{"id":11984,"date":"2022-05-08T21:25:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T01:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=11984"},"modified":"2022-06-01T14:27:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T18:27:40","slug":"the-southern-shakespeare-festival-brings-crowds-to-tallahassees-cascades-park-amphitheater-4","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/the-southern-shakespeare-festival-brings-crowds-to-tallahassees-cascades-park-amphitheater-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Southern Shakespeare Festival brings crowds to Tallahassee&#8217;s Cascades Park Amphitheater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern Shakespeare Festival was in full flower over the weekend. Although nasty weather forced the cancellation of Friday\u2019s performance, Cascades Park was full of fans on the evenings of Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>For the final two nights, the young peoples\u2019 troupe called \u201cThe Bardlings\u201d kicked off the evening with a condensed version of a famous Shakespeare tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dFor there never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was followed by the main attraction by the adult troupe, the rollicking comedy \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For I have many ill qualities.\u201d \u201cOh, which is one?\u201d \u201cI say my prayers aloud!\u201d \u201cI love you the better, though the Hero may cry, \u2018Amen!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seasoned Southern Shakes actor Phil Croton played \u201cLeonato\u201d and noted the plot lines were somewhat similar to modern TV sitcoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMisunderstandings and deceptions and people not opening up to their own feelings. So it\u2019s very \u2018soapy\u2019 and the subplots aren\u2019t that nasty and dark. Except of course for my poor daughter, but that\u2019s another story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leonato\u2019s daughter \u201cHero\u201d has to fake her death in order to stay alive. This year\u2019s guest star was comedian Kevin McDonald from \u201cKids in the Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s amazing! They\u2019re real actors, which makes me feel bad I\u2019m with them. 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