[Englecturers] Medieval Mystery Plays in LA

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I sent this to medieval students recently, but thought that others might be 
interested.

Best,

JMG



>Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:00:27 -0700
>To: seminar,Mellon,medieval students
>From: John Ganim <john.ganim at ucr.edu>
>Subject: Medieval Mystery Plays in  LA
>
>
>Dear Medieval Students (and Mellon folks and others),
>
>I hope you are having a good summer. I have just learned that there is a 
>staging of medieval mystery plays being produced for the next few weeks in 
>Los Angeles. It will be on Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 PM and on 
>Sundays at 7:00 PM. The plays are divided into two parts, produced on 
>separate days, and the admission is $20 for each part, which isn't bad.
>
>The theater is:
>
>http://www.sonofsemele.org/about.html
>
>3301 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles
>and the phone is 213-351-3507.
>
>This is not the production I described to you produced last year in Los 
>Angeles by Tim Robbins' Actors Gang Theater. Instead, this is the version 
>done by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1990s. This current run 
>has been recommended by the Los Angeles Times, the LA Weekly and the 
>Village Voice, which means it is probably very good indeed. I'll try to go 
>myself over the next few weeks. It closes July 17, so don't dally if you 
>want to see it. And if you do go, report back to all of us about what you 
>thought.
>
>Best,
>
>JMG

John M. Ganim
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