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The theatre exterior in 1955. The American Shakespeare Theatre was a theater company based in Stratford, Connecticut, United States.It was formed in the early 1950s by Lawrence Langner, Lincoln Kirstein, John Percy Burrell, and philanthropist Joseph Verner Reed.
Here’s a guide to outdoor Shakespeare shows (and one non-Shakespeare one) in Connecticut this summer. Flock Theatre: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Henry IV Part 2’ New London’s ...
In February 2005, the Town of Stratford received the deed for the Stratford Festival Shakespeare Theater from the state of Connecticut. In 2006 it selected a New York City development company to reopen the theater as a tourist destination, but the company's contract was terminated in July 2007 because of lack of progress.
The American Shakespeare Theatre operated on a festival stage in Stratford, Connecticut, United States from 1955 to the 1980s. Arthur Lithgow , father of actor John Lithgow , founded the "Antioch Shakespeare Festival" (also known as Shakespeare Under the Stars") at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1952.
Shakespeare Theatre could refer to: American Shakespeare Center, Staunton Virginia; American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut; Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington, D.C. Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Shakespeare's original Globe Theatre. Its modern reconstruction, Shakespeare ...
Nunn and Hands were joint artistic directors of the RSC when the company opened The Swan, its third theatre in Stratford. The Swan Theatre, also designed by Michael Reardon, has a deep thrust stage and a galleried, intimate 450-capacity auditorium. The space was to be dedicated to playing the works of Shakespeare's contemporaries, the works of ...
The Royal Shakespeare Company had renovated the Royal Shakespeare Theatre as part of a £112.8m Transformation project which included the creation of a new 1040+ seat, thrust stage auditorium which brought actors and audiences closer together, with the distance of the furthest seat from the stage being reduced from 27 metres (89 ft) to 15 metres (49 ft).
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