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Tag Archives: Julius Caesar
Donmar’s all-female Shakespeare Trilogy comes to TV
I’ve written a number of blog posts, over several years, about Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female Shakespeare trilogy that began at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London. One’s here, and here’s another. It wasn’t an obvious trilogy, starting with Julius Caesar, then … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged all-female, BBC, Donmar Warehouse, gender, Harriet Walter, iPlayer, Julius Caesar, Phyllida Lloyd
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Shakespeare, theatre, and the Great War
Over the past few weeks we have been remembering the battle of the Somme that began on 1 July 1916 and continued for five long and bloody months. On the first day alone 19,240 men lost their lives. Even before … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged 1916, Frank Benson, J C Trewin, Jubilees, Julius Caesar, Lena Ashwell, Lilian Baylis, Old Vic, Tercentenary, World War 1
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Shakespeare and the referendum
The knives have certainly been out since the Referendum vote on 23 June, and in the last week the Shakespearean references have been flying thick and fast, though the whole concept of a referendum would have been completely alien to … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Boris Johnson, European Union, Julius Caesar, Michael Gove, politics, Referendum, Richard II, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida
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Shakespeare 400 continues
Following the fabulously successful but exhausting weekend celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and his 452nd birthday, I’ve had a few days rest from the blog, but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy researching and writing a book … Continue reading
Shakespeare across the gender boundaries
There’s lots going on just now with all-female and cross-gender productions of Shakespeare, so this post is a quick round-up. Following their success with an all-female Julius Caesar directed by Phyllida Lloyd, the Donmar Warehouse recently announced they will be … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged all-female, gender, Hamlet, Henry IV, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet
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Shakespeare in Germany
No country outside the UK can boast a longer history of involvement with Shakespeare than Germany. During Shakespeare’s lifetime companies of English players performed at the courts of German princes, and there were even purpose-built playhouses remarkably like English playhouses … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Berlin Wall, East Germany, Emily Oliver, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Goethe, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, socialism, Ulrich Muhe
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The great feast of language: English language and Shakespeare
On the morning of 3rd September 2013 the new Library of Birmingham will be declared open. Just 24 hours in advance, it was announced that it will be opened not by a politician or member of the Royal Family but … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged David Frost, Julius Caesar, Library of Birmingham, Malala Yousafzai, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Seamus Heaney, Shakespeare Memorial Room
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Shakespeare and the case for subsidy
I’ve only been away for a few days, but on return have found many Shakespeare-related stories to catch up on. There have been two major press nights, Othello at the National Theatre, As You Like It at the RSC. These … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged As You Like it, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Les Miserables, Maria Miller, Marianne Elliot, Matilda, National Theatre, New York, Nicholas Hytner, Olivier Awards, Othello, subsidy, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Acting companies and the ensemble
A couple of weeks ago Gregory Doran, the new Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, was “In conversation” with Michael Dobson, the head of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. The session was recorded on video and is now generously … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Charles Dickens, David Tennant, First Folio, Frank Benson, Gregory Doran, Henry Irving, Julius Caesar, Saxe-Meiningen, Shakespeare Institute
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Was 2012 Shakespeare’s year?
2012 was the year of the World Shakespeare Festival, the biggest celebration of Shakespeare ever, when this early-modern writer was to be proclaimed a global superstar, as if he wasn’t already one of the most-recognised faces, and the most-performed playwright, … Continue reading