Comments on: North America’s Best Summer Shakespeare Festivals + Ticket Giveaway!

By: Cornelia

Cornelia — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:40:09 +0000

The BEST place?????GAAAAHHHHHH! you didnt even LIST it!

Hello????!!!!! its at STRATFORD, ONTARIO….it will ruin you for seeing Shakespeare anywhere else!!!!!!!!!!

By: Hal Amen

Hal Amen — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:19:50 +0000

I’m happy to see that the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival is such a large and organized body. Thanks again to everyone who has expressed concerns in this comments forum.

As stated, the photo in question was found for use through a Creative Commons Attribution license, which is defined as the following: “Attribution means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work – and derivative works based upon it – but only if they give you credit.” For more information, please visit this site: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/.

Nowhere did the photographer specify anything further regarding attribution of the work. Matador’s policy is to link to the photographer’s Flickr photostream, which is what we’ve done.

If the photographer himself would like to contact me to request further attribution or removal of the photo, I would love to hear from him.

All the best,

- Hal Amen
Co-editor, Matador Trips

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By: Martha

Martha — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:54:54 +0000

Having collaborated for many years with Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival and being an independent artist myself, I like to see credit given for any artistic endeavor when it is due. Regardless of the fact that HSF was not actually selected as a participant in this article, documentation of an HSF production should be correctly cited if used in this manner. This is an oversight which would never been acceptable in print media. Using HSF publicity photos is misleading and very bad form. HSF is a well-established and highly credible organization which works tirelessly to make Shakespeare’s work both entertaining and, more importantly, accessible to their audience members. Surely, they are worth the mention!

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By: Gail Hutchison

Gail Hutchison — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:08:24 +0000

Wow! What a great article…however, as I was reading through the article, waiting for the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival to be mentioned (since that is the photo of their fabo production of King Lear at the top of the article) I became woefully aware that three great mistakes had been made by the time it finished.

One. No mention whatsoever about the best, if not one of the best, Shakespeare Festivals to be seen and heard

Two. No mention that the photo was taken of the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festivals production of King Lear…in which the production and amazing set blew many away…

and

Three. That actor Patrick Siler was not credited either….

Now, I will just hope that the author was under a deadline and was not able to get to Harrisburg before her deadline, and that number Two and Three were oversites of the layout crew.

Keep up the fabo work, but please, an attention to detail would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks! Gail

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By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:59:56 +0000

Thank you for including the lead-in picture of Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival’s production of “King Lear.” I am very surprised, however, and a bit disappointed that the festival itself did not make your top five list. I would encourage anyone interested in seeing Shakespeare brought to life onstage to attend one of their productions (which I believe run year-round). I teach high school English at a private school a few hours away, and I am always willing to venture to Harrisburg in the summer for a refreshing look at Shakespeare!
I do see the Shakespeare in the Park in Central Park every year, and I can honestly say that the talent of the performers, the scenery, the sound and the lighting of the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival give it a run for its money!

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By: Guy S. Tanzer

Guy S. Tanzer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:57:13 +0000

It still wouldn’t kill y’all to give some small credit to the theater where the photo was actually shot, would it? It’s not as though that photo was actually taken at any of the theaters you mentioned in your article. I stipulate you are likely well within your rights to use the photo. We’re just asking you to be nice and give a tip of the hat to a theater that wasn’t good enough (for reasons not easily understood) to make it into your article but somehow good enough to have a picture at the top of your article. Legal, yes, but is being legal all that counts in life?

And yes, the people who run that theater are old friends, twenty years now, and I can say with certainty from having worked closely with them that their Shakespeare productions are overwhelmingly likely the equal of or superior to any this article has listed. C’mon, give them some sort of recognition

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By: Hal Amen

Hal Amen — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:01:11 +0000

Hey guys,

Thanks for expressing your concerns about the lead-in photo. We found this shot for use under a Creative Commons license, and we’ve provided a link to the photographer’s Flickr photostream, per our standard operating procedure here at Matador.

If there are any further questions I can answer, please email me directly at hal[at]matadornetwork[dot]com. Thanks!

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By: Zachary

Zachary — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:38:42 +0000

It would be really nice if the Shakespeare Theatre where the main photo is from was credited in any way… While I agree that all of these are fantastic Shakespeare Festivals, Gamut Theatre/Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival is the theatre responsible for the fantastic shot of Edmund above of an AMAZING actor Patrick Siler. Credit where credit is due, please…

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By: Sean Adams

Sean Adams — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:05:56 +0000

The picture of Edmund at the top of the page is from Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival’s production of “King Lear”.

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By: Tommy Hensel

Tommy Hensel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:43:36 +0000

All of these are great festivals and worth visiting. Of the five, I especially love Oregon. Wonderful work!

I would, however, like to point out that the great photo at the top of this article is from none of those. It is a photo from the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival in Harrisburg, PA and the pictured actor is Patrick Siler. I would have hoped they would have given credit to the company for that shot.

In full disclosure, I must admit that I was the Founding Artistic Director of that company back in 1993 so I’m prejudiced. I left in 1996, but they are still doing amazing work there in Central PA!

Tommy

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