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Category Archives: Shakespeare on Stage
December 12th: a date to remember in Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespearean history
December 12th is probably not the date anybody would choose for an important event. There’s hardly any daylight, the weather’s cold and damp, and everybody’s preoccupied with Christmas and the New Year. It’s true for the General Election in 2019, … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Chapel Lane, Edward Fordham Flower, Shakspearian Theatre, Stratford Society
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David Garrick’s Apotheosis today
The 250th anniversary of the Garrick Jubilee has been celebrated in a number of ways in Stratford-upon-Avon during September 2019. Church bells have been rung, Morris dancers have performed, talks and exhibitions have been put on. There’s also a more … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged classical, David Garrick, Garrick Jubilee, George Carter, Mount Parnassus, painting, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC Collection, The Apotheosis of Garrick, Thomas King
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Sir Simon Russell Beale
I was delighted to hear, a few weeks ago, that actor Simon Russell Beale has been awarded a knighthood. I’ve always enjoyed seeing him on stage and television, in particular watching him taking on many of Shakespeare’s most challenging roles. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Simon Russell Beale, Swan Theatre
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Taking Shakespeare to the great outdoors, 2019
Around the UK optimistic announcements are being made for a season of outdoor Shakespeare. Typically, the weather forecast for the beginning of June indicates some unsettled conditions, but fingers crossed for another fine summer. The Dell, the RSC’s garden … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Blenheim, Cambridge, Dr Paul Prescott, Glasgow, Oxford, pop-up Globe, Royal Shakesperae Company, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare in Yosemite, Shakespeare on the Road, The Dell, York
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Happy 80th birthday, Sir Ian McKellen!
25 May 2019, the 80th birthday of Ian McKellen! I was recently lucky enough to catch his one-man show Ian McKellen on Stage at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. He’s performing this show up and down the country for most … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged British Library, Gandalf, Ian McKellen, Ian McKellen on Stage, Lord of the Rings, Sir Thomas More
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Stratford-upon-Avon’s first Black Othellos
It’s 60 years ago, in April 1959, that one of the most important events in the history of the theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon took place. Paul Robeson, the great American singer and actor, became the first black Othello in Shakespeare’s town … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Coventry, Ira Aldridge, Othello, Paul Robeson, Savoy Theatre London, Tony Howard
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Emma Rice at Stratford’s Shakespeare Club
This week’s meeting of the Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club promises to be quite a departure from the Club’s usual lectures because the speaker, Emma Rice, this year’s President, has gone on record as saying that she doesn’t really understand a good … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Cymbeline, Emma Rice, Kneehigh, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's Globe, Wise Children
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Hall, Barton and Goodwin: three grand old men of the RSC
At the end of August it begins to feel that summer is coming to a close and autumn is on its way. While this can feel like the time when things start to close down for winter, for many people … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged John Barton, John Goodwin, Peter Hall, Press Office, Rose Theatre Kingston, RSC, Westminster Abbey
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Donmar’s all-female Shakespeare Trilogy comes to TV
I’ve written a number of blog posts, over several years, about Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female Shakespeare trilogy that began at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London. One’s here, and here’s another. It wasn’t an obvious trilogy, starting with Julius Caesar, then … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged all-female, BBC, Donmar Warehouse, gender, Harriet Walter, iPlayer, Julius Caesar, Phyllida Lloyd
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Anthony Hopkins’ King Lear
The Shakespeare event of the Bank Holiday weekend is the new version of King Lear to be screened by BBC2 on Monday 28 May 2018. And hopefully people won’t be too tired after a day having fun to tune in, … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Antony Sher, BBC, Ian McKellen, King Lear, Reg Foakes, Richard Eyre
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