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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:HamletOrNot'>Ohio Shakespeare Festival<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>presents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>two seasons of “a little bit of Harry in the night”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>Henry IV, part one<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>By William Shakespeare<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>July 31 – August 17<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday through Sunday evenings at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, 714 N. Portage Path, Akron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.ohioshakespeare.com">www.ohioshakespeare.com</a> <b>330-673-8761</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> With this week’s opening of Shakespeare’s <i>Henry IV, part one</i>, Ohio Shakespeare Festival begins a two year initiative to bring to life two the best of Shakespeare’s History plays. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> For the past four seasons, OSF has been successfully showcasing the less-frequently-performed plays in Shakespeare’s canon, including King <i>Lear, Richard III, Love’s Labours Lost,</i> and <i>Cymbeline</i>. Changing that arc a bit, for the next two seasons OSF now turns to the oft- neglected, but exciting and vital Histories, beginning with <i>Henry IV, part one</i>, and continuing next summer with <i>Henry V</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Both plays will feature long-time Company member Andrew Cruse as Prince Hal, and later King Henry V. The same OSF Company will perform both plays (except for those unfortunate casualties of the rebellion and grand battles in <i>Henry IV</i>.) <i>Henry IV, part one</i> features one of Shakespeare’s most beloved recurring characters, that “tub of butter” Sir John Falstaff, who spends his days drinking, carousing, and leading future monarch Prince Hal astray. Falstaff will be played by OSF Artistic Director Terry Burgler, with other cast members including David McNees as King Henry IV, and Joe Pine as the rebel Hotspur.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> For the two Henries, in a desire to help bridge an ever-widening gap in Humanities and History education, and supported in part by the Akron Community Foundation, the ExxonMobil Foundation, and the Corbin Foundation, <b>OSF is offering a FREE student night (with ID) on Thursday, August 7.</b> Open-seating tickets will be available to all students (at the gate only) beginning at 6pm that evening, <i>until we sell out</i>. Easy to follow study guides and family trees will be available, so that the fascinating progression of the Plantagenets can be clear to all. The run also includes a Preview Performance on Thursday, July 31, with all tickets on $12, as well as either reserved, or open-seating tickets available for all other performances.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> OSF performs at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, 714 N. Portage Path, in Akron. Grounds open at 6pm for picnicking, the Greenshow beings at 7:30, and Henry IV begins at 8pm, Thursdays through Sundays, rain or shine. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“Do thou amend they face, and I’ll amend my life.” -- Falstaff<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>