Portland Press Herald, Maine, Rod Harmon column.(Column)

Byline: Rod Harmon

June 23--Another summer of Shakespeare is upon us. From June to August, at least five theater companies in Maine are presenting their take on the Bard, and they're doing it everywhere from the traditional theater stage to Deering Oaks park, L.L. Bean and even an old World War II-era underground bunker. See Bob Keyes' story on Page E23 for details. Anyone with even a limited knowledge of Shakespeare knows there are themes that run through his plays: jealousy, betrayal, guile and mostly, murder. Lots and lots of murder. There are so many dead bodies by the end of a Shakespeare tragedy, they rival the body count in a slasher movie. But there's …