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[[Folger Theatre]] presented ''Shakespearean Women: A Theatre Festival of Famous 19th-century Actresses and The Shakespearean Women They Portrayed'' from October 5 to November 6, 1994 in the Folger's [[Elizabethan Theatre]]. It included three performances.  
[[Folger Theatre]] produced ''Shakespearean Women: A Theatre Festival of Famous 19th-century Actresses and The Shakespearean Women They Portrayed'' from October 5 to November 6, 1994. It included three performances.  


==Wonderful Women==
==Wonderful Women==
[[File:1994 wonderful women Folger.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Eunice Roberts (Ellen Terry), ''Wonderful Women'', Folger Theatre, 1994. Devised by Eunice Roberts. Directed by Graham Callan. James Loyce.]]
''Wonderful Women: A Tour Around America with Ellen Terry and the Only Man She Ever Loved– William Shakespeare'' opened the ''Shakespearean Women'' festival, and played from October 5 to October 9, 1994. The production was devised by Eunice Roberts.
''Wonderful Women: A Tour Around America with Ellen Terry and the Only Man She Ever Loved– William Shakespeare'' opened the ''Shakespearean Women'' festival, and played from October 5 to October 9, 1994. The production was devised by Eunice Roberts.


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*Eunie Roberts: Ellen Terry
*Eunie Roberts: Ellen Terry


===Staff===
===Creative team===


*Janet Alexander Griffin, Folger Director of Museum and Public Programs
*Graham Callan, Director
 
===Folger Theatre===


===Production team===
*Janet Alexander Griffin, Director of Museum and Public Programs


*Graham Callan, Director
==An Audience with Fanny Kemble==
==An Audience with Fanny Kemble==
[[File:1994 An Audience with Fanny Kemble Folger 1.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Sandi Shackleford (Fanny Kemble), ''An Audience with Fanny Kemble'' by Anne Ludlum, Folger Theatre, 1994. Staged by Mary Sutton.]]
''An Audience with Fanny Kemble: An Evening of Reflection with 19th-century Actress, Abolitionist, and Diarist Fanny Kemble'' was the second performance of the ''Shakespearean Women'' festival, and played from October 12 to 16, 1994.
''An Audience with Fanny Kemble: An Evening of Reflection with 19th-century Actress, Abolitionist, and Diarist Fanny Kemble'' was the second performance of the ''Shakespearean Women'' festival, and played from October 12 to 16, 1994.


[[File:1994 An Audience with Fanny Kemble Folger 1.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Sandi Shackleford (Fanny Kemble), ''An Audience with Fanny Kemble: An Evening of Reflection with 19th-century Actress, Abolitionist and Diarist Fanny Kemble'' by Anne Ludlum, Folger Theatre, 1994. Staged by Mary Sutton.]]
===Cast===
 
*Sandi Shackelford: Fanny Kemble


===Cast===
===Production team===
*Sandi Shackelford


===Staff===
*Mary Sutton, Staging


*Janet Alexander Griffin, Folger Director of Museum and Public Programs
===Folger Theatre===


===Production team===
*Janet Alexander Griffin, Director of Museum and Public Programs
* Mary Sutton, Staging


==Duet==
==Duet==
[[File:1994 Duet Folger.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Jennifer Mendenhall (Eleanor Duse), Kerry Waters (Sarah Bernhardt), ''Duet'' by Otho E. Eskin, a Folger Theatre co-production with Scena Theatre, 1994. Directed by Robert McNamara. Julie Ainsworth.]]
[[File:1994 Duet Folger 2.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Kerry Waters (Sarah Bernhardt), Jennifer Mendenhall (Eleanora Duse), Kyrztov Lindquist, ''Duet'', by Otho E. Eskin, a Folger Theatre co-production with Scena Theatre, 1994. Directed by Robert McNamara. Julie Ainsworth.]]
Otho E. Eskin's ''Duet: The Magical, Mythical Meeting of Legendary Actress Sarah Bernhardt and Rival Eleonora Duse'' was presented by the Folger Theatre and SCENA Theatre was the final play to be performed at the ''Shakespearean Women'' festival. It was performed from October 29 to November 6. 1994.
Otho E. Eskin's ''Duet: The Magical, Mythical Meeting of Legendary Actress Sarah Bernhardt and Rival Eleonora Duse'' was presented by the Folger Theatre and SCENA Theatre was the final play to be performed at the ''Shakespearean Women'' festival. It was performed from October 29 to November 6. 1994.


===Cast===
===Cast===
*Kerry Waters
*Kerry Waters
*Jennifer Mendenhall
*Jennifer Mendenhall
*Kyrztov Lindquist
*Kyrztov Lindquist


===Staff===
===Creative team===


*Janet Alexander Griffin, Folger Director of Museum and Public Programs
*Robert McNamara, SCENA Theatre Artistic Director
*Robert McNamara, SCENA Theatre Artistic Director
===Production team===
*Robert McNamara, Director
*Robert McNamara, Director
*Michael Stepowany, Set Designer
*Michael Stepowany, Set Designer
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*Michael Kramer, Stage Manager
*Michael Kramer, Stage Manager


===Production, direction and management team===
===Production team===


*Marilyn Beery, Assistant Director  
*Marilyn Beery, Assistant Director
*William Fecke, Technical Production Coordinator  
*William Fecke, Technical Production Coordinator
*Anna Flye, Technical Production Coordinator
*Anna Flye, Technical Production Coordinator
*Julie Ainsworth, Photography
*Julie Ainsworth, Photography
*Gillian Duncan, Running Crew
*Gillian Duncan, Running Crew
===Folger Theatre===
*Janet Alexander Griffin, Director of Museum and Public Programs
[[Category: Public programs]]
[[Category: Folger Theatre]]
[[Category: William Shakespeare's works]]
[[Category: Non-Shakespearean adaptations]]
[[Category: American theater]]

Latest revision as of 10:50, 8 February 2021

Folger Theatre produced Shakespearean Women: A Theatre Festival of Famous 19th-century Actresses and The Shakespearean Women They Portrayed from October 5 to November 6, 1994. It included three performances.

Wonderful Women

Eunice Roberts (Ellen Terry), Wonderful Women, Folger Theatre, 1994. Devised by Eunice Roberts. Directed by Graham Callan. James Loyce.

Wonderful Women: A Tour Around America with Ellen Terry and the Only Man She Ever Loved– William Shakespeare opened the Shakespearean Women festival, and played from October 5 to October 9, 1994. The production was devised by Eunice Roberts.

Cast

  • Eunie Roberts: Ellen Terry

Creative team

  • Graham Callan, Director

Folger Theatre

  • Janet Alexander Griffin, Director of Museum and Public Programs

An Audience with Fanny Kemble

Sandi Shackleford (Fanny Kemble), An Audience with Fanny Kemble by Anne Ludlum, Folger Theatre, 1994. Staged by Mary Sutton.

An Audience with Fanny Kemble: An Evening of Reflection with 19th-century Actress, Abolitionist, and Diarist Fanny Kemble was the second performance of the Shakespearean Women festival, and played from October 12 to 16, 1994.

Cast

  • Sandi Shackelford: Fanny Kemble

Production team

  • Mary Sutton, Staging

Folger Theatre

  • Janet Alexander Griffin, Director of Museum and Public Programs

Duet

Jennifer Mendenhall (Eleanor Duse), Kerry Waters (Sarah Bernhardt), Duet by Otho E. Eskin, a Folger Theatre co-production with Scena Theatre, 1994. Directed by Robert McNamara. Julie Ainsworth.
Kerry Waters (Sarah Bernhardt), Jennifer Mendenhall (Eleanora Duse), Kyrztov Lindquist, Duet, by Otho E. Eskin, a Folger Theatre co-production with Scena Theatre, 1994. Directed by Robert McNamara. Julie Ainsworth.

Otho E. Eskin's Duet: The Magical, Mythical Meeting of Legendary Actress Sarah Bernhardt and Rival Eleonora Duse was presented by the Folger Theatre and SCENA Theatre was the final play to be performed at the Shakespearean Women festival. It was performed from October 29 to November 6. 1994.

Cast

  • Kerry Waters
  • Jennifer Mendenhall
  • Kyrztov Lindquist

Creative team

  • Robert McNamara, SCENA Theatre Artistic Director
  • Robert McNamara, Director
  • Michael Stepowany, Set Designer
  • Lynn Joslin, Lighting Design
  • William Pucilowsky, Costume Design
  • Steve Jones, Sound Design
  • Michael Kramer, Stage Manager

Production team

  • Marilyn Beery, Assistant Director
  • William Fecke, Technical Production Coordinator
  • Anna Flye, Technical Production Coordinator
  • Julie Ainsworth, Photography
  • Gillian Duncan, Running Crew

Folger Theatre

  • Janet Alexander Griffin, Director of Museum and Public Programs