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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Shakespeare memories from the Bush
A couple of weeks ago I visited my brother-in-law James (Jim) Morris, who has lived on a beautiful plot of forest in New South Wales, Australia, near the small town Eden, for over thirty years. He left Stratford-upon-Avon, where he had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, James Morris, Peggy Ashcroft, Richard III, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, The Merchant of Venice
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Shakespeare in Miniature
They say all the best things come in small packages, and it’s certainly true that we all find small things, that seem to defy the normal, fascinating. It’s easy to see why some things, like miniature paintings, came to exist: … Continue reading
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Tagged binding, bookbinding, First Folio, Folger Shakespeare Library, miniature, Neale and Margaret Albert, University of Virginia
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Shakespeare in Sydney 2
On Tuesday we visited what is called on the website, “one of the most unusual places in Australia”, the Shakespeare Room at the State Library of New South Wales, that stands just across the road from the Shakespeare monument I … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, First Folio, Roubiliac, Shakespeare Room. mulberry wood, State Library of New South Wales
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Shakespeare in Sydney 1
And now, as they say, for something completely different. I’m at present holidaying on the other side of the world in Australia and I’m currently in Sydney. Inevitably there has had to be a search for Shakespeare. The main Shakespeare … Continue reading
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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Tagged Edmund Kean, Francis Raymond, Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club
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The Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon: family connections
Posts on this blog have been few and far between in the last couple of months, because, with my friend and ex-colleague Susan Brock, I have been writing the history of Stratford’s Shakespeare Club. We have unearthed a lot of … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged 1916, Frank Benson, J C Trewin, Jubilees, Julius Caesar, Lena Ashwell, Lilian Baylis, Old Vic, Tercentenary, World War 1
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The Welsh band of brothers: Euro 2016
In my last post, I noted lots of Shakespeare references relating to the fallout from the Referendum, but this hasn’t been the only current event to provoke a Shakespeare quote. The Referendum quotes have all been about treachery, division and … Continue reading
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
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Tagged Boris Johnson, European Union, Julius Caesar, Michael Gove, politics, Referendum, Richard II, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida
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Russ McDonald
On Friday 1 July the Shakespeare academic Professor Russ McDonald died after suffering a major stroke on 29 June, his birthday. Although I didn’t know him at all well, I liked him very much, and he was very dear to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedford Shakespeare, Lena Orlin, Russ Mcdonald
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