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Imagining Shakespeare and Marlowe as collaborators
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Imagining Shakespeare and Marlowe as collaborators

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Following the extraordinary success of Tamburlaine, might the theatrical impresario Philip Henslowe have brought Marlowe together with Shakespeare to write about the Wars of the Roses? An excerpt from Dark Renaissance by Stephen Greenblatt.

The Old Globe’s Barry Edelstein on Shakespeare and Community
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The Old Globe’s Barry Edelstein on Shakespeare and Community

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Learn how Edelstein adapted and directed Shakespeare’s rarely produced Henry VI, Parts I, 2, and 3, turning it into a theatrical event with a cast and crew of over a thousand and bringing their community-based work even closer to the center of the organization.

“Comic sport”: Shakespeare’s depictions of governments in chaos
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“Comic sport”: Shakespeare’s depictions of governments in chaos

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Austin Tichenor

Chaotic and ineffective government may be a problem in our current life, but it makes for excellent drama in the theater — and in William Shakespeare’s hands, excellent comedy as well.

Staging Shakespeare in a day
Kimberly Gilbert will play Joan la Pucelle in this year's Bootleg Shakespeare: Henry VI, part 1. Photo by Marcus Kyd.
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Staging Shakespeare in a day

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Kimberly Gilbert will play Joan la Pucelle in 2016 in Bootleg Shakespeare: Henry VI, Part 1. Photo by Marcus Kyd. On Monday, July 18, the Taffety Punk Theatre Company will take over Folger Theatre to plan and perform a “bootleg” version…