Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is going on now through August 7th at DeSales University. In its 9th year, this local event with national talent will feature 6 productions –


June 16 - July 3 The Playboy of the Western World


June 23 - July 11 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum


July 14 - August 8 The Merry Wives of Windsor


July 21 - August 8 Romeo & Juliet


June 4 - August 7 Robin Hood


July 28 - August 7 Shakespeare for Kids


June 28 The Screwtape Letters


July 26 Underneath the Lintel

The mission of the festival is to bring Shakespeare’s works to the attention of a wide audience and promote further interest through outreach and education. 
Need a drama refresher? Check out these items at PCL:

READ... the Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge in these volumes: Five great modern Irish plays & Masterpieces of the modern Irish theatre.

SEE... A funny thing happened on the way to the forum on DVD.

READ...The merry wives of Windsor in these collections:  Plays & Sonnets of Shakespeare, vol. 2 & the Complete works of Shakespeare

READ...Romeo & Juliet or LISTEN... Romeo & Juliet CD BOOK

READ...about Robin Hood in The merry adventures of Robin Hood or WATCH the original film on DVD...The Adventures of Robin Hood (1939).

READ...The Screwtape Letters

READ THE REVIEW...of Underneath the lintel in the NYT on the NewBank database.