Two complaints

that get thrown at the work of William Shakespeare consistently is that

his material is long and boring. Not any more.

Newnan Community

Theatre Company is presenting "The Compleat Wrks of Wilm Shakspr

(abridged)" over the next three weekends and the show is neither

long nor boring.

The play, written

37 plays of William Shakespeare and some of his sonnets. The show features

Lamar Payne, Travis McElroy and Jeff Allen, all regulars in NCT productions.

Payne directed

the company's production of "The Foreigner" and starred in "Picasso

at the Lapin Agile" and "Deathtrap." McElroy is a captain

in the U.S. Air Force, a stand-up comic and has appeared in "A Little

Night Music." Allen has appeared in "The Foreigner," "Lloyd's

Prayer," and "The Glass Menagerie."

The show travels

quickly through Shakespeare's work using rap, a Julia Child-style cooking

show and a football game to discuss some of Shakespeare's plays. The play

will give the audience a very skewed and comical version of the plots

of Shakespeare's plays.

"My favorite

Shakespeare play is 'Hamlet,' which is discussed in the show" said

McElroy. "I am a little disappointed that there is no mention of

a fox or a box, or even the line, 'I do not like Green Eggs and Hamlet,

I do not like them, Sam-I-Amlet."

"The Compleat

Wrks of Wilm Shkspr (abridged)" has also given the actors a better

understanding of the man.

"The Shake-meister

seems like the kinda guy you could sit down with and just discuss last

weekend's fencing tournament over a six-pack of mead," said Allen.

"You know, he's not half as boring as I thought he was when I was

in high school."

Performances

will be Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., through

Nov. 4. Admission is $10 general admission and $8 for senior citizens.

Phone 770-683-NCTC for reservations or visit https://newnantheatre.com .

Newnan Community Theatre Company is located at 24 First Avenue in Newnan.

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