FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lauren Hames, City of Orlando, 407-246-3106
Patrick Flick, Shakespeare Festival, 407-447-1700 ext. 206

ORLANDO-UCF SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES
FREE PERFORMANCE OF ANTONY & CLEOPATRA

Performance to be sponsored by the City of Orlando
and the Festival Board of Directors

ORLANDO, Fla. (March 29, 2004) -- Working closely with the City of Orlando, and with the support of the Board of Directors, the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival is proud to announce a free public performance of Antony and Cleopatra at the Walt Disney Amphitheatre at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando on Sunday, April 11, 2004 at 8 p.m.

The free performance is a gift to the people of Orlando from the Shakespeare Festival Board and the City of Orlando.

“I am pleased to partner with the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival Board in giving back to the community with this free performance of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra,” said Mayor Buddy Dyer. “I commend the Festival for its high level of artistic endeavor, both in its traditional presence at Lake Eola, and in its permanent facility at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park.”

Tickets for this free performance will be available only on the day of show starting at 4 p.m., and will continue as long as tickets are available. The tickets may be obtained from a box office kiosk set up in front of the amphitheatre on Lake Eola. Two tickets per person please. Please do not call the theatre box office for tickets for this free show.

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