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The Festival’s highly anticipated 2021 season will officially open under an outdoor canopy on Tuesday, and it just so happens the company’s highly anticipated return won’t be the only thing worthy of a celebration.
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July 13 will also be the 68th anniversary of the Festival’s first show, a historic performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III starring Alec Guinness that, coincidentally, also took place under a tent in 1953.
“July 13 has been an auspicious date for our Festival and, now that we are back in tents again, we hope that day will herald a wonderful reawakening of live theatre,” artistic director Antoni Cimolino said Thursday in a release.