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Watching Shakespeare's plays was a popular entertainment in the early seventeenth century. According to Thomas Nash's Pierce Penniless in 1592，working people attended on holidays, and women from the middle-classes and the gentry were prominent playgoers. Nowadays, with DVD at hand and hi-fi stereo at home，who will go to the theater? If you think so, you are wrong. Welcome to Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver and you will have a chance to experience Shakespeare's old plays in a new way!
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival was established in 1990 for the purpose of providing Vancouver residents and tourists with affordable Shakespearean productions of the finest quality. The Festival began with a non-profit theater company, initiated by Christopher Gaze and funded by Canada Council Explorations. Now it grows to a well-developed organization engaging thirty actors each season as well as a team of exceptional directors, designers, and technicians. The productions receive both critical and audience applauses, and it is not surprising that tickets sold out!
As William Shakespeare is sometimes referred to as the Bard of Avon, Bard on the Beach borrows the name based on the location the plays are presented. The plays are staged in Vanier Park on Vancouverrs waterfront, in open-ended tents so that actors perform against a spectacular backdrop of mountains, sea and sky. It is a highlight of the unique Bard experience. The main stage tent offers two productions staged at the same time from the end of May through September.
Bard on the Beach attendance has grown significantly from 6,000 patrons in 1990 to more than 90,000 patrons in 2009. The programming has expanded from one play to four, and from
34 performances to 215 two decades later. More than this, through its constant community outreach, Bard hosts the Young Shakespeareans Summer Workshops for youth and teens on site. Artistic Director and Founder Christopher Gaze continually spreads enthusiasm for Shakespeare's plays at corporate, scholastic and private events. This year Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival is celebrating its 22nd season, why not experience Shakespearean glamour yourself?
【題組】51. What does the word "exceptional" refer to?
(A) outstanding (B) expectant
(C) excluding (D) of high quality
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