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Special Event

The Play's the Thing: 400 Years of Shakespeare on Stage

When

Tuesday Feb 16, 2010

Saturday May 1, 2010

Where

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The Newberry Library (Venue Partner)

60 W Walton St

312.943.9090

Directions: The Newberry Library is located at 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, directly across from Chicago’s famed Washington Square Park and just a few blocks west of Michigan Avenue.

Price

Free

Links

The Newberry Library says…

People have produced, starred in, and enjoyed the spectacle of Shakespeare’s work on stage for more than four centuries.  Explore a surprising variety of materials created by professional and amateur actors, producers, theaters, and newspapers to produce and publicize the latest Shakespearean creations.  Broadside advertisements, homemade programs, a nineteenth-century fundraising show book, and a hand-made manuscript prompt book from the early nineteenth century are just some of the objects on display at the Newberry Library. Learn more about the Library's Spotlight Exhibit program.