Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
Cambridge Shakespeare Festival is, as the name implies, a festival of Shakespeare’s plays held annually in Cambridge, UK. 2007 was the 20th anniversary of the Festival which, over the course of the years, has become a significant cultural event in the region.
The festival attracts upwards of 25,000 visitors for the productions which take place over a period of eight weeks in July and August.
2007 saw productions of
- The Taming of the Shrew – St John’s College Gardens.
- Hamlet – Girton College Gardens
- Much Ado About Nothing – King’s College Gardens
- Romeo and Juliet – Robinson College Gardens
- The Tempest – Downing College Gardens
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Trinity College Gardens
- Twelfth Night – Robinson College Gardens
- Macbeth – Girton College Gardens
Because Cambridge attracts so many tourists in the summer months, the Festival has acquired both a national and international dimension, with the result that many visitors return again and again.