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‘Your Heart’s Desires Be With You!’
–As You Like It. Act I Scene 2
the As You Like It entryway, where theater posters that might have been the Globe’s will create much mirth and merriment. They vie for attention inside with jongleurs, wenches, stilt-walkers and other crowd-pleasers, and ahead the live Renaissance music of Broceliande calls. At the theater kiosk, guests can peruse the circa 1690s handbills to catch up on the entertainment world’s buzz.
“We are delighted to have roving groups of student singers and actors providing all kinds of entertaining diversions. Everyone will love their terrific impromptu scenes from’The Taming of the Shrew’’” said Cindy Davison.
‘Can one desire too much of a good thing?’
As You Like It, Act iv Scene 1
Guests will enjoy the full bar (including carefully chosen wines) and delicious hot and
cold hors d’oeuvres passed by waiters while greeting friends and perusing the bounteous
treats in the Globe entryway and adjacent
rooms. Banners proclaim each room’s theme
with a quote from a favorite Shakespearean play. Ivy drapes the walls, and the colors throughout are those of an English garden in May—the deep blues
Father Martin Clock
Father Martin Mager is at work on his 22nd grandfather clock, about 7.5 feet tall with black walnut trim, German clockworks and three chimes. Father Martin also hand crafted a lovely wooden cradle that will lull any baby to sleep.
As You Like It, Woodside Priory School’s 25th auction and ball, will live up to everyone’s heart’s desire with contemporary treasures and Elizabethan fun. Cindy and Wayne Davison, co-chairs, have pulled out all the stops to make this anniversary auction an extra-special event.
Start with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., silent auction browsing and bidding until 8 p.m. At dinner, enjoy the “warm-up” salad auction and entertainment. At the grand auction, Auctioneer Tim Molak’s legendary skills will tempt you to raise your paddle one more time. Then, indulge with music, dessert and dancing to Wendy Waller and the Natural Wonders until midnight. If you haven’t yet sent your reservation, well, ‘Time and the tides wait for no man!’ Tickets sold out last year and are expected to do so again.
‘All the World’s A Stage’
As You Like It, Act ii, Scene.7
In Shakespeare’s time, crowds filled the Globe Theater in London for presentations of the Bard’s latest work and to socialize with friends. Priory guests will sense that same ambiance approaching
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