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Tag Archives: John Gielgud
Shakespeare and Gay Britannia
On 27 July 1967 the Sexual Offences Act received Royal Approval in the UK, making private homosexual acts between men over the age of 21 legal. In the intervening fifty years attitudes have changed profoundly. Back in 1953 the newly-knighted … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Antony Sher, gay, Gay Britannia, Gregory Doran, John Gielgud, LGBT, sexuality, Simon Callow, Venus and Adonis
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The Tempest in production
On Wednesday 11 January the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Tempest is to be live streamed to cinemas around the UK. The play always brings with it a number of challenges, with its magical elements and the difficulty of putting a … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged all-female, Donmar, Gregory Doran, Harriet Walter, John Gielgud, Mark Quartley, Michael Redgrave, Orlando Gough, Philip Voss, Royal Shakespeare Company, Simon Russell Beale, The Tempest
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Vivien Leigh, Shakespeare’s lass unparalleled
In the theatre gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon is a silver birch tree planted in memory of Vivien Leigh, one of several dedicated to people who have worked at the theatres. At its base is a stone tablet, with her dates of birth … Continue reading
Peter Brook: from enfant terrible to grand old man of the theatre
Nobody has been more influential in the world of the theatre in the last 70 years than Peter Brook. And at the age of 88, he’s still involved, setting out his ideas about why theatre is so important. Shakespeare has … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, John Gielgud, Love's Labour's Lost, Marat-Sade, Measure for Measure, Peter Brook, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Theatre of Cruelty
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Peter O’Toole’s Shakespeare
The actor Peter O’Toole has recently announced his retirement from stage and screen, shortly before his 80th birthday. His reason? “The heart for it has gone out of me: it won’t come back.” It occurred to me that it’s unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Edmund Kean, Hamlet, Henry Irving, John Gielgud, Lawrence of Arabia, Macbeth, National Theatre, Old Vic, Peter O'Toole, retirement, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Sonnet 18, Sonnets, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Troilus and Cressida, William Macready
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Shakespearian stars 3: John Gielgud as Hamlet
If asked to name the greatest Hamlet of the mid-twentieth century most people would suggest Laurence Olivier. It was, though John Gielgud who received more critical acclaim and who, for people alive at the time, was most closely associated with … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Hamlet, John Gielgud, London, New York, Shakespeare
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One-man shows and Shakespeare’s theatre
Last week I saw Eduardo de Filippo’s play The Syndicate, currently touring UK towns and cities. It stars two great Shakespearean actors, Ian McKellen and Michael Pennington. Watching them in this subtle play it occurred to me that the last … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Acting Shakespeare, Ages of Man, Being Shakespeare, Ellen Terry, Ian McKellen, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Michael Pennington, Roger Rees, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Love, Shakespeare's Heroines, Simon Callow, Sweet William, The Syndicate, What You Will
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Shakespearian stars 1: Richard Burton as Henry V
This is the first in a series about actors and their greatest Shakespearian parts. Henry V is a gift of a part for a young actor. It’s a varied role, particularly if Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, which show … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged acting, Anthony Quayle, Elizabeth Taylor, Franco Zeffirelli, Henry IV, Henry V, history, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Richard Burton, Richard II, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, The Taming of the Shrew
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