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Apr
25
Fri
Henry IV, Part 1, Shakespeare Theater Co.
Tickets
Apr 25 @ 12:15 am – Jun 7 @ 1:15 am

The Shakespeare Theater Company

Sidney Harman Hall

Henry IV, Part 1

Directed by Michael Kahn

March 25 – June 7, 2014

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henry-iv“The better part of valor is, discretion.”

A young prince must decide between tavern roughhousing and the burden of his father’s legacy, in the coming-of-age story of heroism, corruption and war. STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn directs the masterful Stacy Keach (King Lear, Macbeth) who plays Shakespeare’s beloved character, Falstaff.

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Categories: US East  The Shakespeare Theatre Co
Apr
30
Wed
Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Stratford, Ontario
Tickets
Apr 30 @ 5:00 am – Oct 12 @ 6:00 am

Stratford Festival

April 30 – Oct 12, 2014

By Lewis Carroll

Adapted for the stage by James Reaney
Directed by Jillian Keiley

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Climbing through her living-room mirror, Alice enters a world of wonders populated by such fantastical characters as Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Walrus and the Carpenter – and the fearsome Jabberwock. Children and adults alike will be delighted by this spectacular journey into the topsy-turvy realm of the dreaming mind.

 

 

 

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Categories: Canada    Stratford
May
5
Mon
King Lear – Stratford, Ontario Shakespeare
Tickets
May 5 @ 6:00 am – Oct 10 @ 7:00 am

King Lear – Stratford, Ontario Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Antoni Cimolino

Festival Theatre

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About the Play

An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king – and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.
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Categories: Canada    Stratford
May
8
Thu
Man of La Mancha, Stratford, Ontario
Tickets
May 8 @ 5:00 am – Oct 11 @ 6:00 am

Stratford Festival

May 8 – Oct 11, 2014

Written by Dale Wasserman

Directed by Robert McQueen

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Awaiting trial by the Inquisition, poet and playwright Miguel de Cervantes is assailed by his fellow prisoners, who try to seize the manuscript of his masterpiece, Don Quixote. His inspired response: a challenge to join him in staging his stirring tale of Quixote’s obsessive quest to attain an impossible dream.

 

 

 

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Categories: Canada    Stratford
May
15
Thu
Mother Courage and Her Children, Stratford, Ontario
Tickets
May 15 @ 5:00 am – Sep 21 @ 6:00 am

Stratford Festival

May 15 – Sept 21, 2014

By Bertolt Brecht

Translated by David Edgar
Directed by Martha Henry

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As the Thirty Years’ War swirls around her, Mother Courage scrapes together a living for herself and her three children by selling provisions to Protestant and Catholic combatants alike. But as she hauls her wagon across the battlefields of Europe, she discovers that the very chaos that sustains her will eventually cost her everything she holds most dear.

 

 

 

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Categories: Canada    Stratford
May
16
Fri
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Stratford, Ontario Shakespeare
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May 16 @ 6:00 am – Oct 11 @ 7:00 am

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Stratford, Ontario Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Chris Abraham

Festival Theatre
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About the Play

Threatened with death if she marries against her father’s wishes, Hermia elopes with her lover, Lysander, pursued by rival suitor Demetrius and his spurned admirer, Helena. In the enchanted woods, love’s lunacy reaches its giddiest heights – both for the bewildered couples and for an aspiring actor transformed into the unlikely consort of a fairy queen.

 

 

 

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