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The festival is also staging “Shakespeare in Love,” “Off the Rails” — an adaptation of “Measure for Measure” set in the late-19th-century American West — and several non-Shakespearean works.

From New York Times • May 18, 2017

However the unsigned 1820s painting, a 40x60cm oil canvas found by art dealer Stephen Howes while clearing out his late mother's garage, shows Aldridge in a non-Shakespearean role, dressed as a pirate.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2012

Find out more about these and other non-Shakespearean productions in parks all over the county this summer by reading Misha Berson's season preview.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2012

The plot’s twisted threads are untangled largely by Neptune, a non-Shakespearean character created especially for Mr. Domingo, who counts it as the 136th role of his career.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2011

"Othello" during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has, perhaps, had more influence upon English tragedy than all non-Shakespearean tragedies together.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.