Each month during our off-season, Woodward Shakespeare Festival presents a free reading of a Shakespeare play or other classic to the public.  Our more experienced actors are paired alongside lesser experienced  community volunteers for the presentation.  The experience allows those unfamiliar with Shakespeare performance a chance to learn from more seasoned actors and our seasoned actors act as teachers and mentors to the newbies.  Together, they read for an audience eager to become more familiar with Shakespeare’s canon.  The experience puts a diverse group of people together who all share a passion for The Bard and other classical playwrights.

November’s Reading at the Woodward Park Regional Library and in conjunction with the Fresno County Library was the Shakespeare/Fletcher collaboration, Henry VIII.

WSF Henry VIII Introductions  (5min)

WSF Henry VIII Act 1 & 2 (53 min)

WSF Henry VIII Act 3 (38 min)

WSF Henry VIII Act 4 & 5 (35 min)

Simply click the links to listen on your computer, or right click and choose “Save Link As. . .” to save in your Music or Audio Folder on your computer.  Then download to your mp3 player at will.