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Northumberland nature reserve to become theatre for the night as it hosts Battle of the Bard

A Northumberland wildlife charity is set to open up a nature reserve to theatre lovers for a performance of Shakespeare for one night only in June.

Northumberlandia, the largest landform structure of a woman in the world, will host MacHamLear on June 11, a piece of new writing by award-winning playwright Michael Davies. The farcical piece of writing is intended to "shamelessly exploit" the genius of England's most celebrated writer.

Northumberland Wildlife Trust is hosting the play in association with Heartbreak Productions, and both parties are hoping that the audience can help answer the question keeping literary scholars awake at night - which play is the best to have come from the Bard's quill? In the shadow of the Lady of the North, actors will be at the mercy of the audience (and the weather) as they pit Macbeth, Hamlet and King Lear against each other.

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