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Shakespeare at Winedale

players gather under a treeShakespeare at Winedale is a University of Texas program dedicated to bringing Shakespeare to life through performance.

Founded by Professor James B. Ayres on the belief that the best way to study Shakespeare’s plays is to perform them, Shakespeare at Winedale offers a unique opportunity to explore these rich and complex texts through the creative act of play.

Shakespeare at Winedale is a program of the Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts, but many of its activities are centered on the Winedale Historical Center near Round Top, Texas, where for more than thirty-five years students and audiences have come to encounter Shakespeare’s living art.

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Shakespeare at Winedale 42nd Summer Season

A Midsummer Night's Dream 2005
With performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, and, for the first time at Winedale, Coriolanus

From Page to Stage to the Digital Age

Romeo and Juliet rehearsal in 1994 next to Emilia Mahaffey at performance in 2009.
Archivist and former Shakespeare at Winedale student Emilia Mahaffey draws inspiration from the Winedale archives for an out-of-the-ordinary school project.

Introducing Sunday Shakespeare!

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Dr. Gareth Morgan's Shakspeare readings system finds a new home on the Shakespeare at Winedale website.

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