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SHAKESPEARE’S THREE MARYS By the Dark Lady Players September 2009 www.darkladyplayers.com
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About this production <ul><li>This unique production interspersed scenes of the Virgin Mary characters (Juliet, Ophelia and Desdemona) with their parallel characters in the York mystery plays </li></ul><ul><li>The objective was to show how the Shakespearean heroines are parodies of the Virgin Mary </li></ul>
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1. Romeo &Juliet: the Annunciation/Nurse’s Scene
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Romeo & Juliet; Lady Capulet and Nurse Angelica say it is time for Juliet to get Mary-ed
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Romeo & Juliet; Nurse has referred to Susan(nah), meaning a Lilly the symbol of the annunciation
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2. Hamlet ; In the York Mystery plays, Mary is sewing in her closet
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Joseph addresses Mary (from the York Mystery plays)
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Hamlet, an allegory for the sun god Helios, has made Ophelia pregnant through his light
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Pregnant Virgin Mary watches Ophelia, no longer pregnant, holding her abortive flowers