I am posting this on behalf of Keir Cutler. For further information, contact
Keir at his web site listed at the end of this message.  --K.B.
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"Is Shakespeare Dead?" at Centaur Theatre's Wildside Festival.

Mark Twain's 1909 book "Is Shakespeare Dead?" has been adapted into a
one-man show by the multi-award-winning playwright/performer Keir Cutler. A
hit at the 2002 Montreal and Toronto Fringe Festivals and the monologue will
be restaged at Centaur Theatre's Wildside Festival in January 2003 in
Montreal.

Is Shakespeare Dead?
Centaur Theatre's Wildside Festival 2003
Montreal, CANADA
Wed. Jan. 8 @ 9 pm, Sat. Jan 11 @ 7 pm, Wed. Jan 15 @ 9 pm.
Thu Jan 16 @ 7 pm. Sat Jan 18 @ 3 pm.
Tickets $10 or under.
Centaur Theatre box office : (514) 288-3161
www.centaurtheatre.com

Grahame Renyk of Toronto's EYE Weekly says,
"In his adaptation of Mark Twain's Is Shakespeare Dead?, Keir Cutler seeks
to debunk the myth that William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to
him. Cutler presents Twain's compelling claim as though it were the closing
argument at a trial, weaving humour and logic into an enjoyable feat of
rhetorical sleight of hand that will have even the most devout Stratfordians
reconsidering the authority of their idol. The result is a highly
entertaining and engrossing 45-minute performance."

Keir Cutler has a Ph.D. in theatre from Detroit's Wayne State University.
He is the author/performer of "Teaching Shakespeare: A Parody" and "Teaching
Detroit."

"Teaching Shakespeare: A Parody" won "Best New Play 1998-99" Montreal
English Critics Circle Award,  the 1999 Frankie for "Best Text" at the
Montreal Fringe, and the "Excellence Award" at the New York Fringe 2000.
For more information about Keir Cutler or to contact him, go to his web site
at www.keircutler.com