Red, white & bard.(trends & events, tour of Richard III, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream )(Brief Article)
American Theatre, September, 2003
Washington, D.C.: Starting in September, six theatre companies will tour Richard III, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream in over 100 communities, as part of a new initiative, "Shakespeare in American Communities," spear-headed by the National Endowment for the Arts.
"Touring Shakespeare is an American tradition," says NEA chairman Dana Gioia. "Shakespeare is part of the whole development of literature and the American consciousness."
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