On a dusty road, in the 'Bootheel' of New Mexico you'll find a small town called Shakespeare. And, rather fittingly, it's a 'Ghost Town'! Originally a stop on the stagecoach route it had a brief life when a mine opened up nearby. But when the mine closed in 1929 so did the town.
Wouldn't it be great to perform one of the Bard's plays there? But which one? Which play would suit a Western / Ghost Town setting? Personally I do The Tempest...
Prospero, originally the mayor of the large town on Milan is now a hermit living in a ghost-town, speaking to the Native American spirits that inhabit the land. Rather than a tempest at sea a dust-storm deposits the travellers from Milan within the realm and at the mercy of the deposed mayor and his daughter. Now read on...
Prospero, originally the mayor of the large town on Milan is now a hermit living in a ghost-town, speaking to the Native American spirits that inhabit the land. Rather than a tempest at sea a dust-storm deposits the travellers from Milan within the realm and at the mercy of the deposed mayor and his daughter. Now read on...
Shakespeare, New Mexico
Shakespeare Ghost Town
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