Professor Pays Way for Students to Perform in Big Apple

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It's not quite Broadway, but it's a whole lot closer than the school's Allen Bales Theater, where the group recently performed a sneak preview that sold out all three nights, prompting department officials to request an Aug. 29-Sept. 1 encore.

Written by [Seth Panitch] in 1996, Dammit, Shakespeare! centres on Shakespeare's relationship with Richard Burbage, the English actor who played many of his friend's major roles, including Richard III, Romeo, Macbeth and Lear. Actors segue into monologues from Shakespeare's works, including passages from Romeo and Juliet, Othello and most notably Hamlet, which contains the dialogue for the crux of the play -- the envy and insecurity Shakespeare and Burbage experience on either side of the pen.

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Professor Pays Way for Students to Perform in Big Apple

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- It's not unusual for educators to dip into their own pockets to buy extra supplies, or stay after class...

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