Virginia Shakespeare Festival – June through August, 2013
The Official State Festival of Virginia Celebrates its 35th Anniversary Season!
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Mark Lerman
Date: Thursday, June 20th – Sunday, June 30th
The fantasy! It’s Shakespeare’s most popular and most produced play. It’s all about passionate and petulant young lovers, the funniest band of bad actors to grace any stage, royal marriage, and the trickery of the weirdest bunch of forest folk you’ll ever see. All writ down by the Bard to prove the play’s most famous line: Lord, what fools these mortals be.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
King Richard III
Written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: David Zarko
Date: Thursday, July 11th – Sunday, July 21st
The villainy! Psychopath or malformed tragic figure? Whatever you may think he is, there can be no doubt – Richard III is a villain to make all other villains (even Dallas’ J. R. Ewing) blush in shame for their limitations. To gain a throne, he kills his brother, half a court of nobles, two small children, and his best friend. It’s Shakespeare at his bloody, thrilling best.
I am determined to prove a villain.
The Turn of the Screw
Adapted by: Jeffrey Hatcher, from the Henry James novella
Directed by: Robert Ruffin
Date: Thursday, July 25th – Sunday, August 4th
The mystery! Do you believe in ghosts? You will by the time this stage adaptation of Henry James’ novella about a governess, two strange children, and a houseful of apparitions is over. Is it real or is it all in the mind of the governess? Is it a play or a thrill ride? Either way, hold on tight. And check who’s in the seat beside you from time to time.
They looked like perfect little angels.
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