Monthly Archives: December 2012

Celebrating Shakespeare at the turn of the year

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

As it’s the end of the year I want to thank readers of The Shakespeare blog for making it such a success. During 2012 the blog has had over 67,000 visits and over 100,000 page views. 239 of you have … Continue reading →

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“New-fangled shows”: Christmas and the Rose Theatre

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Christmas must have been anything but relaxing for Shakespeare when he was at the height of his career. Instead of putting his feet up in front of a roaring fire with a warming drink in his hand, he was hard … Continue reading →

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Medieval images of Christmas-time

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

As it’s Christmas, the darkest time of the year I’m putting on the Shakespeare blog a few images drawn from the British Library’s Illuminated Manuscripts stunningly beautiful collection. Thousands of images are now online: the connections to Shakespeare are a … Continue reading →

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Christmas puddings: a taste of tradition

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

More than any other holiday time, Christmas has always been about food and drink. Thomas Tusser, an East Anglian farmer, wrote his verse calendar of the year Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, published in 1557 and still full of … Continue reading →

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Michael Attenborough and Shakespeare

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Last week Stratford’s Shakespeare Club was lucky enough to be given a look into internationally-renowned director Michael Attenborough’s views of Shakespeare. Attenborough is currently Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre in London, though he is resigning from that post after … Continue reading →

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The legend of Herne’s Oak

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

The Merry Wives of Windsor is set in the depth of winter, the season Shakespeare associates with eating, drinking, telling stories, singing, and practical jokes. It’s also  one of the few plays for which Shakespeare invented the plot, and he … Continue reading →

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E-Learning and the use of digital resources

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Enabling the study of  Shakespeare, especially by making available resources to students of all kinds was the focus of my professional life as a librarian working at The Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive. But over the past year I’ve become … Continue reading →

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Women in the theatre: what next after Julius Caesar?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female production of Julius Caesar has now opened to great reviews: here are two from the Guardian and the Observer. More information, including an image gallery, is available on the Donmar Warehouse’s website. The production has created quite … Continue reading →

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Measure for Measure, Pericles and Leveson

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

O place and greatness … millions of false eyes Are stuck upon thee: volumes of report Run with these false and most contrarious quests Upon thy doings: thousand escapes of wit Make thee the father of their idle dream, And … Continue reading →

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Adapting Shakespeare’s Henry VI: The Wars of the Roses

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Until a few years ago the Henry VI plays were rarely performed, especially outside Stratford-upon-Avon, so the news that next year Shakespeare’s Globe is going to be touring the plays to venues in the UK is to be welcomed. I’ve … Continue reading →

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