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Cal Shakes to break ground on major renovation

Sep. 22, 2009
California Shakespeare Theater is about to break ground on a full-scale renovation of its Bruns Amphitheater backstage and public facilities, and eventually the amphitheater itself. Demolition of the 20-year-old "temporary" buildings that house public...
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Hathaway to star in 'Twelfth Night'

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NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Film actress Anne Hathaway will star in a New York stage production of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," the Public Theater said on its Web site.

Chicago sets Shakespeare talking day

CHICAGO, April 20 (UPI) -- Chicagoans take heed, be wary how you place your words this Thursday, for the mayor declared it "Talk Like Shakespeare Day" to mark the bard's 445th birthday.

Globe getting gift of rare Bard texts

LONDON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. playwright has promised to bequeath a collection of rare texts by William Shakespeare to the current incarnation of the Bard's Globe theater in London.

Shakespeare's 1st theater unearthed

LONDON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- An excavation in England has uncovered the brick foundations of the 16th century theater where William Shakespeare's plays were first performed, officials said.

U.S. philanthropist gives RSC $5M

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A 40-year-old Milwaukee philanthropist has donated $5 million to the Royal Shakespeare Company, the largest RSC contribution ever made by a U.S. resident.

Kevin Kline may do Shakespeare again

NEW YORK, June 23 (UPI) -- Actor Kevin Kline took part in a staged reading of Shakespeare's "King Lear" at the Public Theater in New York in preparation for possibly doing the play.

'Titus Andronicus' is rough on audiences

LONDON, June 2 (UPI) -- London's Globe theater Friday advised the feint of heart and stomach to forego its production of Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus."

Museum set for Shakespeare theater site

LONDON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The Rose Theater Trust is readying the appointment of a project director for a museum to be built on the site where Shakespeare worked as an actor.

Royal Shakespearians get temporary home

STRATFORD-ON-AVON, England, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Royal Shakespeare Company says it will perform in a new, 1,000-seat temporary theater while its main hall is under renovation from 2007 to 2009.

Berlin builds Globe Theater replica

BERLIN, April 23 (UPI) -- Berlin has started building a replica of the original Globe Theater, the famous venue where many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch