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The LAWSC’s All-Female Production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

By: jwheeler1967 April 1, 2013April 1, 2013

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For twenty years now, the L.A. Women’s Shakespeare Company has been staging Shakespearean plays with an entirely female ensemble. Later this year (August 17-October 4), the company will take on Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, Hamlet, with LAWSC founder and artistic director Lisa Wolpe in the title role. In 1993, the LAWSC was completely funded by private…

Uncovering the Real Richard III: Why It Matters

By: jhgardner February 6, 2013February 6, 2013

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Fellow Shakespeare nerds! Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this finding of one twisted old skeleton at the bottom of a car park. That’s right, the long lost body of the last Plantagenet king, Richard III, is now found! For a while now, archaeologists determined to uncover Richard III’s body,…