Freewill Shakespeare Festival

Coordinates: 53°31′41″N 113°32′51″W / 53.52806°N 113.5475°W / 53.52806; -113.5475 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 was renamed the Freewill Shakespeare Festival.^[1]

Recent productions

• 2009: Titus Andronicus, The Comedy of Errors
• 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

1. ^ Shakespeare festival announces lineup, new name

External links

• Official website: Information on the festival's history and the Free Will Players

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