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Swan and London's Globe.(Shenandoah Shakespeare Festival retro theater)(Brief Article)

American Theatre,  September, 2001  

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Staunton, Va.: With state-of-the-art theatres sprouting up right and left, the Shenandoah Shakespeare Festival is bucking the trend with its newly constructed $4-million replica of the historic Blackfriars, replete with wooden joints, tiring house, two gallery levels and bench seating for 300 in the pit (less adventurous playgoers can rent a seat back and pillow for $4).

Executive director and founder Ralph Alan Cohen describes his new space as a blend of Stratford, England's Swan and London's Globe--"Our space gives the actors the same access to the audience as in the Swan ...

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