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Shakespeare Theatre Company

The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington, D.C. The theatre company focuses primarily on plays from the Shakespeare canon, but its seasons include works by other classic playwrights such as Euripides, Ibsen, Wilde, Coward and Tennessee Williams. The company manages and performs in the Harman Center for the Arts, consisting of the Lansburgh Theatre and Sidney Harman Hall. Wikipedia*

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Shakespeare Theatre Company has hosted 7 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1994 Moot Court. The year with the most events was 2017 with two events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2019 with an average of 8,810 views per video. Most appearances with Abbe D. Lowell (5), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (3), Stephen G. Breyer (3). Most common tag: Arts & Literature.

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    The Oresteia Mock Trial

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    Camelot Mock Trial

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    Hamlet Mock Trial

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy presided over a mock trial of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell r…

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    Twelfth Night Mock Trial

    The Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington, D.C., presented a mock trial based on William Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Nigh

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