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The York Shakespeare Project
The York Shakespeare Project is unique and exciting: the production
of each and everyone of Shakespeare's play over a twenty year period
by amateur actors (with a little professional help).
The first production - Richard III - ran from 30th October to
2nd November, 2002, in the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, Haxby Road, York.
The second production will be in June 2003.
The Project's aim is to to provide a long-term cultural, educational
and community resource for the people of York and beyond by involving
the wider York community in the production of the whole cycle of Shakespearean
drama, and they intend to achieve that aim by:
- Setting up a charitable trust to oversee the activities of The York
Shakespeare Project.
- Involving schools, community centres, churches, amateur drama groups,
other local community bodies and individuals by the provision of workshops
and other activities relating to any forthcoming production of The
York Shakespeare Project.
- Soliciting and administering funds in respect of financing both
the outreach and the production activities of The York Shakespeare
Project.
- Producing each of Shakespeare's plays, in approximate chronological
order, using largely local amateur actors, stage managers, technicians,
costume and prop makers etc and drawing in such outside professional
expertise as production needs and available funding may allow.
- Producing each of the plays of Shakespeare, once and only once,
within the boundaries of the City of York during a twenty-year period
starting from the spring of 2002.
- Showing that Shakespeare is fun, relevant and accessible to all.
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