First Presbyterian Church of Quincy is proud to host a performance of Burbage: The Man Who Made Shakespeare Famous. The one-actor performance, starring Neil McGarry, focuses on Richard Burbage, the actor who played the title roles in the first performances of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Othello, Richard III, King Lear and more.

The play was named one of the best plays of the 2013 season by the Cape Cod Times, and the Barnstable Patriot declared that the show “. . .was spell-binding…and McGarry was born to play the role.” Friday, October 17, 2014 at 8:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church of Quincy, 270 Franklin Street, Quincy [enter the church from the parking lot]. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the door. For more information, please call the Church at 617-773-5575.