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SHAKESPEARE DALLASCOMING SOON! Shakespeare Dallas' 2009 Season continues with...JULIUS CAESAR
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Executive & Artistic Director Raphael Parry
September 23-October 18, 2009, 8:00pm
At the Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre and
Addison Circle Park
Anthony L. Ramirez as Brutus and Hilary Couch as Portia; Photo by: Chris Devany"The evil that men do lives after them The good oft interred with their bones..."One of Shakespeare's greatest plays featuring tyranny, revolution, and civil war, Julius Caesar portrays the life-and-death struggle for power in Rome. A faction of politicians plots to assassinate Caesar, fearing that his growing strength and constitutional ambitions threaten the Republic. But when Caesar is killed, chaos engulfs Rome.Admission for Samuell-Grand performances:
Fri. & Sat.: $10 adults/$7 seniors and students.
Tues. – Thurs. & Sun.: $10 donation requested.
Children 12 and under are free.Admission for Addison Circle Park performances:
All performances: $10 adults/$7 seniors and students.
Children 12 and under are free.
Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre
1500 Tenison Parkway
Dallas, Texas 75223 Addison Circle Park
4970 Addison Circle
Addison, Texas 75001Or visit www.shakespearedallas.org for more information!_________________________________ DON'T MISS OUT! Click here to secure your new membership today! _________________________________Shakespeare Dallas, established in 1971, seeks to inspire and enhance the life of all North Texans by producing exceptional, accessible Shakespearean programs. Although we are most noted for our outdoor summer plays, commonly referred to as “Shakespeare in the Park,” Shakespeare Dallas is so much more. From creating a one of a kind education programs during the academic year to our fall productions in conjunction with the Town of Addison, Shakespeare Dallas is brings the magic of theatre to the greater Dallas community year round.

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Shakespeare Fun Fact Number 2

Othello was very popular throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, and many of the most brilliant actors of the time sought the role of the Moor -- the most famous being the great tragic thespian Edmund...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 23:38:00 GMT

Shakespeare Fun Fact Number 113

There is no record of All's Well That Ends Well having been performed in Shakespeare's lifetime. The first known staging of the play was in 1740, when producers placed a detailed advertisement in the ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 23:37:00 GMT

Shakespeare Fun Fact Number 11243

Shakespeare uses "dog" or "dogs" over two hundred times in his works. He also was the first writer to use the compound noun "watchdog", in The Tempest (1.2.390).
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 23:34:00 GMT

Shakespeare Fun Fact Number 24

Shakespeare's works contain over 600 references to birds of all kinds, including the swan, bunting, cock, dove, robin, sparrow, nightingale, swallow, turkey, wren, starling, and thrush, just to name a...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT

Pulp Fiction, as performed by the King’s Men

ACT I SCENE 2. A road, morning. Enter a carriage, with JULES and VINCENT, murderers.J: And know'st thou what the French name cottage pie?V: Say they not cottage pie, in their own tongue?J: But nay, th...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:37:00 GMT

Pegasus.com review: Macbeth

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Theater Review: Macbeth By Alexandra Bonifield The Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre provides the perfect setting for Shakespeare Dallas' production of Macbeth, from the somber t...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:35:00 GMT

Junior Players give MUCH ADO lots of laughs

THEATER REVIEW: Junior Players find 'Ado' to their liking 11:58 AM CDT on Thursday, July 26, 2007 By NANCY CHURNIN The line between comedy and tragedy is fragile in Shakespeare, as in life. When ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:40:00 GMT

A major THANKS for all of Summer 2007 Artists.

Bards, What can we say? It was one of the rockin', hardest, frustrating, glorious seasons most of us have ever encountered. We all endured rain, cancelled performances, and drunk stalkers. We also dug...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:53:00 GMT

DMN Column- No Texting in the Theater

Gang, Local Dallas Playwright Vicki Caroline Cheatwood (aka VeeCeeCee) had a guest column in The Dallas Morning News run this morning. It was so relevant to anyone who attends any kind of audienc...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:19:00 GMT

Lakewood-Now.Net Review: An Evening of Love Enchantment

Posted June 27 2007 by Alexandra Bonifield First true love. It's totally breathtaking. The promise, the innocence, the excitement, the delight in mutual intoxication, the sense of floating in harmony...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:27:00 GMT