{"id":1156,"date":"2021-07-20T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1156"},"modified":"2022-06-06T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:53:13","slug":"childe-roland-to-the-dark-tower-came","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1156","title":{"rendered":"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Childe-Roland-poster-for-website.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Childe-Roland-poster-for-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1157\" width=\"423\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Childe-Roland-poster-for-website.jpg 360w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Childe-Roland-poster-for-website-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came<\/em><\/strong><br>full-length play\u2020 produced in 2016 at the Historic Mounds Theatre<br>based on the folktale \u201cChilde Rowland\u201d* and on Robert Browning\u2019s 1855 poem*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twincitiesgeek.com\/2017\/03\/childe-roland-to-the-dark-tower-came-mixes-scholarship-and-swordplay\/\">review<\/a> in Twin Cities Geek<br>&#8220;Those who like their fairy tales with a side of meta-commentary and more questions than answers will enjoy\u00a0<em>Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came<\/em>\u00a0most of all.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A young girl has fallen into the terrible hands of the Elf King, so of course her brother, a knight in training, goes on a quest to rescue her. While in Elfland, Childe Roland must eat nothing and drink nothing. And he must kill everyone he meets, because everyone he meets is an evil Elf. But after a while, the murders begin to change him\u2026 This adaptation digs deeply into the implications of a classic English fairy tale, with surprising and disturbing results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cast: 4M, 8M\/F<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* never before, to the best of our knowledge, adapted for the theater<br>\u2020 written but not directed by Steve Schroer; produced by Hardcover Theater &amp; Six Elements Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Childe-Roland-for-website.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Childe-Roland-for-website-921x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1410\" width=\"425\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Childe-Roland-for-website-921x1024.jpg 921w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Childe-Roland-for-website-270x300.jpg 270w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Childe-Roland-for-website-768x854.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Childe-Roland-for-website-1381x1536.jpg 1381w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Childe-Roland-for-website.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Camefull-length play\u2020 produced in 2016 at the Historic Mounds Theatrebased on the folktale \u201cChilde Rowland\u201d* and on Robert Browning\u2019s 1855 poem* review in Twin Cities Geek&#8220;Those who like their fairy tales with a side &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1156\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":258,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1583,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156\/revisions\/1583"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}