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Forty years have passed since Shakespeare Repertory of Chicago founder Barbara Gaines and a group of Chicago actors first performed “Henry V” on the roof of the Red Lion Pub in Lincoln Park. (I don’t

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A visit from the Umbilical Brothers and a 40th birthday for Chicago Shakes

Forty years have passed since Shakespeare Repertory of Chicago founder Barbara Gaines and a group of Chicago actors first performed “Henry V” on the roof of the Red Lion Pub in Lincoln Park. (I don’t know where those decades went.) To celebrate the big four-oh, the company now known as Chicago Shakespeare Theater is holding a free, family-friendly birthday open house in its posh digs on Navy Pier.

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