For more

information on Shakespeare's birthday, call 404-264-0020 or visit www.gashakespeare.org .

"Shakespeare's

birthday is a fun way for families to spend a Saturday afternoon,"

said Festival education director Kathleen McManus. "Children have

the opportunity to build their own Globe Theater, dress up in Elizabethan

costumes, dance around the Maypole and learn a little bit about Shakespeare,

while still having fun. Both adults and children will delight in the

storytelling of Carmen Agra Deedy, a local artist heard regularly on

National Public Radio, who will interpret one of Shakespeare's great

plays at 1 p.m."

The author

of "The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark,"

Carmen Agra Deedy has received critical acclaim for this children's

book which focuses on issues surrounding the Holocaust. USA Today called

the book "a graceful and moving exploration of moral courage"

and it was recently selected as a Notable Social Studies Trade Book

for Young People for 2001. Her book "Growing Up Cuban In Decatur,

Georgia" was a 1996 Parents' Choice Gold Award winner. "The

Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark" is available

through Peachtree Publishers.

Georgia Shakespeare

Festival is the professional theater in residence at Oglethorpe University,

and performs in the state-of-the-art Conant Performing Arts Center,

4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta.

The Festival's

2001 season runs from June through November, and includes Peter Shaffer's

"Amadeus" as well as Shakespeare's "As You Like It,"

"The Winter's Tale" and "Julius Caesar." Subscriptions

are available for as low as $40. Patrons are encouraged to arrive early

and picnic on the landscaped grounds. For information call 404-264-0020

or visit www.gashakespeare.org .

Alembik,

Fine and Callner is Georgia Shakespeare Festival's 2001 season sponsor

and sustaining patron. Shakespeare's birthday is sponsored by The Junior

League of Atlanta.