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“The point envenom’d too” onstage fighting or the real thing?

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Sylvia Morris

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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Shakespeare and the Olympic arts of war

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Although all sport is competitive, many of those which feature in the modern Olympics began as a way of training for warfare. Shakespeare brings several of them into his plays, including wrestling, archery and fencing. Self-defence sports wrestling and boxing date back to … Continue reading →

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