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FEATURE<br />

THIS PAGE<br />

Audiences admiring one<br />

of <strong>Royal</strong> Shakespeare<br />

Company’s performances.<br />

MUHIBAH<br />

Riding on various high profi le events taking place<br />

in 2012, such as the Queen’s Jubilee and the<br />

Summer Olympic, and in the spirit of a wider<br />

celebration, the <strong>Royal</strong> Shakespeare Company (RSC) is proud to present The<br />

World Shakespeare Festival. The Festival is a collaboration between the <strong>Royal</strong><br />

Shakespeare Company with leading UK and international arts organisations,<br />

honouring the world’s playwright with thousands of artists from around the<br />

world in nearly 70 productions, plus supporting events and exhibitions, right<br />

across the UK.<br />

The festival kicked off on 23 April, the Bard’s birthday, and will run till<br />

November 2012. More than one million tickets are on sale for the biggest<br />

celebration of Shakespeare ever staged. At the <strong>Royal</strong> Shakespeare Theatre<br />

in Stratford-upon-Avon, the home of the RSC, nine of Shakespeare’s plays<br />

will be performed as part of the festival: Richard III (to 15 September), King<br />

John (to 15 September), Twelfth Night (to 6 October), The Comedy<br />

of Errors (to 6 October), The Tempest (to 7 October), Julius Caesar 28<br />

May–7 July, Much Ado about Nothing (26 July–15 September), Troilus and<br />

Cressida (3–18 August) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (10–18 August).

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