The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival will present Shakespeare by the Sea XXXIV and Shakespeare by the Palms IV productions of William Shakespeare’s King Lear . Shakespeare by the Sea will take place at Seabreeze Amphitheater in Carlin Park in Jupiter July 11-14 and 18-21. Shakespeare by the Palms’ encore production will take place place July 25-28 at the Commons Park Amphitheater in Commons Park in Royal Palm Beach.
King Lear is regarded as “one of the greatest tragedies ever performed.” This year’s production is a Palm Beach County premiere, adapted and directed by Trent Stephens.
This year’s free, outdoor festival will welcome international artist Devon “The Sonnet Man” Glover for pre-show entertainment during Shakespeare by the Sea performances July 18-21. Glover is a teacher, rapper, poet, playwright, and actor from Brooklyn, New York. He performs Shakespeare’s sonnets through hip-hop as “The Sonnet Man” in schools and theaters across the globe. The other performances will open with pre-show exhibitions on medieval battle presented by the Society for Creative Anachronism’s Shire of Sea March. Pre-show entertainment begins at 6:45 p.m.