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Evidence: a notoriously difficult play to date, with estimates ranging from 1595 to 1607. [268] As an example of the disparity the play can cause in relation to its date, the 1997 revised edition of William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion from Oxford University Press dates the play 1604–1605, placing it between Othello and Timon of Athens. [269]
The Festival was founded as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, by Tom Patterson, a Stratford-native journalist who wanted to revitalize his town's economy by creating a theatre festival dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare, as the town shares the name of Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
In December 2019, the play was once again revived by the Nottingham New Theatre at the University of Nottingham, 59 years after the first revival. [32] For 2025, the play has been scheduled for a February-April performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, [33] with Daniel Evans in the titular role.
The Venetian ambassador to England, Zorzi Giustinian, saw a play titled Pericles during his time in London, which ran from 5 Jan 1606 to 23 Nov 1608. As far as is known, there was no other play with the same title that was acted in this era; the logical assumption is that this must have been Shakespeare's play. [27]
Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number of plays as well as their classifications as tragedy, history, comedy, or otherwise is a matter of scholarly debate. Shakespeare's plays are widely regarded as among the greatest in the ...
The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company will present a one-night special performance of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” at The Sauk.
Shakespeare in the Park in July 2021. The production is Merry Wives. Shakespeare in the Park (or Free Shakespeare in the Park) is a theatrical program that stages productions of Shakespearean plays at the Delacorte Theater, an open-air theater in New York City's Central Park.
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