Twelfth Night

Writing at the height of his powers, Shakespeare provides a feast of language and songs — and a stage full of memorable characters. Sublime and subversive, Twelfth Night breaks rules and bends gender to show love in all its guises and disguises. More 

The Duchess of Malfi

John Webster’s brutal and astonishing play tells the story of one of the stage’s greatest women and two of its greatest villains in a dark tapestry of sibling rivalry, forbidden love, unquenchable ambition, and ensuing madness. More 

Love's Labour's Lost

Written around the same time as Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this giddy and extravagant romantic comedy is Shakespeare’s most exuberant wordfest — a joyful carnival of love, loss, and hope. More 

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