The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Newsletter • Summer 2016 A High-Spirited Comedy by the Masterful Noël Coward By Victoria Marchesani

man dubbed “The Master” by his friends because of his seemingly bottomless pool of talents, Noël Coward lived a life of such legendary renown that itA seems more like fiction than fact. Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and elected into the elite Royal Society of Literature, Coward was a celebrated songwriter, playwright, actor, director, singer, and composer who rose to great prominence in Britain and the U.S. in the years between the two world wars.

Born in London on December 16, 1899, Coward was raised in a working-class family, not too far from poverty. Nonetheless, from a young age, Coward’s mother encouraged him to take tap dance classes and audition for local productions. At ten years old, he tapped his way into his first role. In his memoir, Coward, Sheridan Morley states: “By fifteen, he had acted with silent film sensations, sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish in Hearts of the World. At twenty, he was a produced playwright, and at age 30, he had written the play The Vortex, the epic 400-cast Cavalcade, the everlasting Private Lives and the lyrical operetta Bitter Sweet.”

Compelled both by his yearning to escape poverty and by his natural talents, Coward wrote more than 60 plays and 300 songs, as well as short stories and screenplays. When he wrote plays, he often wrote parts for himself, and Blithe Spirit was no exception: he played the role of Charles Condomine, a husband torn between two wives, one living and one, a ghost. continues on page 3

Kay Hammond as Elvira and Noël Coward as Charles in the London production. Cecil Parker originated the role of Charles; Coward went in as a replacement. Photo courtesy of Syracuse Stage. Thank you to our sponsors. Notes from the

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Only seven of them are designed to be laff-riot funny from start to finish, and The Taming of the Shrew is in the vanguard of that group as Shakespeare’s most popular comedy. Brenda & John David B. McGlade & Patrina L. Rothrock Who's Who in Rep Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost on the Main Stage elicits joy and smiles as well as some hearty laughs, and delivers some of the Bard’s most effervescent wordplay, all on the theme of what love makes of us. Drs. Paul & June Schlueter Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit finds the humor not only in ghosts vs. marriage, but in the gap between our expectations for our own behaviors Festival Host and that which we actually find our- selves doing. Know anyone else who needs a laugh? Bring them along. It’s good for you, and it’s good for the world. Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s summer productions of Julius Caesar, PSF receives state The Taming of the Shrew and Love’s arts funding support Labour’s Lost, as well as the 2015 through a grant from the fall WillPower tour of Julius Caesar, Pennsylvania Council are part of Shakespeare in American on the Arts, a state Communities, a program of the National agency funded by the Commonwealth of Endowment for the Arts in partnership Pennsylvania and the National Endowment with Arts Midwest. for the Arts, a federal agency. 2 • The Quill, Summer 2016 610.282.WILL Blithe Spirit “fell into my mind dience from the harsh reality of living director Anne Lewis says, “Audiences and onto the manuscript” Coward in a city that was under constant threat can expect to have a good time.” once said. He wrote it in a week. He of attack by the Germans. The public referred to it as “An Improbable Farce had an overwhelmingly positive reac- Towards the end of his life, Cow- in Three Acts” and took the name from tion to Blithe Spirit with a record-set- ard continued to perform in and direct the first line of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s ting run of 1,997 performances in his own shows. In 1966, he made his poem, To a Skylark. The play opened London. “Coward wanted something last London stage appearance in his at London’s Piccadilly Theatre on silly and funny that everyone could own Suite in Three Keys. Coward retired July 2, 1941—just six weeks after it laugh at because life was grim during to Jamaica, where he died on was written. On November 5, 1941, it the war,” says Anne Lewis, who is di- March 26, 1973, at the age of 74. premiered on Broadway. recting the play. “People were sending their children away and losing their On Coward’s 70th birthday, Lord Charles Condomine is a novelist relatives. Coward wanted to write a Louis Mountbatten said: “There are who prepares a séance as a joke in fun play, and he did.” probably greater painters than Noël, order to gain information for his new greater novelists than Noël, greater novel. The medium, Madame Arcati, In 1945, Blithe Spirit was adapt- librettists, greater composers of music, turns out to be quite powerful, sum- ed into a movie, and in 1956 a TV greater singers, greater dancers, greater moning Charles’s first wife, Elvira, version was produced, with Coward comedians, greater tragedians, greater who has been dead for several years. playing Charles. In 1964, a musical stage producers, greater film direc- But only Charles can see Elvira, who version came to Broadway under the tors, greater cabaret stars, greater TV begins to enchant him as she always name High Spirits and received eight stars. If there are, they are 14 different had. Tensions rise when Elvira makes Tony nominations, including one for people. Only one man combined all 14 increasingly desperate attempts to be Coward’s direction. It ran for just over labels—‘The Master.’” seen, including tossing furniture and a year. Revived once more in 1987, creating chaos. Blithe Spirit ran for three months. Last When asked by an interviewer produced by the Pennsylvania Shake- what he would like to be remembered Coward chose to write a comedy speare Festival in 1999, Blithe Spirit for, he responded: “By my charm.” about death in order to distract his au- is entertainment that elevates. As Who's Who in Rep on the Main Stage The Taming of the Shrew By William Shakespeare July 13 - August 7

Blithe Spirit Ally Borgstrom Joyce Cohen Eleanor Handley By Noël Coward Blithe, Edith Blithe, Mrs. Bradman Blithe, Elvira July 21 - August 7 Shrew, Bianca Shrew, Pedant Shrew, Katherina

Ian Merrill Peakes Karen Peakes Linda Thorson Carl N. Wallnau Blithe, Charles Blithe, Ruth Blithe, Madame Arcati Blithe, Dr. Bradman Shrew, Petruchio Shrew, Nathaniel, Shrew, Baptista Minola Shrew, Gremio Tailor, Widow www.pashakespeare.org The Quill, Summer 2016 • 3 The Folly of Oaths and the Wisdom from Lost Love

By Heather Helinsky, dramaturg

n Love’s Labour’s Lost, the men his followers have returned successful from wars ridiculous and are retreating from the world is that they Ito conquer peace. The King of Navarre underesti- turns his court into a “little Acade- mate their own my” in hope of finding philosophical hearts, believing wisdom, yet wisdom only comes in that cold reason alone the form he has renounced: women. will be the key to under- In this play—a comic war of words standing life’s mysteries. between men, women, servants, and foreigners—the lesson learned comes When the men take their Christmas when they all recognize how ridicu- oaths, they ignored the possibility season. A play lous their strict oaths actually were: that women might challenge them. where the women have denying their hearts’ desires. Chosen by her father the King to the upper hand in the battle be his envoy and negotiate with the of the sexes may have appealed to the In Shakespeare’s inventive way, men, the Princess of France arrives in Queen. With courtly inside jokes, the he puts love at the center stage of Navarre. Three equally strong ladies premise of the play could have refer- intellectual life and wisdom comes accompany her and they are support- enced a recent event. In 1592, Queen from fools. Yet, witty language serves ive confidants. The Princess is also Elizabeth visited Oxford University none of the characters well: they wait accompanied by Boyet, whose advice in violation of her own proclamation: too long to act upon their passions she accepts, even as she reprimands women were forbidden from lodging and their courtships suffer from bad him for flattering her. This Princess on the premises of a college. Perhaps timing. insists on honesty and directness, and she was amused with the mocking rejects flowery language. When the reminder that she, like the Princess in The King of Navarre and his lords King meets her outside the court, she the play, must be refused admittance to are hunting after immortal fame. By proves perfectly capable of negotiating the Academy, or break her own oath. swearing oaths to three years of study, a delicate political situation. they are searching for answers to Rev. Francis Meres in his 1598 the ultimate question: what will I be The men eventually give in to essay on English poets gives Shake- remembered for? Their earnest efforts their passions, break their oaths and speare his first rave review. “…so the to fast, sleep only three hours a night, make a new vow to pursue the ladies sweete wittie soule of Ovid lives in and avoid the sight of women is the of France. Shakespeare mocks the the mellifluous and honey-tongued sacrifice they will make to secure their male tradition of oath-taking, and Shakespeare…As Plautus and Seneca legacy. Will they be found worthy? denies them the opportunity to marry. are accounted the best for Comedy Like the pageant of the Nine Wor- No matter how clever, witty, and poet- and Tragedy among the Latines, so thies at the end of the play (which is ic the men try to be, they are at a loss Shakespeare among ye English is most performed by fools), how will their for winning long-lasting love. excellent in both kinds for the stage.” lives stack up against the classical fig- In this essay, Meres lists Love’s La- ures of Hector, Alexander the Great, Love’s Labour’s Lost first appeared bour’s Lost among of Shakespeare’s best Julius Caesar, Joshua, David, Judas on the stage sometime in the 1590s, comedies to date. Maccabeus, King Arthur, Charlem- and by 1598, the published Quarto agne, and Godfrey of Boullion? Yet lists that it was performed for Queen There are a few historical sources what makes the King of Navarre and Elizabeth at court during the of the play. In 1586, a French book by

4 • The Quill, Summer 2016 610.282.will Peter de la Primaudaye was translated who was Catholic and the daughter of two realms. By the 1590s, reports from into English, describing four fictional Catherine de Medici and sister to King these expeditions portrayed Russians young gentleman of Anjou. Set during Henry III of France. Navarre and Mar- as rude, cruel, hard-drinking, and liars. the religious wars in France, the young guerite, both of whom had taken many “As for the truth of his word the Russe men withdraw from the stress of war to lovers, had been separated for two years. for the most part maketh small regard a country house. The book is a series of Religious tensions were so intense that of it so he may gain by a lie and breach discussions between the men concern- when Marguerite de Valois traveled to of his promise,” Giles Fletcher reported ing “the good and happy life”: a six- the south of France for reconciliation, in 1591 in Of the Russe Commonwealth. teenth-century combination of classical the Protestant husband and his Cath- The perception of Russians as liars Stoicism and Christian theology. At olic wife could not safely reside in the reflects the play’s themes and the lords the end of the first day, they decide that same city. Despite these problems, the who forswear their oaths to woo with happiness can be found by “purgeth encounter was celebrated in a lovely flattering words. A merry, ridiculous pride, presumption, ambition, choler, outdoor park of the chateau de Nerac. moment in the play, as the men try to revenge, covetousness, injustice…phi- court the ladies disguised as Russians, losophy teaches us not to be carried uring their stay, in her mem- the ladies see through and catch the away by lust.” oirs, Marguerite records that lords in their lies. she was there to settle a matter The historical King Henri (not Dof her unpaid dowry, against which he Love’s Labour’s Lost, though, is Ferdinand) of Navarre was a potential was holding parts of Aquitaine, which much more than an imitation of French ally for Queen Elizabeth, as he began parallels the business matter debated by politics. Shakespeare’s plays have a his reign of Navarre as a Protestant the King and Princess in Shakespeare’s completely different thrust to reveal King. However, in 1593, the King of play. French court records from the human nature and its flaws. His ex- Navarre converted to Catholicism and event also mention that two large sets travagant language is on full display in took the French throne. The names of of tapestries which depicted the imag- this play, with the longest word in all of Shakespeare’s four young men were all es of the Nine Worthies were hung in Shakespeare’s plays: honorificabilitudi- well known from England’s participa- Nerac, for the enjoyment of Marguerite, nitatibus. tion in the French religious wars. Biron, her mother, and her maids of honor. or Berowne, was the name of Navarre’s In France in that same year, the Duc The courtly language acts as a marshal, who had fought in the siege d’Alencon gave an elaborate entertain- verbal mask as the men show off their of Rouen alongside the Earl of Essex ment which included soldiers masquer- skills. They try to communicate their and English troops. Longaville was a ading as Russians. emotions, but in doing so, they get lost supporter of Navarre, and the Duke in a labyrinth of words. It’s the lower de Mayenne (Dumaine) was a former While Elizabethan England knew class characters who see the folly in this, opponent who became an ally following French politics and culture well, it is sometimes stating simply their confu- a truce in 1595. worth noting that Russia had been “dis- sion. The play ends with a reminder of covered” by the English only in 1553, the ordinary realities of country life in Yet earlier, on October 2nd, 1578, when a ship commanded by Richard opposition to the play’s courtly setting. another incident involving Henri of Chancellor left an Artic expedition to This play of linguistic acrobatic moves, Navarre mirrors the play in a tantalizing the White Sea and visited Moscow. surface lightness, and frivolity, ends way, but not certain. Henri of Navarre England charted a company the follow- with simple, deep, and profound truths was married to Marguerite de Valois, ing year to exploit trade between the and feelings of love lost.

Love’s Labour’s Lost By William Shakespeare July 27 - August 7 Schubert Theatre Akeem Davis, Mattie Hawkinson, Anthony Lawton, Christopher Patrick Longaville Rosaline Don Adriano de Armado Mullen, Costard

Spencer Plachy, Zack Robidas, Peter Schmitz, Marnie Schulenburg, Wayne S. Turney, King Ferdinand Berowne Holofernes Princess of France Boyet www.pashakespeare.org The Quill, Summer 2016 • 5 PSF Welcomes New Members to Board

omposed of volunteers from around he was recently elected to the Board of the sionals in the field of operations research, the region, PSF Board of Directors Allentown Symphony. management science, and analytics. She serve as community representatives recently completed her term as chairperson Cthat support the company’s mission and ad- Dr. James Pantano recently re- of the INFORMS Undergraduate Opera- ministration. PSF is proud to welcome seven tired from private practice with tions Research Student Paper Competition new board members: Kristine B. Burfeind, The Heart Care Group, after and currently serves as the co-chairperson H. Lloyd Carbaugh, Dr. James Pantano, Judy 38 years as attending cardiolo- of the Decision and Risk Analysis track for Morrison, Dr. Auriele Thiele, Elaine Trigiano, gist at Lehigh Valley Hospital, the 2016 INFORMS Analytics conference. and Kerry Wrobel. where he was Director of the Noninvasive She holds a SM and a PhD in Electrical Cardiovascular Laboratory for 30 years and Engineering and Computer Science from the “We couldn’t be happier with the addi- the Cardiac Rehabilitation Center for 35 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a tion of these seven to our board of directors,” years. His special interests were in the fields “diplôme d’ingénieur” from the Ecole Natio- says Patrick Mulcahy, producing artistic of congestive heart failure, angina, myocardial nale Supérieure des Mines de Paris in France. director, noting the board now totals 29. infarction and atrial fibrillation. He has pub- “With their knowledge and enthusiasm for lished research in several journals as well as a Elaine Trigiano is President the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, they patient-oriented book on angina. His under- of The Trigiano Foundation, will help the Festival continue to grow.” graduate degree is from Rutgers University, founded by her late husband, medical degree from University of Pittsburgh, Lucien L. Trigiano, M.D., Kristine B. Burfeind believes medical internship and residency at Ohio F.A.C.P. The Foundation’s it is important to support State University, and Cardiology Fellowship mission is furthering education at all levels. the arts and has a particular at University of Maryland. Dr. Pantano is It has sent teachers from all over the United passion for arts education, married to Penny Pantano and has 3 children, States to Colonial Williamsburg for a week- given the decreased amount of Jim, Dave and Sue. Jim enjoys helping in his long learning experience. The Foundation time today’s schools are able to devote to the wife’s business at Swim-in Zone. also contributes to Washington Crossing, arts in the classroom. Her work experience ArtsQuest, Cybersonics Technology Team includes United Airlines, Remay Real Estate, Judy Morrison is a retired ad- 103, Palisades High School, East Central and Lehigh County Mental Health. Her ministrator after 30 years at a Pennsylvania Scholastic Art Awards and community leadership roles include 16 years hematology/oncology medical Easton High School’s music department. as a member of the Allentown Symphony practice. Early on, Judy was a Elaine is a retired rehabilitation case manag- Orchestra (ASO) board and past president. licensed math teacher in New er. She has given presentations to Lloyds of She currently chairs ASO’s education and York. When the first of her three sons was London and the French Insurance Institute. outreach programs, which include the nation- born, she started volunteering. She ran an Prior to case managing she was a multi-line ally recognized El Sistema school program arts council in New York, moved to Pennsyl- insurance adjuster. and the Schadt String Competition. Burfeind vania, helped found the Parkland Commu- also serves on the National Alumni Board at nity Library, and served on the board of the Kerry Wrobel is the president Charleston University, her alma mater, and Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. Cur- of Lehigh Valley Industrial was past president of the Dental Auxiliary. rently she is delivering Meals on Wheels and Park Inc. (LVIP), a private tutoring while serving on the board of The non-profit economic devel- H. Lloyd Carbaugh is the Literacy Center. In 2011, she was recognized opment corporation. Wrobel Director of Materials Man- by the Lehigh County Aging and Adult Ser- oversees LVIP’s 2,500-acre industrial park agement for Health Network vices as one of its “Unsung Heroes.” system, which includes managing the redevel- Laboratories, a subsidiary of opment of 1,000 acres of the former Beth- Lehigh Valley Health Network. Dr. Auriéle Thiele is an Asso- lehem Steel plant—considered the largest He oversees the inventory and capital needs ciate Professor in the Depart- privately-owned brownfield site in the U.S. of 60-plus business locations. His profes- ment of Industrial and Systems Prior to joining LVIP in 2001, Wrobel held sional life began in a very different vein—as Engineering at Lehigh Univer- several management positions with Crayola. a professional (Equity) Stage Manager, after sity. In 2014-15 she was a Vis- He served as the first executive vice president graduating from Allentown College and The iting Associate Professor at the MIT Sloan of the Bethlehem Economic Development Yale School of Drama. He also taught the School of Management. Her research focuses Corporation and began his career as an eco- stage management curriculum at Yale for on decision-making under high uncertainty, nomic development specialist in the Office three years. He held stage managing residen- and has been funded in part by several grants of Community and Economic Development cies at the Yale Repertory Theatre, Hartford from the National Science Foundation. She with the City of Reading, Pa. He is a gradu- Stage, and Indiana Repertory Theatre among is the recipient of an IBM Faculty Award ate of Swarthmore College and The Wharton others, as well as moonlighting for several and was awarded the first prize in the George School of Business, University of Pennsyl- seasons with the PSF. In between, he spent Nicholson Paper Competition organized by vania. Wrobel is married to Anastasia M. many years in management positions with the Institute for Operations Research and Wrobel, and they have two children, Sean and several successful start-up software com- the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Maggie. panies. A dedicated advocate for the arts, the largest society in the world for profes-

6 • The Quill, Summer 2016 610.282.WILL Enter for your chance to win an enchanting PRE-SHOW PROLOGUES getaway for two! Become a Shakespearean Scholar in 30 minutes or less Romantic By Jill Arington Danube Tickets $100 Education Director Only 400 will be sold ou don’t need to be a Elizabethan Englishman can help us Shakespearean scholar to tap into the political and emotional Enjoy an eight-day cruise with river-view enjoy an evening at PSF. In undercurrents of the play. stateroom. Visit four World Heritage sites. fact, you don’t even need to Tour medieval towns in Austria’s Wachau read the plays-although we definitely I’ll also come prepared to Valley. Explore Hungary’s capital, cosmopolitan recommend that you do! But if it’s been discuss fresh insights into the artistic Budapest. Witness Vienna’s imperial architecture. Y a few years since you’ve cracked open process and clue you into some of Julius Caesar or you just haven’t gotten the directorial and design choices Purchase tickets online or in the theatre around to reading Love’s Labour’s Lost that guide the look and feel of our lobby. For more information, contact PSF’s yet, don’t let it stop you from checking production. We’ll discuss why we development office at 610-282-9455 ext. 6.

them out on the PSF boards. And decided to do these plays in the License 0006S16 – Permit #1. if you’ve been sticking to our non- summer of 2016, and maybe link them Shakespearean offerings thinking that to the headlines of the evening news. the Bard is too difficult (I’m looking at you, Dad), then this is my personal After that, we might discuss invitation to you! anything that makes the specific play at hand so special. Maybe we’ll delve Around here, the term “Prologue” into Mark Antony’s “Friends, Romans, refers to both the lines spoken by Countrymen” speech, which is a the chorus at the beginning of a play veritable masterclass in rhetoric. I can PSF STAFF and our free and informal pre-show help you keep track of the lovers whose discussions. Sponsored by Drs. Paul labours are lost. Maybe we’ll chat PATRICK MULCAHY and June Schlueter, these “Prologues” about famous productions or reminisce Producing Artistic Director are led by me or a member of the PSF about the last time The Taming of the DENNIS RAZZE artistic staff, start about 45 minutes Shrew was performed on the PSF stage. Associate Artistic Director prior to every Shakespeare play, and are Perhaps something will be of particular designed to introduce you, the audience, interest to you, and that evening’s CASEY WILLIAM GALLAGHER to the play you are about to see. discussion will focus on the aspects Managing Director of the play you find most exciting. By We’ll start with the essentials—the the end of the discussion, my hope is Director of Marketing & Public Relations who, what, when, where and why of the that you can appreciate why we, the LISA HIGGINS PECHTER play- and establish the basic storyline. artists, are so passionate about these Education Director/Assistant General Manager We’ll talk about where the play falls stories and think they are worth telling JILL ARINGTON in the canon, and how it compares to 400-some years after they were first Director of Production JARED GOLDSTEIN Shakespeare’s other plays or reflects written. We love these plays, and want Director of Development MELISSA KERR what was happening in his life when he to make it easier for you, the modern Business Manager KAREN SPANO wrote it. We’ll also talk a little bit about audience member, to enjoy everything Box Office Manager CATHERINE M. LOGAN what was going on in the world at the Shakespeare has to offer-without Associate Box Office Manager NICOLE MOYER time the play was written. Shakespeare’s worrying about whether you’ll be able Group and Corporate Sales Manager TINA SLAK first audience didn’t need anyone to to remember the characters’ names or Development Assistant MEGAN DIEHL explain the cultural significance of the follow the plot. events or characters in his plays, but The Quill is published up to three times a year by the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the professional most of us in the 21st century could use So come on in! Give it a try! theatre at DeSales University. Artists subject to change. a refresher course in English history. There will NOT be a quiz and you can Shakespeare and his audience knew leave your No. 2 pencils at home! I’ll Editor LISA HIGGINS exactly why Shakespeare might have do all the research for you, so you can Design VICTORIA BLAIR decided to take a closer look at the appreciate the play like a Heather Helinsky and Victoria Marchesani politics of ancient Rome, and talking Shakespearean insider—without Contributors: about what such an event meant to an logging hours at the library. FR. GERARD J. SCHUBERT, OSFS (1929 - 2015) Founder www.pashakespeare.org The Quill, Summer 2016 • 7 Pearl and Puffer extend a special thank you to our children’s show sponsors. Thank you to The Little Mermaid Production Sponsors Steve and Jane Auvil, and Co-Sponsors Computer Aid, Inc. and Swim-In-Zone.

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