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Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare and National Gardening Week
The first of May seems to have been one of Shakespeare’s favourite days. In Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice is compared with her cousin Hero : she “exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of May doth the … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged flowers, fruit, gardening, herbs, Mary Arden's Farm, May Day, Michael Drayton, National Gardening Week, Poly-Olbion, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, spring, vegetables
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Births, baptisms and burials
I wrote in 2014 about the documentary records of Shakespeare’s baptism at Holy Trinity Church on 26 April 1564. There’s a lot of confusion about the actual date of Shakespeare’s birth, but at the time it was the date of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged baptism, Birthplace, burial, family, Holy Trinity Church, Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations
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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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John Hutton’s Shakespeare characters in glass
One of the first objects on the Antiques Roadshow on Sunday 17 March was a Shakespeare item that I found very familiar, a framed and mirrored glass panel by the artist John Hutton featuring the character of Hamlet. Hutton’s … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Antiques Roadshow, Coventry Cathedral, glass, Hamlet, John Hutton, Levi Fox, Marian Pringle, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare Centre
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Shakespeare on the centenary of the Armistice
The progress of the 1914-1918 Great War has been closely followed in the UK over the past four years. Radio and TV programmes, and major events have ensured we could not forget the dreadful events of 100 years ago. In … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Antic Disposition, Armistice, Australian Bible Museum, Beyond the Deepening Shadow, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Henry V, Lord Kitchener, Tower of London, World War 1
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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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Shakespeare and the People’s Vote
While the Stratford4Europe group were waiting for the coach back from the People’s Vote March on 23 June 2018, somebody asked “Which way would Shakespeare have voted in the Referendum?” One of the party checked Google and pronounced that most … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Brexit, civil war, Europe, People's Vote, Referendum, Stratford4Europe
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Shakespeare’s spring
One of the greatest pleasures of spring in England is watching life returning over weeks or even months, beginning in gardens and parks with the blooming of snowdrops, moving on to daffodils, apple blossom and bluebells, to the mighty trees, … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged gardens, Glyn Jones, herbals, plants, Shakespeare Brithplace Trust, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, spring
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Living statues and literary pageants: Shakespeare’s Birthday 2018
This weekend Shakespeare’s 454th birthday will be celebrated in the town of his birth, as it has been for nearly two centuries. While there are elements of the Birthday that have become traditional, almost every year the organisers add new … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Literary Carnival Pageant, Metamorphoses, National Living Statue Championship, Ovid, Pygmalion, Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations, The Winter's Tale, Venus and Adonis
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Angles on Shakespeare in Stratford 2018
There’s never any shortage of Shakespeare-related events in Stratford, not just performances at the Royal Shakespeare Company or activities at the Shakespeare properties managed by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. At the moment, in February-March 2018, there is a flurry of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Applying Shakespeare, Edwards' Boys, John Lyly, Juliano Zaffino, King Edward VI School, Nothing of Woman In Me, Shakespeare Institute, Shakespeare Institute Players, The Woman in the Moon
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