Acting Shakespeare at the Central Library

In February, The Hobart Shakespeareans performed Ian McKellen's Acting Shakespeare at the Central Library of Los Angeles.

A Taste of Honey: Is there anything these students can't do?!

Julie rocks out on You Can't Do That

The extraordinary Angie Shin sings Sigh No More

The Beatles meet William Shakespeare: The Band rocks out on You Can't Do That

A Taste of Honey: The Tijuana Brass comes alive with some fabulous horn players

Karen jokes with the crowd about “mending a broken voice”

Sigh No More: Carmen plays classical guitar

Carmen as the Chorus from Henry V

The Hobart Shakespeareans don't play by the rules: mixing Cowbells and Hamlet!

David teaches the audience to analyze the language of Macbeth

The Play's the Thing: Johnny Lee is Hamlet

Julie searches for happy marriages in Shakespeare's plays

The amazing focus of these kids: the band plays John Lennon's Jealous Guy

Joyce teaches reading complicated text and makes it look easy

Angie jokes about Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap

The whole cast performs Quoting Shakespeare

Soundcheck for the band: Look at the focus!!!

Shakespeare meets jazz music: Sinatra's got nothing on Angie and the dancers as Wave mixes with Much Ado About Nothing

Scenes from Henry V, Hamlet, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, and The Tempest were mixed with spectacular music to thrill the audience.

Special thanks to all our friends at the library for making this possible.

Photos by Kurt Ingham