Time for Culture

It’s that time of the year for our cultural experience!  So off to Utah we went!

We met J and D at baggage claim at the Las Vegas airport and then we got the car and began the drive NE to Cedar City, Utah and the Utah Shakespeare Festival.  The drive along the way is so beautiful and unusual compared to the green of East Tennessee.

It’s that time of the year for our cultural experience!  So off to Utah we went!

We met J and D at baggage claim at the Las Vegas airport and then we got the car and began the drive NE to Cedar City, Utah and the Utah Shakespeare Festival.  The drive along the way is so beautiful and unusual compared to the green of East Tennessee.

We stopped in St. George for a Smashburger, but I only got a  picture of the signage inside; guess we were too hungry to take a picture of the delicious burger and fries that had olive oil, garlic and rosemary on them.

We went to the local drug store after we arrived and had ice cream, but again we started eating and were finished before I thought of a picture!  But I did take a picture of the candies that were available.

After the orientation for Measure for Measure, we enjoyed the Green Show before the play began.

Measure for Measure  is usually identified as a “problem” play because it raises questions that aren’t answered, especially dealing with men and women relationship issues.  It is set in Vienna where vice has run rampant for many years.  The Duke of Vienna decides to go on a trip and leave a trusted subordinate (Angelo) to rule and “clean up the town.  Angelo reinstates old laws around sexual purity, and immediately condemns a young nobleman (Claudio) for getting his wife-to be-pregnant.  The Duke, meanwhile has returned to Vienna and disguises himself as a Catholic Fryer so he can move around Vienna undetected.  The plot weaves itself around  Angelo,  efforts to save Claudio, and the Duke’s working in the background to make sure Vienna is not changed too much by Angelo’s efforts to clean it up.  All three have romantic interests, and the plot works the relationships out except for one.  Angelo is married to a former lover, Claudio is saved and weds his pregnant girlfriend, and the Duke tries to convince Claudio’s sister, who is soon to be a nun, to disavow her vows and marry him.  The audience is left to decide if she marries the Duke or becomes a nun.  Thus, a problem play.

The pictures are straight from the camera, so no cropping or cleaning up!

We stopped in St. George for a Smashburger, but I only got a  picture of the signage inside; guess we were too hungry to take a picture of the delicious burger and fries that had olive oil, garlic and rosemary on them.

We went to the local drug store after we arrived and had ice cream, but again we started eating and were finished before I thought of a picture!  But I did take a picture of the candies that were available.

After the orientation for Measure for Measure, we enjoyed the Green Show before the play began.

Measure for Measure  is usually identified as a “problem” play because it raises questions that aren’t answered, especially dealing with men and women relationship issues.  It is set in Vienna where vice has run rampant for many years.  The Duke of Vienna decides to go on a trip and leave a trusted subordinate (Angelo) to rule and “clean up the town.  Angelo reinstates old laws around sexual purity, and immediately condemns a young nobleman (Claudio) for getting his wife-to be-pregnant.  The Duke, meanwhile has returned to Vienna and disguises himself as a Catholic Fryer so he can move around Vienna undetected.  The plot weaves itself around  Angelo,  efforts to save Claudio, and the Duke’s working in the background to make sure Vienna is not changed too much by Angelo’s efforts to clean it up.  All three have romantic interests, and the plot works the relationships out except for one.  Angelo is married to a former lover, Claudio is saved and weds his pregnant girlfriend, and the Duke tries to convince Claudio’s sister, who is soon to be a nun, to disavow her vows and marry him.  The audience is left to decide if she marries the Duke or becomes a nun.  Thus, a problem play.

The pictures are straight from the camera, so no cropping or cleaning up!