Plays Rarely Require 63 Acres Of Stage Space, Anyway

Shakespeare & Company, a summer troupe based in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, is selling half of a 63-acre parcel of land it bought in 2000 in an effort to wipe out a $2.2 million debt and give the company a modicum of financial stability. “The sale also means that company founder and artistic director Tina Packer’s stalled campaign to re-create on the site London’s Rose Theatre, where several of Shakespeare’s plays were mounted, can move forward again.”