By Misha Berson, Seattle Times Jul. 20--ASHLAND, Ore. -- A distraught Othello murders his innocent wife, Desdemona. The Roman general Coriolanus goes over to the enemy army. Emily Webb, who perished young, yearns for the living from her Grover's Corners grave.

By Pat Craig, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Jul.

By Misha Berson, Seattle Times Jul. 6--Every year there seem to be more outdoor summer shows to choose from in Western Washington -- more Shakespeare, Broadway musicals and children's classic stories, enacted by well-schooled pros and eager amateurs. And this year is no exception.

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Amy Richard, amyr@osfashland.org, or Eddie Wallace eddiew@osfashland.org, both of regon Shakespeare Festival, +1-541- 482-6811 Passionate and varied slate of writers will create seven of 37 plays in 10-year project ASHLAND, Ore., June 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alison Carey, the Oregon Shakespeare Festivals director of American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle, and Artistic Director Bill Rauch announced today the first theater artists to be commissioned for the 37-play, 10-year History Cycle, the largest commissioning and production project in the Festival's 73-year history.

Shakespeare's Domestic Economies: Gender and Property in Early Modern England, by Natasha Korda. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. Pp. 288. $49.95 cloth. Shakespeare's stage-that infamously barren, wooden O-was perhaps a bit more cluttered than previously thought.