The season continues

Published on July 16, 2010

In its second show of the season, The Hampshire Shakespeare Company brings the mystical island and creatures of "The Tempest" to The Hartsbrook stage, under the direction of Martin Shell, associate professor and director of theater arts at Springfield College.

Though one of Shakespeare's shortest plays, "The Tempest" is significant because it signals the end of a legacy. It is often considered the final play of Shakespeare's canon, in part because of the way that it sums up many of his reflections on the nature of drama and human nature.

The show runs July 21 through Aug. 1 at the Hartsbrook School in Hadley. Starting Aug. 6, the Young Company will perform its own version of the drama under the direction of Hampshire Shakepeare co-founder, Tim Holcomb.

For ticket information call 297-0407, or visit the company's website at www.hampshireshakespeare.org.

- ALEXIS MARLEY