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Such Sweet Sorrow: The New York Shakespeare Festival announced that it will lay off 30 employees due to diminished government funding and will close its sound, lighting, set and prop departments. The festival currently employs 123 people and has an annual budget of more than $14 million. Festival producer Joseph Papp said that he expects city and state funding to shrink by up to 20%. The layoffs should save the festival an estimated $750,000 a year, he said.