Shakespeare Festival in Ukraine Goes On Despite War

Shakespeare Festival in Ukraine Goes On Despite War

According to reporting by The Guardian, a Shakespeare festival in the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk opened with a demonstration, not a play. Hundreds gathered on the theater steps to demand the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war, as the ongoing conflict with Russia cast a shadow over the artistic proceedings. Later that day, the audience experienced Romeo and Juliet in a striking promenade performance staged in an abandoned factory and th…