Shakespeare Dallas (formerly known as Shakespeare Festival of Dallas) is

Shakespeare festival A Shakespeare festival is a theatre organization that stages the works of William Shakespeare continually. Origins In 1830, the Mulberry Club (a scholarly group formed in Stratford-upon-Avon, named after the destroyed New Place mulberry tree) beg ...

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. The festival was started by Robert Glenn in 1972 as a free summer Shakespeare festival. Since 2002 the organization has been led by Executive and Artistic Director Raphael Parry. It is the second oldest company in the county that still provides a portion of its programming free of charge. Summer programs are presented in

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, Texas. The education program is offered throughout the entire North Texas region. The majority of performances are at the Samuel-Grand Amphitheatre in Lakewood.

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Official website
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