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The authorship is disputed, but scholars generally agree that Shakespeare wrote at least parts of Two Noble Kinsmen. The plot, which wanders all over Greece, involves imprisoned cousins who are buddies until they fall for the same girl from their cell window. When one gets released, the other gets the jailer’s daughter to spring him, and madness, duels, and other romantic horrors ensue. Two Noble Kinsmen has never had a D.C. mounting—unlike every other play in the Shakespeare canon (yeah, yeah, but nobody really believes Edward III is his)—so Washington Shakespeare Company is staging a one-night reading with some of the city’s hipper performers animating what director Jewel Orem promises are “very playable scenes and soliloquies.” Really devoted Bardophiles, who’ve flocked to area premieres of Elizabethan esoterica such as King John and Henry VIII, now have a rare shot at seeing all of Shakespeare’s plays acted on a stage. And if you even think you might want to do that in this lifetime, you can’t afford to miss it, either. At 7:30 p.m. at Washington Shakespeare Company’s Clark Street Playhouse, 601 S. Clark St., Arlington. Pay-what-you-can. (703) 418-4808. (Bob Mondello)