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For Immediate release: July 23, 2018 Contact: Kati Mitchell kmitchell@commshakes.org Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Announces 2018-2019 Season: Caryl Churchill double-bill Blue Kettle & Here We Go, Birdy, Cymbeline on Boston Common, and more Wellesley, MA — Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler announced today the… Read More
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You don’t have to know a whole lot about English history — or even have read the other “history plays” in the Shakespearean canon — to appreciate “Richard III,” which, in this production, features veteran Shakespearean actor, TV and… Read More
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Faran Tahir was born into the world of theater, being the son of parents who were quite active in the theater arts in Pakistan. And one could say Tahir was born into the film world, as well, given… Read More
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Playing Shakespeare’s Richard III, actor Faran Tahir holds a useless left arm to his side and limps with his left foot turned slightly inward. But he is not frail, not hideous. Stalking a bare rehearsal stage in jeans… Read More
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Richard III kills a man and then has the audacity to seduce, marry and murder the widow. Later on, he has two royal kids assassinated in order to secure his place on the throne. And yet, when Faran… Read More
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Actor Faran Tahir sits down to discuss his leading role in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production of “Richard III.”
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For Immediate release: June 6, 2018 Contact: Kati Mitchell, kmitchell@commshakes.org Commonwealth Shakespeare Company presents “Free Shakespeare On the Common:” William Shakespeare’s Richard III Directed by Steven Maler Starring Faran Tahir July 18 – August 5 Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common… Read More
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Actor Faran Tahir, 54, was born in Los Angeles into a distinguished artistic family and raised in Pakistan before returning to the U.S. in 1980 to study at Cal-Berkeley, and then at Harvard with the American Repertory Theater. Best known… Read More
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For Immediate release: May 3, 2018 Contact: Kati Mitchell kmitchell@commshakes.org CSC Stage2 For Young Audiences presents SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH Directed by David R. Gammons May 24‑June 1 Carling-Sorenson Center at Babson College Students from 23 local schools will be attending performances Wellesley, MA —… Read More
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For Immediate release: April 17, 2018 Contact: Kati Mitchell kmitchell@commshakes.org Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s “Shakespeare and Leadership Series” presents GENDER AND POWER Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre New England Conservatory Thursday, April 26th, 2018 Wellesley, MA — Commonwealth Shakespeare Company,… Read More
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