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The American Shakespeare Center was founded as the Shenandoah Shakespeare EXPRESS in 1988 by Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen and Jim Warren. [6] The first show performed by the newly organized company was Richard III, where actors who made up the locally travelling ensemble troupe came from James Madison University's current students and graduates, and the performance was two hours long (compared to a ...
Ralph Alan Cohen (born 1945) is an American educator, scholar theatre director, and academic entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and Senior Advisor of the American Shakespeare Center, a theater company located in Staunton, Virginia. [1]
The Shakespeare Theatre Association of America was organized at a meeting held January 12 and 13, 1991 at the Folger Library and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Sidney Berger, Producing Director of the Houston Shakespeare Festival, and Douglas Cook, Producing Artistic Director of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, invited the producers, artistic directors and managing directors of over ...
Out of the committee was born Staunton's first citywide literary event, the Queen City Word Fest, a celebration of words and literature. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to ...
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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 ...
In recent years, theatre festivals have been established to promote various types of theatre, such as the works of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. Many festivals, such as those in the fringe theatre movement, promote the work of beginning playwrights (called "new writing") and performers.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington, D.C. The theatre company focuses primarily on plays from the Shakespeare canon, but its seasons include works by other classic playwrights such as Euripides , Ibsen , Wilde , Shaw , Schiller , Coward and Tennessee Williams .