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    Taming of the Shrew and Timon of Athens

    Shakespeare Tavern
    499 Peachtree St NE
    Atlanta GA 30308
    404-874-5299

    January 2 - January 26, 2014
    Playing in repertory
    Shows begin at 7:30pm,
    except on Sundays, when they begin at 6:30pm

    The Taming of the Shrew - This tale of the fiery and highly comedic romance of Kate and Petruchio still entertains after 400+ years but the debate still stands: just who tames whom?

    Timon of Athens - Timon is a wealthy Athenian noble who responds to flattery by hosting banquets, giving gifts and bailing out his suitors. When his fortune runs out and his friends reject his pleas for help, he becomes an embittered recluse and, after seeing that those who abandoned him suffer, withdraws to die.

    Money: it can’t buy love, but it can certainly promote hate.

    Timon of Athens may be a simple story about a generous and self-indulgent man driven to misanthropy by his fair-weather friends, but it produces an avalanche of philosophical questions: Does Timon deserve our compassion for shunning society and condemning/contaminating the very people he once called friends? Does he deserve to be punished for his vanity and ostentation or is he right to expect more from his parasitic friends? Is there a place for cynicism in society? Watch and Decide.

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