Community invited to 'Shakespeare and Friends'

From the Times-News:

Shakespeare and Friends at The Cove, as the troupe calls themselves, will perform an outdoor reading of “The Sonnets of Shakespeare” at Highland Lake Cove Retreat and Learning Center.

Written by another local, William H. Logan, a veteran of the Vietnam War as well as the stage, the performance includes readings of some of the 154 sonnets penned by the Bard of Avon and is billed as a “brief tour of the sonnets.”

The narration, read by Bryan Byrd, explains the literary elements of sonnets, since as Logan said, he wrote the play one weekend years ago after a co-worker who was an English literature major asked him what a sonnet was. Byrd feels that having narration interwoven with the sonnets is a way of opening up the language of Shakespeare to those who may think of it as difficult. . .

Throughout the reading of Logan's play, five actors take turns moving from the waterfront stage out onto the grass and into the seating area, adding movement to their words. . .

The play will be performed at 4 p.m. Saturday at The Cove, off Rhett Drive off of Highland Lake Road. Signs will be posted to help with locating the stage and finding parking. There is no admission charge.

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