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Category Archives: Shakespeare on Stage
Shakespeare in Soviet Russia
On 25 October 1917 (following the Julian calendar, 7 November on the Gregorian Calendar), the Bolsheviks took over Petrograd. The following day they took the Winter Palace and with it control of Russia. Thus began the Russian Revolution, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Andrius Mamontovas, Boris Pasternak, Folger Shakespeare Library, Grigori Kosintsev, Hamlet, Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Lithuania, Pushkin, Russia, Russian Revolution, Sergei Yutkevich, Soviet Union, USSR
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Theatregoing with Luke McKernan
Following on from my post about the MOOC that began 23 October 2017, I’ve only just discovered a relatively new site that reproduces lots of material relating to going to the theatre, put together by the British Library’s prolific Lead … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged British Library, Luke McKernan, performance, Theatregoing
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Shakespeare: Print and Performance
For many years, even centuries, there was a huge divide between Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed and how they appeared in print. Scholars wrestled with the numerous different editions of the plays issued in the early modern period, trying … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Shakespeare's World
Tagged British Library, Erica Moulton, FutureLearn, Kings College London, MOOC, Print and Performance, quarto, Romeo and Juliet, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe, Stationers' Company
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A German Hamlet: Fratricide Punished
There are many unanswered questions regarding Shakespeare’s plays, many of which relate to Hamlet, Shakespeare’s best-known play. The German Der Bestrafte Brudemord, known in English as Fratricide Punished, is one of the earliest known versions of Hamlet in a foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Fratricided Punished, Hamlet, Hidden Room Theatre, June Schlueter, Tiffany Stern, William Poel
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Peter Hall and Shakespeare
On 15 September 2017 theatres in the West End of London and on Broadway will dim their lights in memory of Sir Peter Hall whose death, aged 86, was announced on 12 September. This has become a recognised tribute to … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Anthony Quayle, Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Hall, Royal Shakespeare Company, Trevor Nunn
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Shakespeare’s Cleopatra
I recently attended a performance of Antony and Cleopatra at the RSC. Watching Josette Simon playing the Queen of Egypt, I couldn’t help thinking of others I’ve seen in the part, and wondering why it’s such a difficult one. Surely … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Antony and Cleopatra, Edith Evans, Egypt, Harriet Walter, Janet Suzman, Josette Simon, Judi Dench, Peggy Ashcroft, Stanley Wells
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Hamlets onstage in 2017
Of all Shakespeare’s plays, it’s Hamlet that holds most fascination for audiences, and new productions often make the headlines. In recent years we’ve seen Maxine Peake at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch’s production staged at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benet Brandreth, Dominic Dromgoole, Globe to Globe, Hamlet, Maxine Peake, Paapa Essiedu, Tom Hiddleston
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Michelle Terry at Shakespeare’s Globe
Michelle Terry, the Artistic Director designate of Shakespeare’s Globe in London, has now released her ideas for the theatre when she takes over in April 2018. She knows she will be keenly watched: Emma Rice seemed to have barely got … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Arts Council England, Dominic Dromgoole, Emma Rice, Michelle Terry, Shakespeare's Globe
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Robert Hardy and Shakespeare
On Thursday 3 August 2017 one of the UK’s best-loved actors, Robert Hardy, died. His family described him as “Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified” and most of his admirers would agree. I remember him best as Robert Dudley … Continue reading
Ira Aldridge, theatre manager: the Coventry connection
On 3 August 2017 a blue plaque is to be unveiled in Coventry commemorating Britain’s first non-white theatre manager, Ira Aldridge, exactly 150 years after his death. I’ve written blog posts before celebrating Aldridge’s work as an actor in Shakespeare’s … Continue reading