Photo Flash: Old Globe Presents THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the complete cast and creative team for the Globe's 2010 Shakespeare Festival performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Adrian Noble is the Artistic Director of the 2010 Festival and will direct Shakespeare's King Lear and Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III. Ron Daniels will direct The Taming of the Shrew. Miles Anderson will play the title role in The Madness of George III and Bruce Turk will play the Fool in King Lear, replacing the previously announced Patrick Page, who has withdrawn from the Festival due to a scheduling conflict.

The Shakespeare Festival runs June 12 - Sept. 26 and begins the Globe's year-long celebration of its 75th Anniversary.

Tickets are currently available by subscription only and prices range from $75 to $228. Single tickets go on sale Sunday, April 25. Subscription packages may be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the box office. Single tickets go on sale April 25 at 10:00 a.m.

King Lear runs June 12 - Sept. 23. Previews run June 24 and 25. Opening night is June 26.
The Taming of the Shrew runs June 16 - Sept. 26. Previews run June 16, 17, 27 and 29. Opening
night is June 30. The Madness of King George III runs June 19 - Sept. 24. Previews run June 19
and 20 and July 1 and 2. Opening night is July 3.

Photo 2, 4, 7: Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.