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Shakespeare rules the playbill as Stratford unveils plans for its 2014 summer festival

Aug 22, 2013 – 11:19 am | 5,814 views
Shakespeare c 1610, the recently discovered Cobbe portrait, believed to have been created while he was alive (Getty Images - Wiki)

Report: While the Stratford Festival has shed its branding association with the Bard of Avon, any concerns that the festival might really be loosening its traditional ties with Shakespeare should be allayed by newly announced plans for the summer of 2014. The Bard abounds. The festival’s five Shakespeare productions will include two takes on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — a full-scale account and a “chamber” version for just four players directed by one of the world’s most innovative masters of stagecraft, Peter Sellars.

Shakespeare and discounts at center stage, revamped Stratford opens for summer ’13

Jan 4, 2013 – 3:47 pm | 2,057 views
Festival Theatre, 2010. Photography by Krista Dodson

Report: 25 percent off thru Jan. 31.

Chicago angels boost young actors with gift of training at Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Sep 12, 2012 – 9:00 am | 2,462 views
Dorcas Sowunmi feature image

Dorcas Sowunmi succeeds E.B. Smith.

Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 2013 season will restore focus on the Bard, classic drama

Jul 17, 2012 – 9:13 pm | 4,745 views
Festival Theatre, 2003. Photography by Richard Bain.

“Romeo” and “Othello” top the list.