Ferguson is no stranger to playing Shakespeare in the park, having starred in "A Winter's Tale" there in 2010 and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 2007.

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The QCA has announced that as a result of the consultation, plays said to be suitable for setting will include Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It and Julius Caesar.

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The same year she went on to play two Shakespearean roles, Ophelia in Hamlet and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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