Monthly Archives: September 2012

Stratford’s Band of Brothers: the Bensonian Company

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

One of the most significant events in the early years of the theatre in Stratford was the appointment of Frank Benson to run the festivals. From 1879 to 1885 the Memorial Theatre had been a receiving house for companies bringing … Continue reading →

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Mapping Shakespeare’s imagined world

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

I recently visited the British Museum’s exhibition, Shakespeare: staging the World. It’s an amazing display of objects relating to the world Shakespeare knew, seen alongside video extracts of actors performing speeches from the plays, all arranged around a number of … Continue reading →

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Restoration in Shakespeare’s church: the Clopton Chapel

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Most visitors to Holy Trinity Church make a beeline for the monument to Shakespeare in the chancel. It’s not surprising, but doing so means visitors miss a number of other things in the church which have a Shakespeare connection. One … Continue reading →

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Thomas Platter’s visit to Shakespeare’s theatre

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

On 21 September 1599 a Swiss tourist, Thomas Platter, visiting London, went to the newly-opened Globe Theatre to see a play. As it happened, he saw Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The occasion made quite an impression on him, so much so … Continue reading →

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All the world’s a cinema

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Summer’s drawing to a close, but there are still lots of Shakespeare treats to enjoy, though not perhaps out of doors. No matter where you live, your local cinema may be able to provide you with a fix of stage performance. … Continue reading →

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What you will: a Shakespearean treat

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Regular readers might remember my interest in one-man Shakespeare shows, which I wrote a post about just a year ago. One of the one-man shows I mentioned, Roger Rees’s What you Will is coming to the Apollo Theatre in London for … Continue reading →

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Archaeology and Shakespeare: London, Leicester and Stratford

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  Anyone going in search of Shakespeare’s London thirty years ago would have found little to satisfy them. The City and its surroundings has been occupied for hundreds, even thousands of years, and successive generations have built and rebuilt it. … Continue reading →

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Gregory Doran’s Royal Shakespeare Company Odyssey

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  On 14 September Gregory Doran becomes Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the most high-profile job in the world of Shakespeare. The RSC was founded in 1961 by the young Peter Hall, renaming and giving new life to … Continue reading →

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Our revels now are ended: The Tempest, Olympics and Paralympics

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

2012 has been the year of The Tempest. During this year of the World Shakespeare Festival at least three productions have been seen in the UK, and the play featured in the opening ceremonies for both the Olympics and Paralympics. … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare for women: from Henry V to Julius Caesar

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

The announcement that an all-female Julius Caesar production is to be staged at the Donmar Warehouse in London from November to February has been greeted with excitement. Here’s Lyn Gardner’s Guardian piece. The production will be directed by Phyllida Lloyd … Continue reading →

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