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Oregon Shakespeare Festival

By William , Leary , Kathleen F.;Richard , Amy E.;Shakespeare

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing;Arcadia Pub ©2009
ISBN
9781439638248, 1439638241
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
45 MB (47360598 bytes)
Series
Images of America
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- Oregon -- Ashland-- 1564-1616;Oregon -- AshlandDrama festivals;Drama festivals--Oregon--Ashland--William

Description

In 1935, Angus Bowmer, an instructor at Southern Oregon Normal School in Ashland, began with a dream and a small coterie of devoted friends who believed, as he did, in the value of Shakespeare performed on an Elizabethan stage. Though the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's early platforms were rudimentary and the backstage areas primitive, the art drew enthusiastic audiences. The urgency of World War II closed the festival's doors, but in 1947 it reopened with larger theater facilities and an expanded repertory, winning the support and respect of state, regional, and national artists and dignitaries. In a setting of extraordinary beauty and a community dedicated to culture and the arts, the 75-year-old Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is among the largest and most influential professional regional theaters in North America.

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