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Tag Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club
Securing Shakespeare’s Birthplace for the nation and the world
16 September 1847 is a date that all those interested in Shakespeare should know. On that date an auction was held at the Auction Mart in London at which Shakespeare’s birthplace, described on the sale poster as “The Truly Heart-stirring … Continue reading
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Tagged auction, Julia Thomas, Levi Fox, Nic Walsh, Paul Greenwood, Roger Pringle, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare's Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club
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Shakespeare and St George in Stratford-upon-Avon
23rd April is celebrated as the special day of St George, the patron saint of England. He’s one of the most popular of saints, venerated in Romania, parts of Greece, Catalonia and Egypt, among many other places. Perhaps because of … Continue reading
“The point envenom’d too” onstage fighting or the real thing?
On 13 December 2016, the members of Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Club will be able to get an inside view on the subject of staging battles and fights in productions of Shakespeare’s plays, from a man who really knows his subject. Alan … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Smith, armoury, battle, fighting, Hamlet, rapier, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club, swordplay, Wallace Collection
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The Story of the Shakespeare Club is launched
On Monday 28 November 2016 we held the official launch of the book The Story of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon 1824-2016: Long life to the Club call’d “Shakspearean”, written by Susan Brock and Sylvia Morris. It was an opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Juliet Short, Mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club, The Story of the Shakespeare Club 1824-2016, Town Council, Town Hall
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Francis Raymond: Stratford-upon-Avon’s forgotten theatre manager
Stratford-upon-Avon’s early theatrical history is a subject that is often overlooked, dominated as it now is by the Royal Shakespeare Company. In fact the town’s first proper theatre opened in 1827 and was managed by a man whose name is … Continue reading
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Stratford’s Shakespeare Club celebrates
Saturday 7 May 2016 was a special day for Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Club: a double celebration of Shakespeare’s Birthday/ 400th anniversary of his death, and the 192nd anniversary of the foundation of the Club in 1824. If we used the Old … Continue reading
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Tagged Shakesepeare's Birthday Celebrations, Shakespeare Club, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club
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Shakespeare’s Celebrations and Stratford’s Shakespeare Club
The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and 452nd anniversary of his birth, is less than two weeks away now, and all the news about the events of the weekend have now been released. If you’re in the Stratford-upon-Avon area and … Continue reading
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Tagged Shakespeare Club, Shakespeare's Celebrations, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club, Susan Brock
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