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Robert Foxworth, Patrick Page, Jonno Roberts, Emily Swallow Set for Old Globe’s 2010 Shakespeare Festival

Patrick Page
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Patrick Page
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Robert Foxworth, Patrick Page, Jonno Roberts, and Emily Swallow are set for the Old Globe Theatre‘s 2010 Shakespeare Festival, to run June 12 – September 26.

Foxworth will play the title character and Page will play the Fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear. The two actors will also appear opposite one another in Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III, with Page as the title character and Foxworth as Dr. Willis. Both productions will be directed by Adrian Noble.

Roberts and Swallow will star as Petruchio and Katherine, respectively, in the third offering in the repertory season, The Taming of the Shrew. Ron Daniels will direct the production. Additional casting for the entire season will be announced at a later date.

For further information, visit www.TheOldGlobe.org.