The Hartford Stage’s first venue was a grocery-store warehouse, where the company produced Shakespeare and Moliere, as well as 20th-century masters such as Beckett and Genet. In 1999, the Hartford Stage began The Tennessee Williams Marathon,seeing to it that one of the most influential American playwrights of that century is annually celebrated in an event that includes readings, film screenings, discussion panels, and even premieres of forgotten Williams plays. But Hartford Stage is just as notable for its dedication to new plays: Each year it does at least one world or American premiere, which has included works by Edward Albee, Horton Foote, Eve Ensler, Richard Foreman, A.R. Gurney, and Derek Walcott.

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