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Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon
Easter at Anne Hathaway’s in lockdown
Describing Easter, Nicholas Breton in Fastasticks wrote “There is mirth and job where there is health and liberty…I conclude it is a day of much delightfulness: the sun’s dancing day and the Earth’s holiday”. It’s also a time of hope … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Anne Hathaway's Cottage, coronavirus, Easter, Good Friday, lockdown, Nicholas Breton, Shottery, spring, Venus and Adonis
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Social distancing in Shakespeare’s Stratford
On Monday evening, 16 March 2020 I was consulting with colleagues in the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon about whether, in the light of the coronavirus pandemic, we should cancel our upcoming events, when notifications popped up on my computer informing … Continue reading
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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Dickens and the theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon
Nineteenth-century novelist Charles Dickens is particularly associated with the festive season. His “little Christmas book” A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 and with its larger than life characters, dramatic plot and heartwarming message, it was an instant success. It … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Chapel Lane, Charles Dickens, New Place, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakspearean Theatre, Sheridan Knowles, Stratford Society, The Merry Wives of Windsor
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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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Garrick’s Jubilee in London
By the end of September 1769 Stratford-upon-Avon must have been returning to humdrum normality after the excitement of David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee that had taken over the town earlier in the month. The phenomenon of the Jubilee, however, was far … Continue reading
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Tagged David Chandler, Drury Lane Theatre, George Colman, Ode, pageant, Restrospect Opera, Thomas Dibdin
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Remembering Garrick’s Jubilee in Stratford-upon-Avon
Imagine the scene in Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday 9 September 1769, the morning after the night before, indeed after the three days of David Garrick’s Jubilee. There was an undignified rush to leave the town, but there weren’t enough carriages. A … Continue reading
David Garrick’s Jubilee Ode, 1769
Today, 7 September 2019, is the 250th anniversary of the highlight of David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee. In the specially-built amphitheatre Garrick delivered his Ode, a long piece of verse consisting of spoken sections interspersed with airs delivered by some of … Continue reading
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Tagged David Garrick, Jubilee, Ode, Robert Bell Wheler, Shakespeare Jubilee
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“This is the day!” Garrick’s Jubilee at 250
250 years ago today, on Weds 6 September 1769, David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee began in Stratford-upon-Avon, the first Festival celebrating Shakespeare in the world. Even before it started there were many critics of the whole idea who were ready to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arne, David Garrick, Dibdin, Jubilee, music, Warwickshire Lad
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Shakespeare and National Walking Month
It’s still National Walking Month, when everyone is encouraged to get out and increase the amount of walking they do. We don’t all have lovely countryside to walk around so inevitably some of our walks are a bit mundane. Over … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Duncan Galbraith, National Walking Month, Sonnets, World Walking
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