'Polishing Shakespeare' debuts at Bridge Street Theatre

Was he? Wasn't he? The Bard is back in the dock

A late 19th century artistic depiction of the Shakespeare family. “Perhaps the scene is set for the surrender of a document that will finally resolve the beloved Shakespeare myth,” wonders columnist ROBERT MACKLIN as the Bard takes another pasting, this time from an American author. William Shakespeare is in trouble. Over the years his authorship of some 37 incomparable stage plays has been challenged by Charles Dickens and many others including…

Funding the Arts -To Take or Not to Take. That is the question in “Polishing Shakespeare” at Bridge Street Theatre

CATSKIL, N.Y. — There is a saying, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” A new play, “Polishing Shakespeare,” demands you look a gift horse in the mouth and everywhere else. The work that opens tonight at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill is a play about philanthropic giving in the arts. It runs through April 27. The setup is simple. A very, very wealthy man comes to the artistic director of a financially challenged theater company. His stated…

'Polishing Shakespeare' debuts at Bridge Street Theatre

CATSKILL — Bridge Street Theatre presents "Polishing Shakespeare," a razor-sharp, high-stakes battle between art and commerce, penned by acclaimed playwright Brian Dykstra and directed by Bridge Street Theatre Artistic Director, John Sowle.