American Shakespeare Theatre
- American Shakespeare Theatre
The American Shakespeare Theatre was a theater company based in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. It was formed in 1955 by Lawrence Langner, Lincoln Kirstein, and Joseph Verner Reed. Plays were produced at the Festival Theatre in Stratford from 1955 until the company ceased operations in the mid-1980s. [Cooper, Roberta Krensky. "The American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford 1955-1985". Folger Books, 1986. ISBN-10 0918016886. ISBN-13 978-0918016881] The company focused on American interpretations of William Shakespeare's plays, but occasionally produced plays by other playwrights. It was the home of the American Shakespeare Festival. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=uQVlzt6DiK8C&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=american+shakespeare+festival+stratford&source=web&ots=Jy0MIYWao8&sig=fFjiqOnWp2yWo9WARUzjmkW6o0s Cooper, p. 27] ]
Actors involved with American Shakespeare Theatre include David Groh, Katharine Hepburn, Fred Gwynne, John Houseman, James Earl Jones, Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, and Christopher Walken.
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