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Shakespeare in the Ozarks
P.O. Box 780
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
(479) 270-1278
Tournament of Bards
What's in the brain that ink may character...
It's easy to enter our Tournament of Bards: simply write a Shakespearean sonnet (described below) and submit it by
Jean Merritt, our Director of Public Relations, will select the finest sonnets each month for publication on our website!
"A lyric poem comprising fourteen rhyming lines of equal length: iambic pentameters in English….
"… The English sonnet (also called the Shakespearean sonnet after its foremost practitioner) comprises three quatrains and a final couplet, rhyming ababcdcdefefgg. …[T]he ‘turn’ comes with the final couplet, which may sometimes achieve the neatness of an epigram. "
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms.
Chris Baldick. Oxford University Press, 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.
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Definition of a Shakespearean Sonnet
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Shakespeare in the Ozarks would not exist without you! Plan to attend the performances -- and bring friends and family members who might not otherwise think of coming. Come early and bring a picnic. Invite people from out of town. And if you are a business owner, please post our fliers and be sure to let your customers know about us.
Become a member of the Friends of Shakespeare in the Ozarks by making a tax-deductible donation today. All levels receive tokens of appreciation.
LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP:
GENTLEFOLK ($50)
receive one free ticket to the performance of your choice.
NOBILITY ($100)
two complimentary tickets
ROYALTY ($250)
two complimentary tickets and two invitations to
the Meet the Cast party
ANGELIC BEINGS ($500 and up)
four complimentary tickets and four invitations to
the Meet the Cast party
No theatre in the land survives on box office alone. We are in urgent need of major sponsors, for our whole season, for our annual operation, and for individual components of our production from artists' fees to program printing costs. If you or your business can help this enterprise fufill its potential, please contact
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With your help, Shakespeare in the Ozarks will:
- contribute materially to the local economy by stimulating peripheral business. Studies
have shown that in every town that develops its own Shakespeare festival, tourism
increases -- and for every dollar spent by visitors on tickets to the show, four more
dollars are spent in the community.
- make significant contribution to the cultural landscape of the region.
- provide visitors to Eureka Springs with a rich and memorable experience.
- provide opportunities for involvement by local performers and craftspeople.
- provide the opportunity for students from four states to attend live classical theatre.
- become a source of seasonal paid employment.
Shakespeare in the Ozarks is a non-profit 501(c)3 organizations and all donations are fully tax-deductible.
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poets pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation, and a name...
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
or
now!
