A Player King

"What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:58:28 GMT

A Player King: Episode 9 "What wound did ever heal but by degrees?" Hamlet gets redeemed, the usurpers receive some just desserts, and Tom receives some life-affirming training from Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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"But this rough magic I here abjure"

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:58:05 GMT

A Player King: Episode 10: "But this Rough Magic I Here Abjure." Shakespeare Orange County reaches new heights and professional landmarks, finds peace in restoration and returns to the Festival Amphitheatre in a kind of homecoming, and after 40 years of creating and making theatrical magic, Tom retires.

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"Sound and Fury"

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:30:07 GMT

A Player King: Episode 8 "Sound and Fury." Reeling from the aftermath of a forced resignation, Tom finds new opportunity at Chapman University and forms Shakespeare Orange County with Michael and four other Grove Shakespeare actors.

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"Let slip the dogs of war"

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:30:00 GMT

A Player King: Episode 7 "Let Slip the Dogs of War." Stories of Hamlet during the 1984 Olympics, an epic Merchant of Venice, and betrayal most foul.

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"O for a muse of fire"

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:30:00 GMT

A Player King: Episode five: "O for a muse of fire!" The Gem Theatre is launched, the Grove Shakespeare Festival is conceived, a first ammendment crisis, and life-long colleagues are met and made.

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"This scepter'd isle"

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:30:00 GMT

A Player King: Episode Six: "This Scepter'd Isle." The dream of a Shakespeare Festival takes off, and gains some great momentum.

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"Blow winds and crack your cheeks"

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:05:15 GMT

A Player King: Episode four: "Blow Winds and Crack your cheeks" Tom learns some vital lessons about producing and creating theatre in rough conditions, heals some old wounds playing King Lear, and ends up starting a brand new theatre company in Garden Grove, California.

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"Be patient for the world is broad and wide"

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:04:50 GMT

A Player King: Episode three. "Be Patient for the World is Broad and Wide." Tom begins teaching high school after graduation, performing in political and experimental theatre to protest the Vietnam War, and the foundation of the Hollywood Theatre Ensemble that launched many artists' careers.

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"I bear a charmed life"

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:30:52 GMT

A Player King: Episode two. "I bear a charmed life." In episode two, high school drama programs, the power of ensemble, and devastating college theatre reviews.

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"So shines a good deed in a naughty world"

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:18:44 GMT

In this first epsiode, Tom and Michael talk about their childhoods, seeing their first play, and learn some new things about each other after 50 years of friendship.

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