• 1998 Summer Shakespeare from San Francisco Sidewalk
  --Overview of many Shakespeare Festival in the Bay Area--Summer 1998
• Theater-Bay Area: Outdoor Theater 1998
  --Outdoor productions 1998
• Metroactive, Metroactive Stage, and Metroactive Theater Archives
  --Check for current and past reviews.
• New Fringe Festival delivers Shakespeare's maximum insults

• Bowmer: Midsummer's Night's Dream
• Elizabethean:
• The Comedy of Errors
• Cymbeline
• Henry IV, Part 1
• Black Swan: Measure for Measure
  --already wait-listed or closed for many date. Plan early!

Venue comments summarized from Metroactive, From the July 1996 issue of "SF Live" Complete Shakespeare Festival Guide, "Much ado about something" By Christa Palmer; and from assorted web sites, articles, and reviews.

• Othello (July)
• As You Like It (August)
• Richard III (September)

"Says new artistic director Joe Vincent, 'We are the oldest in Northern California, with the only outdoor theatre that represents the same floor plan as the Old Globe Shakespeare Theater in London. What makes our festival a special theatrical experience is the pristine and delightful natural setting.' Audiences can expect to be no further than 75 feet from the stage in terrace and chair seating, enjoying beautiful sunsets in the East Bay foothills."

• Anthony and Cleopatra (September)
• Othello (October)

"Enjoy the sounds of the sea from the looming pine trees of the Forest Theater, the Pacific Ocean standing in for the shores of the Mediterranean and Aegean seas."

• Romeo and Juliet (September)
• Complete Works Abridged (July, August)

"It's especially magical when the moon is full, because it rises over the Forest Meadows Amphitheater and creates a mystical glow of natural lighting."

• Merry Wives of Windsor: July 10-12, 19, 24
• Hamlet July: 17, 18 25, 26

• Midsummer's Night's Dream

DATE/TIME:

• Cupertino: 7:30 pm on August 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16.
• San Ramon: 7:30 pm on August 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30.
• San Francisco: 1:30 pm on September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, October 3, and 4.

COST: Free! Donation, in the range of your last movie ticket, requested

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DATES: July 31 through Sept 5; 7pm Friday and Saturday nights

• Richard III

DATES: July 23-Sept 6

• Much Ado About Nothing
• Othello
• Marriage of Figaro

DATES: Sunday evenings July 7 through September.
Gates open at 5:30, shows start at 7.

Also playing: La Bete: Aug 9 and 30, Sept 6, 13, 20, and 27;

"Nestled in the rolling hills of the historic Buena Vista Winery, the atmosphere is relaxed and casual with frequent audience interaction."

DATES: June 19-Sept 27

• Taming of the Shrew
• The Merchant of Venice
• No Holds Bard

DATES: August 14 - Sept. 20

• Much Ado about Nothing

WHEN: Aug 22-23, 29-30, Sept 5-6, 12-13 at 7.

Notes: Gates open at 6, lawnchairs and picnics encouraged.

COST: $12 general, $10 student/senior.

"Delightfully set among moss-covered oaks in historic Glen Ellen's Dunbar Meadow."

DATES: Runs through Aug 22.

• Henry IV, Part 1 (July)
• Twelfth Night

$9-13 advance/$11-$16 doors.