King Opera House Today
The King Opera House is a performance space of Fort Smith's Young Actors Guild, whose past productions have included Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, and Alice in Wonderland. A fire broke out in the theater in 2008, and repairs were required for re-opening.
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“An illiterate king is a crowned ass.”
—Medieval English proverb.
Said by the chronicler William of Malmesbury to have been much used by King Henry I of England (1068-1135)
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—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Mark, 3:25.
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—Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)