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rdf:type	Historical Figure
rdfs:label	Jerry Turner
rdfs:comment	Jerry Turner (1927–2004) served as artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1971 to 1991. He transformed the festival from a summer program for semi-professional actors into one of the top regional theaters in the country by leading the Ashland, Oregon-based company beyond its Shakespearean repertoire. He produced plays by Bertold Brecht, Henrik Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw, and August Strindberg and added the Angus Bowmer Theatre in 1970 and the Black Swan in 1977 to the festival's original theater, the Elizabethan Stage.
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dcterms:subject	Historical Figures Americans Educators Actors State of Jefferson Characters Died of Cardiovascular Illness (OTL) 21st-Century Deaths (OTL) 1920s Births (OTL)
type of appearance	Direct
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Appearance	"Typecasting"
Name	Jerry Turner
Cause of Death	Heart failure
Occupation	Theater director, actor
Death	2004
Birth	1927
Nationality	United States
abstract	Jerry Turner (1927–2004) served as artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1971 to 1991. He transformed the festival from a summer program for semi-professional actors into one of the top regional theaters in the country by leading the Ashland, Oregon-based company beyond its Shakespearean repertoire. He produced plays by Bertold Brecht, Henrik Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw, and August Strindberg and added the Angus Bowmer Theatre in 1970 and the Black Swan in 1977 to the festival's original theater, the Elizabethan Stage.