The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival

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The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival is an annual celebration of the works of William Shakespeare. Centered around Liverpool Cathedral, each summer sees different plays performed with the cathedral and the adjacent St James Cemetery, some by the festival's organisers (the Lodestar Theatre Company) and others by visiting companies.

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[edit] Festival history

[edit] 2007

The festival's first production, Macbeth, played from 16th August to 8th September 2007. The first three acts were staged within the majestic Cathedral, while the final two were enacted in the bewitching cemetery. The production was met with extremely positive critical response. The cast and direction were lauded by most critics, [1][2] although the production received some criticism as a result of the Cathedral's disadvantageous acoustics).[3]

[edit] 2008

To coincide with Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture, 2008's festival will consist of a number of different activities. At their first ever visit to Liverpool, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre's production of The Winter's Tale will be performed in Liverpool Cathedral and St James Cemetery for one week only in August. Open air screenings of popular Shakespeare-related films will commence for three nights in the build up to the festival's main event, Lodestar Theatre Company's magical new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which will be performed from 13th August to 7th September [4] entirely within the historic St James' Cemetery.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Theatre Review: Macbeth, Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (2007)
  2. ^ Macbeth @ Anglican Cathedral BBC Law (2007)
  3. ^ Macbeth LiverpoolConfidential.com (2007)
  4. ^ The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival Official Site (2007)

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