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Shakespeare Empowers The Voices Of Philadelphia's Neighborhoods

This summer, residents of different neighborhoods in Philadelphia are staging their own versions of the play “Pericles” by William Shakespeare. Each group is deconstructing the play so it tells their own stories of living in the neighborhood.

Peter Crimmins of WHYY reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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