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Shakespeare & Beyond

What's onstage in November at Shakespeare theaters across America

Cincinnati Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing
Cincinnati Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing

Soldiers returning home. Armies clashing in a bloody struggle for power. Government officials abusing their authority. These are the Shakespeare characters populating the post-election landscape at our theater partners around the U.S. this month.

Henry VI

Two of the Folger’s theater partners are taking on Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays this month, in which England experiences conflict at home and abroad. (You may have seen these plays in the news recently because of Oxford University Press’s decision to credit Christopher Marlowe as co-author in the New Oxford Shakespeare editions.)