{"id":5263,"date":"2016-11-29T09:58:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2021-08-08T15:12:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:12:34","slug":"ty-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=5263","title":{"rendered":"Ty Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1812\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5263-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/TyJones.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/TyJones.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/TyJones.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" 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is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?resize=488%2C680&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6891 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?w=488&amp;ssl=1 488w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?resize=50%2C70&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong><strong>Macbeth: Act 1, Scene <\/strong>7<br><strong>Macbeth<\/strong><br><strong>November 11, 2016<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CTH-Team-Logo-300-dpi-hi-res.jpeg?resize=640%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7646\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=7646\" class=\"wp-image-7646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CTH-Team-Logo-300-dpi-hi-res.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CTH-Team-Logo-300-dpi-hi-res.jpeg?resize=70%2C20&amp;ssl=1 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&#8220;Unsexy&#8221; and &#8220;middle-class&#8221; are not words you would naturally associate with <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5254\">Ty Jones<\/a>, the actor and Producing Artistic Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cthnyc.org\/\">Classical Theatre of Harlem<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; But when it comes to his vision for the future of the American Theatre, Mr. Jones makes no bones about what it will take for both actors and theatre companies to survive and thrive.&nbsp;&nbsp; We get a taste of his critically-acclaimed turn as the lead in CTH&#8217;s record-breaking production of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Macbeth<\/span>, and learn why our foreign policy leaders should listen carefully to Shakespeare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Click here to <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5172\">follow along with the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Click here for a <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5174\">First Folio version of the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Click here for a <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5177\">scanned version of the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Contributing Editor: <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5242\">Andres Montejo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/TyJones.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7MacbethNovember 11, 2016 &#8220;Unsexy&#8221; and &#8220;middle-class&#8221; are not words you would naturally associate with Ty Jones, the actor and Producing Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem.&nbsp;&nbsp; But when it<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=5263' 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