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Looking forward to the World Shakespeare Festival #WSF2012
2012 has been welcomed in with the biggest celebrations ever, especially the brilliant fireworks in London. The Olympic Games don’t open until July, but the World Shakespeare Festival begins in April and continues until September. The original Greek Olympic Games … Continue reading
Seeking out Shakespeare’s villains
The series of blogs about Shakespeare’s villains posted by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust at Blogging Shakespeare and Finding Shakespeare, has raised interesting questions about what that word “villain”means. The dictionary definition is a “person guilty or capable of great wickedness, … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Falstaff, Globe Theatre, Henry IV, Iago, Launcelot Gobbo, Macbeth, Richard III, Roger Allam, Shakespeare, villain
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Catch some Shakespeare at a cinema near you
This summer’s going to be a good time to see some great Shakespeare productions, and you might be able to catch some of them without going any further than your local cinema. The idea of screening live or recorded theatre … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged cinema, Falstaff, Globe Theatre, Henry IV, Henry VIII, National Theatre, Roger Allam, Screen Arts, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Shakespeare and honour in All’s Well That Ends Well
All’s Well That Ends Well has recently been described as “one of Shakespeare’s least loved and least performed comedies” (Daily Telegraph) but with current productions at both the Globe Theatre in London and in New York’s Central Park as … Continue reading
Much Ado About Tate, Tennant, Best and Edwards
It looks like being a vintage summer for Shakespeare-lovers with lots on offer around the country. In London two productions of Much Ado About Nothing have opened within a week so it’s already possible to see two sets of the … Continue reading