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Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Ashland’s small-town atmosphere creates the ideal venue for a theatre festival. After leisurely mornings, audiences gather for matinees at the two indoor theatres, augmented by evening performances at the outdoor Elizabethan replica across the central square. Interesting shops, good restaurants, pleasantly warm June weather, and cutting-edge productions of American and European classics add to that total immersion which is so much a part of the Ashland experience. The tour includes: return transportation by com- fortable coach from Victoria; accommo- dation (one night in Salem, four nights in Ashland and one night in Portland); tickets to seven plays; breakfasts daily; one dinner; and a half-day excursion to the historic Gold Rush town of Jackson- ville, located about 30 kilometres from Ashland, in the foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains.

Post-performance discussions of the plays will take place during our stay in Ashland.

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Academic Resource

Dr. Anthony Jenkins

Dr. Anthony Jenkins was Professor of English at the University of Victoria until his early retirement in 1996. For eight years he was director of the department’s Honours Program and, for another three, director of its Graduate Program. In 1993, he won UVic’s Outstanding Teacher Award. As Professor Emeritus, he is currently UVic’s Public Orator at each Convocation. Well known as an actor, director, and TV interviewer, Dr. Jenkins has written several books (for Cambridge University Press) on British drama. An avid opera-goer, he is remembered for the pre- performance lectures he gave for Pacific Opera Victoria.

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