The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, formerly the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, was an annual Shakespearean theatre festival in Philadelphia. The company suspended production in 2016.
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The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, formerly the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, was an annual Shakespearean theatre festival in Philadelphia.
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Shakespeare CaféThe Shakespeare Café was a program introduced in the 2007 season.
Past festivals1996 Deirdre of the Sorrows, Much Ado About Nothing 1997 Macbeth 1998 The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest 1999 Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet 2000 The Winter’s Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet 2001…
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The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, formerly the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, was an annual Shakespearean theatre festival in Philadelphia. The company suspended production in 2016. The company resumed school tours in 2017, but has been inactive since 2021.
Every year, the Festival produced two or three productions of Shakespeare's plays. Founded as the Red Heel Theatre in 1989, and changing name and purpose in 1993, the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival was the region's only theatre devoted entirely to Shakespeare's works. In 2008/9, the company was renamed The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre. The Theatre had several programs for adults and students including a lecture series, school matinees, a Shakespeare School Tour, placed teaching artists in classrooms, and a Classical Acting Academy providing early career actors with intense classical training culminating in a free summer Shakespeare play for the public.
In 2008, Philadelphia City Council passed a resolution honoring the Festival. 1
Shakespeare Café
The Shakespeare Café was a program introduced in the 2007 season. This was the Festival's less formal Shakespeare offering. 1
Past festivals
1996 Deirdre of the Sorrows, Much Ado About Nothing
1997 Macbeth
1998 The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest
1999 Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet
2000 The Winter’s Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet
2001 Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline
2002 Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear
2003 Julius Caesar, Macbeth
2004 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
2005 As You Like It, Hamlet, Twelfth Night
2006 Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2007 The Taming of the Shrew, Othello,
2008 Romeo and Juliet, Pericles, Prince of Tyre
2009 Henry IV, Part I, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
2010 Henry V, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2011 The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, As You Like It
2012 Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, Titus Andronicus
2013 Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, The Two Noble Kinsmen
2014 Henry V, iHamlet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet
2015 The Taming of the Shrew, Kill Will, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2016 Macbeth, Twelfth Night
2017 Hamlet
2018 Macbeth 1
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