Tug Of War: Foreign Fire
Edward III, Henry V, Henry VI, Part 1
May 11
June 12, 2016
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by William Shakespeare
adapted and directed by Barbara Gaines
Lead Production Sponsor
Barbara Robertson
King of Bohemia / Exeter / Reignier / Countess d'Overgne
Barbara Robertson returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where her credits include: The Tempest, Gypsy, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, A Little Night Music, The Winter’s Tale, Kabuki Lady Macbeth, King Lear and Antony and Cleopatra. As a part of Shakespeare 400 Chicago, she performed in Shakespeare a cappella with Chicago a cappella. Other Chicago credits include: The Detective’s Wife (Writers Theatre); On the Town (Marriott Theatre); Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Working, Grand Hotel (Broadway Playhouse); Wicked (Cadillac and Oriental Theatres);Yeast Nation (American Theater Company); Pursued by Happiness (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Camino Real, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, House and Garden (Goodman Theatre); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Mary Stuart, La Bête (Court Theatre); Hard Times (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Emma’s Child (Victory Gardens Theater); and Angels in America I and II (First National Tour). Film credits include: The Company, A Straight Story, After Christmas, LOL. Ms. Robertson teaches at Columbia College Chicago and has received more than twenty awards and nominations as an actress.
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Run Time: 6 hours
(includes meal break and
several intermissions)
Tickets $100
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