'Don Quixote' rides again

The Double Edge Theatre is presenting ''The Illustrious Return of Don Quixote'' at its expansive property in Ashfield.

Five years after mounting its original spectacle "Don Quixote," Double Edge Theatre is revisiting the Knight of the Woeful Countenance for a new set of adventures called "The Illustrious Return of Don Quixote."

"We returned to Cervantes's novel," says Double Edge founder and artistic director Stacy Klein, "because the 900-page book is an incredible, marvelous theatrical source, which speaks boldly to our times, and the characters of Quixote and Sancho, played by Carlos Uriona and Matthew Glassman, have bewitched audiences to the extent that they keep asking for more."

"Don Quixote" was originally staged at the company's 105-acre home in Ashfield called The Farm, with the action taking place in barns, by a lake, and in a field. The success of that performance led director Klein and her company to adapt the show as an indoor production called "the unPOSSESSED," which played at the American Repertory Theatre's Zero Arrow Theatre, New York's La MaMa E.T.C., and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., among 15 other cities in the United States and abroad.

Through Aug. 23. Tickets: $20. 866-811-4111, www.doubleedgetheatre.org

Doubling up
Boston-based Broadway producer Spring Sirkin is part of the producing team on two high-profile Broadway plays this fall: "Equus," starring Daniel Radcliffe (a.k.a. Harry Potter), which starts performances at the Broadhurst Theatre Sept. 5, and "The Seagull," in a new translation by Christopher Hampton ("Les Liaisons Dangereuses"), starring Kristen Scott Thomas in the role that earned her an Olivier award last year. Both plays are transferring from London after acclaimed runs there. Performances start at the Royal Court Theatre on Sept. 16.

Notes
Shakespeare & Company's Dennis Krausnick performs "The Lear Project" Tuesday, a 90-minute solo performance piece exploring Shakespeare's "King Lear" and his own relationship with the play's character, plot, and themes, on Tuesday at the Elayne P. Berstein Theatre. Suggested donation: $20. 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare.org. . . . Ogunquit Theatre boasts an impressive cast for "My Fair Lady," Wednesday through Sept. 6. Tony- and Elliot Norton Award-winner Jefferson Mays ("I Am My Own Wife") plays professor Henry Higgins, Conrad John Shuck (TV's "McMillan and Wife," Daddy Warbucks in "Annie") plays Pickering, and Nancy Dussault (TV's "Mad About You") is Mrs. Higgins. Tickets: $39-$58. 207-646-5511, www.ogunquitplayhouse.org