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Co-Sponsors ESU and KC Public Library host distinguished author who describes Peking’s foreign community in the first half of the 20th century, an exotic world filled with high-octane partying and populated with bigger-than-life individuals

Free Advance Screening of new documentary film "Last Will. & Testament" explores the greatest literary mystery of all time--who wrote the works of William Shakespeare?

Elizabeth Hix from Olathe, Kansas, a student at Olathe South High School, placed as a semi-finalist at the 29th annual English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition in NYC. Elizabeth won the ESU Kansas City Branch regional competition.

For an unprecedented third year in a row, a student from Olathe South High School, Olathe, Kansas, captured First Place in the 28th annual Shakespeare Competition sponsored by the Kansas City Branch of the English-Speaking Union.

Mpho Manye, a student at Glen Ridge High, has won the annual Shakespeare Competition sponsored by the English-Speaking Union, Princeton Branch. He now has the opportunity to advance to the National Finals in New York City.

The Kansas City Branch of the English-Speaking Union will hold its 28th annual Shakespeare Competition on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at 2:00 PM at the Plaza Branch of the K.C. Public Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO.