For the first time in four hundred years, a group of actors will tour a Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, out of the Globe theatre. Like the Elizabethan players before them, they will be performing not in theatres, but in a collection of the UK's most picturesque and historically resonant settings. As a climax, they will present a one-off performance at the 'home of cricket', Lords.
The troupe of actors will entertain outdoor audiences with a stripped down version of Shakespeare's classic love story, true to the old principles of touring theatre. Recent historical evidence has indicated that touring was regularly undertaken by Shakespeare's theatre company.
Dates, venues and box office numbers:
17 June Shakespeare's Globe
Box office 020 7401 9919 / 020 7087 7398
19 to 24 June West End Festival, Glasgow
Box office 0870 220 1116
26 to 28 June Williamson Park, Lancaster
Box office 01524 33318
29 June to 1 July Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire
Box office 0845 127 2190
3 to 8 July Queens Square, Bristol
Box office 0117 987 7877 (Bristol Old Vic)
11?15 July Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent
Box office 01622 880008
16 July Wimbledon Cannizaro Park Festival
Box office 0870 060 2512
18?20 July Sterts Theatre, near Liskeard, Cornwall
Box office 01579 362382
21 to 22 July Trelissick Gardens, Truro, Cornwall
Box office 01872 862 090
31 July to 2 Aug Hedingham Castle, Halstead, Essex
Box office 01787 460 261
3 to 5 Aug Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Leicestershire
Box office 01664 851111 (Melton Theatre)
7 to 10 Aug Claremont Gardens, Esher, Surrey
Box ffice 0870 240 4068
11 to 16 Aug Wadham College, Oxford
Box office 0870 609 2231 (Oxford Shakespeare Company)
17 to 19 Aug Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire
Box office 01423 322 583
21 to 23 Aug Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh
Box office 0131 226 0000 (from 11 June)
24 to 26 Aug Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland
Box office 01665 511162
2 Sept Lord's Cricket Ground, London
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Labels: 2007, Globe, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Theatre, UK
