Presents
Lovers’ Spat Shakespeare’s Famous Couple’s Encounters
SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY is pleased to announce Lovers’ Spat — Shakespeare’s Famous Couple’s Encounters on Saturday, February 18 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, February 19 at 2:00 pm. Company actors and guest performers explore the complexities of love in staged readings featuring Shakespeare’s most notorious couples’ loving, fi ghting, scheming and wooing. Lover’s Spat is directed by Artistic Director Allyn Burrows and performed in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
CHESS CORNER
Congratulations to Levi Renderer for solving last issue’s Chess Corner puzzle! He came up with the correct answer of: N to e7 check, N to e7 (takes N), Q to f8 (takes rook) check, K to f8 (takes Q), R to d8 checkmate. Here’s a new puzzle for all to ponder.
“The best part of quarreling is making up,” said Allyn Burrows. “On this Valentine’s weekend we do the quarreling and you do the making up, or making out, or making your sweetheart laugh.”
Scenes will include lovers Beatrice and Benedict, Oberon and Titania, Romeo and Juliet, Hermia and Lysander, Kate and Hotspur, Kate and Petruchio, Richard and Lady Anne, and more. Comedian Kevin Bartini is our MC, and the cast features Elizabeth Aspenlieder, Jason Asprey, Allyn Burrows, MaConnia Chesser, Tamara Hickey, David Joseph, and more.
Tickets are $25 general admission. $10 student tickets are also available for both performances. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased online at
www.shakespeare.org or by calling the Shakespeare & Company box offi ce at (413) 637-3353. The Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre is wheelchair accessible. Shakespeare & Company is located at 70 Kemble Street in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Just when Black thought they had a winning chance in this game Wesley So vs Viktor Laznicka, New Delhi, 2011, White came up with a magic move. T e Black Rook on f6 is at acking both the White Queen on h6 and the Knight on f4. What did White play, and made Black resign immediately?
Email answer to
info@berkshiresbest.net. All correct answers will be collected and drawn at random. One lucky winner will receive a $75 gift certifi cate to Shiro Japanese Restaurant.
Black to play and win, but how?
Email answer to
info@berkshiresbest.net. All correct answers will be collected and drawn at random. One lucky winner will receive a a Butternut Ski Lift Ticket. (To claim prize call 413-528-4133.)
For tickets or more information visit
shakespeare.org. 6 Berkshires’ Best Buys, Business & Beyond • February 7-20, 2017
Monthly programming continues in March when the Company celebrates local playwright Joan Ackermann, with readings of six of her plays include Zara Spook, Stanton’s Garage, The Batting Cage, Ice Glen, and a new world premiere script!
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