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2 unusual facts about Read Not Dead


Parnassus plays

A rehearsed reading of the Return from Parnassus, or The Scourge of Simony was performed at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London, on Sunday 6 December 2009 as part of their Read Not Dead series.

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Many actors have taken part since the series' inauguration, including: David Oakes, Alan Cox, Richard Armitage, Frances Barber, Paul Bettany, Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Craig, Benjamin Whitrow, Carey Mulligan, Jason Isaacs, Ben Whishaw.



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The Massacre at Paris

England - In 2011 on 18th September Shakespeare's Globe's Read Not Dead project gave the play a fully staged reading, directed by James Wallace, with Linda Marlowe as Catherine de Medici, Dominic Rowan as the Guise, Ben Deery as Henry III, and Charlie Anson as Navarre.