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<div><FONT face=arial color=black size=2><STRONG><EM>Apologies, Word doc was missing from last SEND.</EM></STRONG> News release follows as text and is attached as a Word doc. <STRONG>PHOTOS THEN AND NOW, archival photo from Hubbard Hall's 1916 production of As You Like It; Aleda Bliss As Rosalind and Joshua Gray in the 2011 version.</STRONG></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">SHAKESPEARE’S <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">AS YOU LIKE IT </I>IS ANNUAL FREE TOURING PRODUCTION<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"></I></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">BY THE THEATRE COMPANY AT HUBBARD HALL</SPAN></B></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">CAMBRIDGE, NY (July 1, 2011)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> – The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall (TCHH) announces Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">As You Like It </I></B>as its annual free summer Shakespeare touring production to area parks and historical sites in upstate New York and southern Vermont.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The live outdoor production, directed by TCHH’s new artistic director John Hadden, will tour the region from July 22 through July 31. The performances, which begin nightly at 7:00 p.m., are <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">free and open to the public</I></B> – tickets are not required for this event. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"></I></B></SPAN></div>
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