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FSA at the X Theatre Book Fair 2012
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Launch of the FSA at the Buenos Aires X Theatre Book Fair 2012
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"Stuff as dreams are made on. On Shakespeare and his works"
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Stand of the FSA and Photo Gallery
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Acknowledgments
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Launch of the FSA at the Buenos Aires X Theatre Book Fair 2012 at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes www.shakespeareargentina.org
Launch of the FSA at the X Theatre Book Fair 2012 This 2nd of August 2012, as part of the X Buenos A i r e s T h e a t r e B o o k F a i r, t h e F U N D A C I Ó N
The cast was accompanied by the BaroqueRenaissance music ensemble 'Antires' which was made up of Gabriela Bogo (vocals), Natacha Cabezas (archlute), and Sebastián Strauchler (lute) along with guest singer Mike Zubi. The music enriched the recital of a fine text and the harmony created between the two resulted in a wonderful atmosphere at a packed Orestes Caviglia Hall of the theatre.
SHAKESPEARE ARGENTINA (FSA) was officially
The delighted audience applauded enthusiastically in
presented to the theatre world at the Teatro Nacional
approval of the cast's precise and insightful delivery,
Cervantes. The event included a very well-received
prompting requests for repeat performances. The
dramatised reading of the play ‘De la materia de los
Teatro Nacional Cervantes was beautifully decked
Sueños. Sobre Shakeapeare y sus obras’ (‘Stuff as
out for the occasion of the fair and both actors and
dreams are made on - On Shakespeare and his
audience enjoyed a wonderful and unforgettable
works’) by Alberto Wainer and directed by Jorge
evening which had William Shakespeare as the
Azurmendi.
protagonist.
The play threads together different scenes from
At the end of the performance, the Fundación
Shakespeare´s Richard III, A Midsummer Night's
Shakespeare Argentina handed to the author,
Dream, Hamlet & Othello and was performed by the
director, actors, musicians and members of the
renowned actors of the Argentine stage (in
Teatro Nacional Cervantes (the hosts of the event)
alphabetical order) Maricel Álvarez, Thelma Biral,
diplomas in recognition of their generous
Luis Brandoni, Patricio Contreras, Daniel Fanego,
c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e F u n d a c i ó n S h a k e s p e a re
Claudio Gallardou, Daniel Miglioranza, Florencia
Argentina, the only such institution in the Spanish-
Otero, Rita Terranova and Fabián Vena.
speaking Americas.
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Stuff as dreams are made on. On Shakespeare and his works.
Dramatist Alberto Wainer
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Director Jorge Azurmendi
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Narrator Narrator: Luis Brandoni “It is seldom that man has faced such an extreme contradiction, seldom that he has felt so in tatters historically. His body and soul have been slashed through. But it is already known that libraries, museums or theatres can flourish in the shadow of concentration camps and in that way the illusion is dispelled that reason can span knowledge in its entirety and that culture, in turn, as it is knowledge, can stop violence. But it is not only from utopia: banished from modernity, man has also been stripped of experience, and now Hamlet finds Yorick’s skull amongst the ashes, the ashes of an oven at Auschwitz. Of course, over this given reality looms not only irreality – “to be or not to be” is the dilemma of a subversive – but also a kind of anti-reality, of resistance to the absence of judgement, to ethical apathy, a praxis in which the hate of evil is as important as love, if we don’t want the world to come to an end. In forgiving a person, you finish with them, thought Freud. And, similar to them, to those who are most owed justice to this day, prior to oblivion or to forgiveness, Hamlet ... Hamlet has yet to forgive.” (A fragment of the work "Stuff as dreams are made On - On Shakespeare and his works" by Alberto Wainer).
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Hamlet Hamlet: Fabián Vena
Gertrude: Thelma Biral
Polonius: Rita Terranova
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Richard III Richard III: Daniel Fanego
Lady Anne: Maricel Álvarez.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Bottom / Peter Quince/ Snug: Claudio Galllardou.
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Othello
Othello: Patricio Contreras. Iago: Daniel Miglioranza.
Desdemona: Florencia Otero.
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Music
Ensamble: Antires Vocal: Gabriela Bogo Lute: Sebastián Strauchler Archlute: Natacha Cabezas Guess Singer: Mike Zubi
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FSA's Stand at the Theatre Book Fair 2012
During the Theatre Book Fair, the Fundación Shakespeare Argentina (FSA) set up a stand at which to meet the general public and inform all those interested of the aims of our institution. During the week of the fair, a number of movies based on Shakespeare's plays were screened on a large TV monitor and it was a fascinating and rewarding experience to witness people's passionate interest in both Shakespeare and the FSA's initiative. We would like to thank all those who approached us and shared with us their enthusiasm for the project, enthusiasm which will help us to move forward with our initiative to spread and encourage the study and reading of and interest in the life and works of William Shakespeare in our country.
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Photo Gallery
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Acknowledgments The Fundación Shakespeare Argentina would like to sincerely thank the authorities of the Teatro Nacional Cervantes, the Cultural Department there and especially its head, Luis Mazas, and the staff and technicians of the theatre. We would also like to warmly thank Alberto Wainer (author), Jorge Azurmendi (director) and the marvellous cast of the show ‘De la materia de los sueños. Sobre Shakespeare y sus Obras’ for their generosity and enthusiastic support. Our sincere gratitude also goes to the photographers Gustavo Gorrini, Mauricio Cáceres, Javier Fuentes and Nicolás Fernández and the studio Fotografías Russarabian. To all of them and to the public that attended and made the event such a wonderful success ¡Muchas Gracias!
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