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THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY | 2014 SEASON THE ALCHEMIST WITTENBERG HENRY VIII MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Don’t Miss a Moment! Save up to 45% with a 3 or 4-Play Discount Package! Adapted & Directed THE ALCHEMIST By Ben Jonson by Bonnie J. Monte This rowdy, bawdy, lunatic comedy about con men in 1610 shows how little has changed about greed or gullibility in the affairs of mankind. Begins August 6 Davalos Directed WITTENBERG By Davidby Joseph Discher It’s fall semester at Wittenberg University, and Doctor Faustus, Martin Luther, their pupil Hamlet, and Helen of Troy come together to engage in debate about faith, fate, existence, and tennis. Begins September 10 Directed by Paul Mullins HENRY VIII By William Shakespeare Witness a young Henry, obsessed with producing an heir to carry on his legacy, engage in tug-of-wars between both church and state and husband and wife, climaxing in the birth of Henry’s fierce and very female heir. Begins October 15 Directed by Scott Wentworth MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING By William Shakespeare Celebrate the winter holiday season in a “White Christmas” kind of way with the brilliant war of words between the feisty Beatrice and the staunch vbachelor Benedick. Begins December 3 ShakespeareNJ.org | (973) 408-5600 Enjoy the 2014 Fall Season for as low as $30 per ticket. Choose your dates and get the best seats available! Visit our website or call today to speak with a Patron Services representative. t` @ShakespeareNJ