I need to post this today so that I don't lose my one-post-a-month streak!
My university recently put on a production of Nine Girls, a murder mystery play from 1943. It was a very good production of a pretty good play.
And it has some Shakespeare in it!
The plot involves eight women—all part of the same sorority—who are off in a cabin in the woods when they hear the news that a ninth woman of their fairly-tight-knit group has been murdered. The news bulletin actually interrupts the radio Shakespeare program that they were (some happily, some less so) listening to:
Note: Spoilers follow.
It turns out that one of their number is the murderer—and she murders a second time to cover up the first.
Later, Sharon (our resident Shakespeare Freak) enters, practicing for her role as Lady Macbeth:
I'm very fond of that comedic moment.
The play itself is fair (though our actors performed it quite wonderfully), and it's a useful play to have on hand if you have far more female Theatre majors than male.
As a final image, I'll provide you with the original set:
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