{"id":1049,"date":"2011-04-07T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T16:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2011-04-07T12:57:54","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T16:57:54","slug":"the-wasps-goes-up-tomorrow-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2011\/04\/07\/the-wasps-goes-up-tomorrow-night\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WASPS goes up tomorrow night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/files\/2011\/04\/wasps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1054\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/files\/2011\/04\/wasps.jpg\" alt=\"wasps\" width=\"489\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/files\/2011\/04\/wasps.jpg 489w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/files\/2011\/04\/wasps-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a>Each spring, Core and Classics students work with <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/nelson.htm\">Prof. Stephanie Nelson<\/a> and assorted faculty to stage a dramatic reading of one of the bawdy comic plays of Aristophanes.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow night, you&#8217;re invited to attend their production of The Wasps. In the Core\/Classics re-invention of the play, the character Loathcleon tries to save Lovecleon (representing all the beloved senior faculty) from a dire obsession with earning a deanship. Meanwhile, a chorus of wasps delivers its stinging commentary on the action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=46453444979\">Ask any upperclassman<\/a> who&#8217;s been to the Aristophanes show in previous years, and they&#8217;ll tell you &#8212; you don&#8217;t want to miss it! Guest stars include <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/eckel.htm\">Prof. Eckel<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/faculty\/profiles\/samons.html\">Prof. Samons<\/a>, as well as other familiar faces from the faculty.<\/p>\n<p>See you there&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Friday, April 8, 2011, in Stone B-50<\/h2>\n<h2>5 PM: Pizza!<\/h2>\n<h2>5:20: The Fish Worship Blues Band!<\/h2>\n<h2>6:20: The play begins!<\/h2>\n<p>The play is free and open to all &#8212; bring a friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each spring, Core and Classics students work with Prof. Stephanie Nelson and assorted faculty to stage a dramatic reading of one of the bawdy comic plays of Aristophanes. Tomorrow night, you&#8217;re invited to attend their production of The Wasps. In the Core\/Classics re-invention of the play, the character Loathcleon tries to save Lovecleon (representing all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[441],"tags":[5639,881,3894,48728,5027,664,4345],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}