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A Falstaff feast
Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor
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A Falstaff feast

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Esther French

Find Falstaff at Nebraska Shakespeare, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Shakespeare Dallas.

The Book of Will: An imagined backstory for the Shakespeare First Folio
The Book of Will
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The Book of Will: An imagined backstory for the Shakespeare First Folio

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Esther French

The Book of Will, a new play by Lauren Gunderson, explores the back-story of how Shakespeare’s friends assembled his plays into the book we know today as the First Folio, without which we might have forever lost plays such as…

What's my line? Exploring promptbooks for Othello
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What's my line? Exploring promptbooks for Othello

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Ben Lauer

Promptbooks let us peer into the minds of some of history’s greatest theater-makers and see how they imagined Shakespeare’s plays.

Robert Sean Leonard as Richard II: What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in June
Robert Sean Leonard as King Richard II
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Robert Sean Leonard as Richard II: What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in June

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Esther French

Experience a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America, from a female Hamlet in Colorado to Robert Sean Leonard as Richard II in San Diego.

A Shakespeare tale for winter, told in summer
The Winter's Tale at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
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A Shakespeare tale for winter, told in summer

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Esther French

The Winter’s Tale is onstage this summer at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, African-American Shakespeare Company, and Nashville Shakespeare Festival.

Shakespeare in Love: From the screen to the stage in Chicago, Oregon, Utah, and New Jersey
Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Shakespeare in Love
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Shakespeare in Love: From the screen to the stage in Chicago, Oregon, Utah, and New Jersey

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Esther French

“Shakespeare in Love,” the Oscar-winning 1998 movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes, has become a popular stage play, adapted by Lee Hall. Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey are all…

Comparing Timon of Athens with Iago
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Comparing Timon of Athens with Iago

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Esther French

Timon of Athens vs. Iago! Actors Ian Merrill Peakes and Louis Butelli discuss these Shakespeare characters, their degree of self-awareness, and their villain status.

An Iranian Hamlet
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An Iranian Hamlet

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Esther French

Arian Moayed is an Iranian Hamlet who straddles the line between East and West in a new dual-language production from Waterwell in New York.

What's onstage at American Shakespeare theaters in May: a 1940s-style Midsummer and more
Seattle Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream
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What's onstage at American Shakespeare theaters in May: a 1940s-style Midsummer and more

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Esther French

This month, we check in with our theater partners at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Folger Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and Atlanta Shakespeare Company.

What’s onstage in April at Shakespeare theaters across America
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What’s onstage in April at Shakespeare theaters across America

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Every month, we share a snapshot of Shakespeare in performance around America. See what’s on this April.

What makes Shakespeare musicals 'American'
West Side Story
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What makes Shakespeare musicals 'American'

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While Shakespeare musicals borrowed plots, characters, and situations from England’s best-known poet, they remained essentially “American.”

The many Shakespearean roles of Irish immigrant Ada Rehan
Ada Rehan
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The many Shakespearean roles of Irish immigrant Ada Rehan

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Born Ada Crehan in Limerick, Ireland, Ada Rehan arrived in Brooklyn with her family at age five. Her big break came in the late 1870s, when theater manager Augustin Daly hired her for his New York company.

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