Founded by Professor James B. Ayres on the belief that the best way to study Shakespeare’s plays is to perform them, Shakespeare through Performance offers a unique opportunity to explore these rich and complex texts through the creative act of play.  Shakespeare at Winedale is a program of the Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts, but many of its activities are centered on the Winedale Historical Center near Round Top, Texas, where for more than fifty years students and audiences have come to encounter Shakespeare’s living art.

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