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Chicago Shakes: Henry V

Company Website: https://www.chicagoshakes.com/

Published on Jun 2, 2014

British director Christopher Luscombe leads the ensemble through the coming-of-age monarch tale.

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Chicago Shakes: King Lear

Company Website: https://www.chicagoshakes.com/

Published on Sep 16, 2014

The brilliantly versatile actor Larry Yando takes on the monumental title role of King Lear, an aging monarch obscured by the shadows of dementia resolved to retire and divide his kingdom among his three daughters—with shattering consequences.

Playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater now through November 9, 2014

Find out more at www.chicagoshakes.com/lear

 

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Chicago Shakes: Julius Caesar- Friends, Romans, Countryman

Company Website:  https://www.chicagoshakes.com/

 

Published on Feb 14, 2013

Marc Antony addresses his fellow Romans at the funeral of Julius Caesar.

Featuring: Dion Johnstone (Marc Antony) and the company of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Julius Caesar

find out more at http://chicagoshakes.com/caesar

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Julius Caesar

Company Website:  https://www.chicagoshakes.com/

Published on Feb 14, 2013

When men feel they can no longer trust their elected leader, where is the line between patriotism and personal ambition? Acclaimed British director Jonathan Munby—whose work has graced the stages of Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe—ignites the fiery power of the most enduring political assassination in history. Within the uniquely personal setting of CST’s Courtyard Theater, audience members feel each spark of emotion as words are wielded like knives in Shakespeare’s epic tale of ambition, betrayal and consequence.

Find out more at http://chicagoshakes.com/caesar

 

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Chicago Shakespeare: Macbeth

Chicago Shakespeare presents “Short Shakespeare” — fast paced and engaging.

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