Freewill Shakespeare Festival

Freewill Shakespeare Festival, formerly known as River City Shakespeare Festival was founded in 1989. It is produced by the Edmonton, Alberta-based "Free Will Players" every summer from late June to mid July. The Festival includes full-scale professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare, as well as Camp Shakespeare - a summer drama camp for youth ages 8-16. All Festival activities take place in the 1,000-seat Heritage Amphitheater in Edmonton's beautiful Hawrelak Park. In 2008, the festival changed it's name to the Freewill Shakespeare Festival and featured the productions of Richard III and As You Like It. [ [http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=e76a0bce-8de3-43ac-8643-a24c51881230 Shakespeare festival announces lineup, new name] ]

Recent productions

*2008: Richard III", "As You Like It"
*2007: "Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)", "The Winter's Tale"
*2006: "Hamlet", "The Taming of the Shrew"
*2005: "Romeo and Juliet", "Love's Labour's Lost"
*2004: "The Merchant of Venice", "Twelfth Night"
*2003: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Henry V"
*2002: "The Tempest", "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
*2001: "Richard III", "As You Like It"
*2000: "King Lear", "Much Ado About Nothing"
*1999: "Macbeth", "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
*1998: "Julius Caesar", "The Comedy of Errors"

References

External links

* [http://www.rivercityshakespeare.com/ Official website] : Information on the festival's history and the Free Will Players