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Sweet sorrow

Romeo & Juliet 1Feb. 13-March 1 Oklahoma Shakespeare 2920 Paseo St. okshakes.org 405-235-3700 $16-$30 For approximately the 10th time in Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park’s nearly 35-year history, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.  Romeo & Juliet runs Feb. 13-March 1 at Oklahoma Shakespeare, 2920 Paseo St. William Shakespeare’s tragic romance, in which […]

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Printing plays

The Book of Will Thursday-Aug. 13 Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park 2920 Paseo St. okshakes.org 405-235-3700 $20-$30 Perhaps Hamlet said it best. “To be, or not to be,” said the tragically conflicted Prince of Denmark. “Aye, there’s the point. To die, to sleep, is that all?” Or at least that is what he says in […]

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Gender roles

Twelfth Night Thursday-March 2 Shakespeare on Paseo 2920 Paseo St. oklahomashakespeare.com 800-838-3006 $20-$30 Like many writers, William Shakespeare had favorite tropes he liked to revisit. “Shakespeare loves twins, and he loves dressing girls up like boys,” said Kathryn McGill, executive and artistic director of Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park (OSP). “That’s for sure.” Twelfth Night, […]

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History’s heroines

The Revolutionists Thursday-July 21 Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park 2920 Paseo St. oklahomashakespeare.com 405-235-3700 $20-$30 Three long-since headless women from history, one rabble rouser and one bohemian visage of an ideal woman shouting over the frenzied voices of the masses during the French Revolution — these are the characters brought to life in The Revolutionists, […]

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Lovers and madmen

To quote the Bard, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park’s 34th season starts with “love’s stories written in love’s richest books” and ends in “grim-visaged war.” Season opener A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a romantic comedy, is scheduled Thursday-June 23 and season finale Richard III, a story of brutality and betrayal, is scheduled Sept. 13-28, both at […]

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