the first in what we plan will be a series of productions of Shakespeare sponsored by the Watkinson, to draw attention to the recently acquired and restored &#8220;2nd Folio&#8221; (the second edition of the first publication of the complete plays of Shakespeare, printed in 1632).<\/p>\n<p>We thank professor Lloyd &amp; his class for their hard work!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/CASTscroll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1933\" alt=\"PowerPoint Presentation\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/CASTscroll-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/CASTscroll-168x300.jpg 168w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/CASTscroll-575x1024.jpg 575w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/files\/2015\/04\/CASTscroll.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday (the eve of Shakespeare&#8217;s birthday) the Watkinson (producer) paired up with volunteers from Dan Lloyd&#8217;s &#8220;Shakespeare as Philosopher&#8221; class (cast) and area teaching artist Christin Goff (Director) to perform a staged reading of King John. 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