Freewill Shakespeare Festival

The Freewill Shakespeare Festival, (known as the River City Shakespeare Festival from 1998 - 2009) was founded in 1989. It is produced by the Edmonton, Alberta-based "Free Will Players" every summer from late-June to mid-July, with performances in the 1,000-seat Heritage Amphitheater in Hawrelak Park in Edmonton. The Festival includes full-scale professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare, as well as Camp Shakespeare, a summer drama camp for youth ages 8–16. In 2008, the festival was renamed the Freewill Shakespeare Festival.[1]

Due to significant damage to Freewill's traditional venue at the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park, the festival's 2014 season took place inside the Myer Horowitz Theatre in the University of Alberta's Students' Union Building (8900 114 St.).

Recent productions
YearTragedyComedySeason
2019 The Winter's Tale The Two Gentlemen of Verona June 18 – July 14[2]
2018 Hamlet The Comedy of Errors June 19 – July 15[3]
2017Merchant of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorJune 20 – July 16[4]
2016Romeo and JulietLove's Labour's LostJune 21 – July 17[5]
2015CoriolanusAs You Like ItJune 23 – July 19
2014cancelledThe Taming of the Shrew
2013King LearA Midsummer Night's Dream
2012Julius CaesarThe Tempest
2011OthelloTwelfth Night
2010MacbethMuch Ado About Nothing
2009Titus AndronicusThe Comedy of Errors
2008Richard IIIAs You Like It
2007Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)The Winter's Tale
2006HamletThe Taming of the Shrew
2005Romeo and JulietLove's Labour's Lost
2004The Merchant of VeniceTwelfth Night
2003Henry VA Midsummer Night's Dream
2002The TempestThe Merry Wives of Windsor
2001Richard IIIAs You Like It
2000King LearMuch Ado About Nothing
1999MacbethThe Two Gentlemen of Verona
1998Julius CaesarThe Comedy of Errors

References
  1. Shakespeare festival announces lineup, new name Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Schedule | Edmonton Alberta | Freewill Shakespeare Festival". FreewillShakespeare. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. "Schedule | Edmonton Alberta | Freewill Shakespeare Festival". FreewillShakespeare. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. http://freewillshakespeare.com/get-thee-to-a-performance/schedule/
  5. http://freewillshakespeare.com/schedule/
  • Official website: Information on the festival's history and the Free Will Players


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