Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, hosts outdoor productions of Romeo And Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy is told in an outdoor production at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham,

Romeo And Juliet will be performed in the hall’s grounds on Tuesday (August 23) by outdoor theatre group Chapterhouse.

Dressed in beautiful Elizabethan costume and performed by a fine troupe of Shakespearean players join Chapterhouse for the greatest love story ever told.

Gates open at 6pm for a picnic beforehand, with the performance starting at 7pm.

Another Shakespeare favourite is performed the following week when Illyria theatre company brings A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the venue on Thursday, September 1.

The classic tale of romance, confusion and comedy starts at 7pm, with gates again opening at 6pm.

Five couples ­— three human, one fairy, and one mythical ­— find their relationships sorely tested, intimately probed and indecently exposed when a troupe of amateur theatricals bumble into the forest to rehearse a play.