New York City Area Summer Shakespeare - 2011

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New York Public Theater (Shakespeare in Central Park):
shakespeareinthepark.org

All’s Well That Ends Well & Measure for Measure
June 6 – July 30

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Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey:
shakespearenj.org

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (on the outdoor stage)
June 22 – July 31

Timon of Athens
July 6 – 24

Othello
September 7 – October 2

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Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival:
hvshakespeare.org

The Comedy of Errors & Hamlet
June 14 – September 4

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Rockland Shakespeare Company:
rocklandshakespearecompany.com

The Tempest
July 8, 9, 10 & 15, 16, 17

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Sleep No More!

For Arthur H. Monigold

"Macbeth does murder sleep." Alas, I fear,
For all his genius, the Bard is mistook.
No, it was not the good Scot who crept near,
To steal innocent slumber, like a crook;
Nor did Claudius truly wrack sweet dreams
With "murder most foul" in Denmark’s garden.
'Tis but fiction, though foul indeed it seems
When guards prey upon moments unguarded;
In truth, 'twas one familial – one of trust,
That condemned me with his lies and incest,
Who used a child to sate his vile lust,
And damned me to endless nights without rest.
Weep, not for Dunsinane and Elsinore,
But for the child that lives, yet sleeps no more!