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  • International Shakespeare Festival underway in Gdansk

    PAP Polish Press Agency
    PAP News Wire
    August 2, 2004 Monday

    International Shakespeare Festival underway in Gdansk

    Gdansk

    Shakespeare's "Richard III," a production
    by Janusz Wisniewski in Teatr Nowy from Poznan inaugurated the
    8th International Shakespeare Festival held in Gdansk from July
    31 to August 8. The production was awarded the Golden Yorick
    for the previous season.

    The festival, organised by the Theatrum Gedanense
    Foundation is recognised as one of the biggest event of this kind in
    Europe.This year's programme envisages productions by 12 theatres
    from eight countries, Armenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Russia,
    Romania and the USA, and Poland.

    Three projects are realised during the festival thanks to
    support of the European Commission: the European Shakespeare,
    Shakespeare on the Baltic, and the Russian Shakespeare.

    Theatre critic Andrzej Zurowski, the Theatrum Gedanense
    artistic adviser and author of several books on Shakespeare
    recommends especially the production of "Titus Andronicus" by Theater
    an der Ruhr of Germany, directed by Roberto Ciulli of Milan,
    and "Romeo and Juliet" by Russian theatre Luna with an all-men
    cast.

    The festival is accompanied by workshops, an international
    conference on Shakespeare, panel discussions and exhibitions.
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