Chiltern Shakespeare Company Chiltern Shakespeare Company The Chiltern Shakespeare Company is a Shakespearean theatre company founded in 1989 that produces Shakespearean plays annually in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Recent productions include "Much Ado about Nothing", "Twelfth Night", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "The Taming of the Shrew", "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor". The company was founded by Michael Wiseman in order to produce the plays in traditional settings, both open air and with respect to costumes and sets. The participating actors are amateur performers from the Chilterns and Thames Valley areas. The Open Air Theatre (set up
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