Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Globe theatre in London announces 2009 season

The 2009 season at Shakespeare's Globe in London, presented under the title Young Hearts, will include new stagings of Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and Troilus and Cressida, as well as a revival of Dominic Dromgoole's 2007 production of Love's Labour's Lost that will eventually venture on a North American tour in the autumn of 2009.

Ché Walker's The Frontline, which premiered in the 2008 season, will also be revived, alongside a new play by Trevor Griffiths and a new version of Euripides' Helen by Frank McGuinness.

Artistic director Dominic Dromgoole said, "At Shakespeare's Globe, each new performance feels like a new burst of energy and a new beginning. The 2009 season of Young Hearts celebrates the heedless joy of youth, a love of life and the enduring passion of our audiences."

The theatre will also produce summer tours of The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Public booking for the season opens Feb. 14, 2009, at the box office, 020 7401 9919, or by visiting www.shakespeares-globe.org.

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