Julius Caesar will die a few more times, as the Bard in the Valley thespians bring the Shakespearean play to the Spirit Square Stage in Downtown 91原创芒鈧劉s Douglas Park a few more times.
The free play still runs tonight (Thursday, July 31) through Saturday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m., with a final matinee on Sunday, Aug. 3 at 2 p.m.
Since Bard芒鈧劉s first production in 2010, they芒鈧劉ve had 10,000 people come to see their shows, said Bard boaster Diane Gendron.
芒鈧揥e芒鈧劉re now seeing familiar faces in the audiences as people are making Bard in the Valley芒鈧劉s shows a summer tradition,芒鈧� she told the 91原创 Advance.
Because the shows at Douglas Park are free, she believes people can and do bring whole families to see the Shakespearean productions over and over again.
芒鈧揙ne great grandmother of 96 recited the 芒鈧淔riends, Romans, Countrymen芒鈧劉 speech for me while she was waiting for the show to start. And the three 10-year-old boys I was sitting beside were enthralled by all the action on the stage,芒鈧� Gendron recounted.
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She chuckled at this reality and noted that from Julius Caesar, audiences recognize some of the most famous lines in the English language: 芒鈧揈t, tu, Brute?芒鈧� 芒鈧揑t was Greek to me芒鈧� 芒鈧揃eware the Ides of March,芒鈧� and 芒鈧揊riends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.芒鈧�
