The Lawyers Committee for the Shakespeare Theatre Company presents its annual Mock Trial on Wednesday, October 18, 2006, at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 717 Madison Place NW. Based on the record of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, the mock trial will explore whether Dr. Thomas Stockmann's termination of employment was a violation of his free speech, due process and equal protection rights.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company announced today that American Express has selected it as one of 12 recipients of the American Express Performing Arts Fund grant for 2006. The Shakespeare Theatre Company will use the grant to expand and enhance its programs to attract new audiences.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company opens its 2006-2007 season with Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. Translated by Rick Davis and Brian Johnston and directed by Kjetil Bang-Hansen. Written following Ibsen's maddening experiences with censorship, An Enemy of the People depicts how society often deliberately and ruthlessly ostracizes its truth-tellers.

New Performing Arts Center Will Transform Shakespeare Theatre Company into a Destination Theatre While Providing Performance Spaces for Local, National and International Artists

Artistic Director Michael Kahn and the Shakespeare Theatre Company Board of Trustees announced that Academy and Tony award-winning actor Kevin Spacey will receive the 19th Annual William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre (the Will Award) in recognition of his distinguished work in classical theatre.

Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced the Theatre's 2006-2007 season, a line-up that includes Shakespeare's Richard III, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet as well as Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People (translated by Rick Davis and Brian Johnston) and George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem (in a world premiere adaptation by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig).

Early on in The Shakespeare Reviews it is asked: who was William Shakespeare? Widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the only author to have his own number in the Dewey Decimal System (822.33 if you must know), surprisingly little is known about his life.

William Shakespeare's words have become ingrained in the English language - all the world's a stage, it's Greek to me, to be or not to be, to thine own self be true.