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Outdoor Shakespeare: The pioneers of a summer tradition

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Georgianna Ziegler

is the Louis B. Thalheimer Associate Librarian and Head of Reference Emerita at the Folger. She has curated several exhibitions including "Elizabeth I: Then and Now" and "Shakespeare's Sisters: Women Writers 1500-1700", and co-curated the current Folger exhibition on Esther Inglis. She is also completing the first book-length biography of Inglis. — View all posts by Georgianna Ziegler

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The Genesius Guild in Rock Island is one of the organizations keeping this tradition alive! Performances of Shakespeare shows (The Tempest and Hamlet this year) under 100+ year old oak trees in a park nestled in the middle of the city.

Andy Shearouse — July 12, 2019

Hi!
Greetings from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival! Just a slight correction at the end… although Richard Hay had major influence over the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and their theatre spaces, it was Angus Bowmer, the founder, who’s vision it was for outdoor theatre in Ashland, OR in 1935. Love this article!

Jonathan Stevens — July 14, 2019

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