Burning Coal Theatre Company & NC Museum of History to Host Marathon Shakespeare Readings

By: Sep. 23, 2015
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Burning Coal Theatre Company and the NC Museum of History will present a marathon reading of each of William Shakespeare's 38 plays next April to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death. Each play will be read by a different theatre company from North Carolina. The nonstop readings will take five days and will begin at 11:55 p.m. April 23, 2016, at the museum, 5 East Edenton Street in downtown Raleigh. The event will be open to the public. Each reading also will be live streamed and recorded for later viewing. Burning Coal, the professional theatre company based in Raleigh, will produce the marathon. Participating companies will be announced soon. For additional information, please contact Burning Coal Artistic Director Jerome Davis at 919.834.4001. Details will be available soon at burningcoal.org.

HONORING WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Unquestionably the English language's most influential playwright and arguably the greatest writer who ever lived, Shakespeare wrote an astonishing number of dramatic and poetic works during his lifetime. In addition to hosting the Shakespeare marathon, the NC Museum of History will display the First Folio of Shakespeare's great tragedy Hamlet May 7-30, 2016. The First Folio was published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death. It is widely regarded as the best version of the play in existence. The exhibit is part of The Folger Shakespeare Library's 2016 tour of its First Folio collection, titled First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare! For additional information, visit www.ncmuseumofhistory.org.

ABOUT THE NC MUSEUM OF HISTORY

The Division of State History Museums collects and preserves artifacts and other historical materials relating to the history and heritage of North Carolina in a local, regional, national and international context to assist people in understanding how the past influences the present. The division interprets history through exhibitions, educational programs, and publications available to the visitor on site or through distance-learning technologies.

Burning Coal Theatre Company is an intimate, professional theatre located in downtown Raleigh. Currently in its 19th season, Burning Coal has grown over the years to become one of the most influential and respected professional theatres in the southeastern United States. Its mission calls for the creation of art that is literate, visceral, affecting. In November 2014, Burning Coal toured David Edgar's Iron Curtain Trilogy with its company of 38 mostly North Carolina-based artists to London's Cockpit Theatre for a three-week run, garnering a four-star review from The Guardian's Michael Billington, considered the dean of London theatre critics. Burning Coal has also toured to New York City, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, and cities across North Carolina. Its education program, WillPower, is among the most active and respected in the state.



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