“A goddess on a mountain top was burning like a silver flame”, the minstrels teach us. Adonis, offered the chance to ascend “the summit of beauty and love”, chose to go hunting instead, and got eviscerated by a boar. Venus in her disappointment uses his blood to color flowers in his memory.

Meanwhile, every man on earth is screaming at the page, “Dude, she is not only the goddess of love, she’s the most beautiful being in the universe! Go hunting some other time!” William Shakespeare, taking a break from his theatrical duties, attempts to make all this make sense, while still getting it to rhyme.

Join us on Monday, July 3rd, as we read Venus and Adonis on Zoom.

This reading will not include watching a video, so we will begin at 7:30pm. Leave a message below if you want an invitation.

Go to shakespearetokyo.news.blog/venus-and-adonis/ for more information about the play. Hover on the Files tab, then click on Venus and Adonis. Then join us for the reading at 7:30 pm, July 3rd, on Zoom.

Henry VIII had six wives. Too many for Shakespeare to write about in just one play, so he just covers the first two.

Bet you didn’t know Shakespeare wrote about Henry VIII, did you? But as the subtitle suggests, “All is True!” Join us on Monday, June 5th, and see for yourself.

We meet on Zoom at 7pm to watch scenes from the play on video, then start reading ourselves from 7:30pm. Leave a message below if you want an invitation.

Go to https://shakespearetokyo.news.blog/…/07/henry-the-eighth/ for more information about the play. Hover on the Files tab, then click on Henry VIII. Then join us for the reading, at 7pm June 5, on Zoom.