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Cambridge Shakespeare Festival 05
Shakespeare, sandwiches, Pimms - and lashings of ginger beer on the Cam
www.cambridgeshakespeare.com
by Richard F Clare
Just when you thought it was the ideal time to get out of London without being tempted by fringe theatre, Cambridge stages a Shakespeare Festival. It's been going for over 17 years. And originally it was at Oxford.
This year plays include Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, The Tempest, Macbeth, Romeo And Juliet, Measure for Measure, The Taming of The Shrew - at a variety of Cambridge University colleges.
Most venues are easily reached from the bus station in Drummer Street - or by taxi from the railway station. Girton College is about two miles out of the city centre up the Huntingdon Road. It was originally a women's college (established 1869). That was judged close enough for male lecturers to visit, and far enough away to discourage male students.
The festival is particularly attractive to visitors and tourists because it's in the open-air in summertime. Performances continue through wet weather, but if a performance is cancelled, tickets are valid for any other performance.
Groups can put down a groundsheet in front of the chairs and spread a picnic. If you want to watch the performance on a chair, you are asked to picnic away from the performance area before the play starts. In this case, you should come early and tag your seats with your markers. Some performances can get quite packed and although a ticket gets you in it does not guarantee a seat.
Matinee performances are to benefit the festival charities: St John’s Hospice, Wirrel and The Children’s Hospice, Milton and tickets are only available on the door at these special performances.
Don’t expect modern versions. Everything is in period costume - although there’s a little artistic licence. A television appeared in this year's Tempest.
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(c) Richard F Clare - 12 August 05
Review - Romeo And Juliet
Note: Programmes contain full details of productions. Credits: Artistic Director - David Crilly. Executive Producer - Jan Burns. Associate Directors - Simon Bell, David Rowan, Jake Lyons. Stage Combat Director - Simon Bell. Costume Supervisor - Jan Burns. Production Assistance - Naomi Bell-West, Joshua Crilly, Jodie Kitchener, Sammy Kitchener, Augustine Macellari. Publicity Design - Ab Creative, Cambridge. Printing - Blue Print. The Cambridge Shakespeare Company
64 Girton Road, Girton, Cambridge CB3 0LN, tel 01223 511139. www.cambridgeshakespeare.com
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