American Shakespeare Theatre

The American Shakespeare Theatre was a theater company based in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. It was created in the early 1950s by Lawrence Langner, Lincoln Kirstein, John Percy Burrell, and philanthropist Joseph Verner Reed.

The American Shakespeare Festival Theatre was opened in 1955. Their first play was Julius Caesar.[1] The theater building burned to the ground on January 13, 2019.[2][3]

References
  1. Rizzo, Frank (20 August 2009). "The Story Behind the Former American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  2. Terzi, Tony (January 13, 2019). "Historic Shakespeare Festival Theatre burns to the ground in Stratford". WTIC News. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  3. Perkins, Julia (January 13, 2019). "Shakespeare theater in Stratford burns to ground". Connecticut Post. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
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