View more than 230 of the Folger's rich treasures pertaining to Shakespeare and his time, accompanied by Sir Derek Jacobi and other noted Shakespearean actors reciting the Bard's most loved verse, in a multimedia computer installation.
Location: 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003 Phone: 2025447077
Antony and Cleopatra Shakespeare Theatre Company 04/26/08–07/06/08
Antony and Cleopatra is a dark, intimate portrait of an ill-fated love affair. With civil unrest roiling Rome, the aging Marc Antony struggles between his sense of duty and his consuming love for Cleopatra. Michael Kahn directs one of Shakespeare's last great tragedies.
Location: Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202.547.1122
Julius Caesar Shakespeare Theatre Company 04/27/08–07/06/08
As swift and enthralling as a political thriller, "Julius Caesar" portrays the life-and-death struggle for power in Rome. Alive with stunning rhetoric, "Julius Caesar" investigates the intoxicating effects of power and the dangers of idealism.
Location: Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202.547.1122
The Comedy of The Errors and The Tempest Chesapeake Shakespeare Company 06/06/08–07/13/08
Maryland's premier classics theater presents The Comedy of Errors and The Tempest performed in rep under the stars in among the picturesque ruins of an antebellum girl's boarding school in Historic Ellicott City, Maryland.
Location: PFI Historic Park 3691 Sarah's Lane
Ellicott City, MD 21043 Phone: 410.313.8874
As You Like It Shakespeare Festival at Tulane 06/26/08–07/12/08
The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, a professional non-profit theatre company in residence at Tulane University, continues its 15th season with this marvelous tale of hidden identities, set in the forests and swamps of Louisiana, circa 1930s.
Location: Tulane University's Lupin Theatre
New Orleans, LA 70118 Phone: 504-865-5105