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Yearly Archives: 2016
The Merry Wives of Windsor in the Royal Library
The story that Shakespeare wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor in response to a request from Queen Elizabeth to see Falstaff in love goes back a long way. In the prologue to his 1702 adaptation of the play, The Comical … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged carving, Falstaff, George IV, Herne's Oak, quarto, Queen Elizabeth 1, Queen Mary, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Order of the Garter, William Perry, Windsor Castle
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Shakespeare at Windsor
A new exhibition Shakespeare in the Royal Library, running from 13 February 2016 to 1 January 2017, celebrates the connections between the royal family and Shakespeare through the collections in the Royal Library and elsewhere at Windsor Castle. Many of the royal … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Charles Kean, Duke of Wellington, First Folio, George IV, John Cheere, Louis Haghe, Osborne House, Prince Regent, Queen Victoria, Royal Library, Windsor Castle
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Scribbled forms on vellum: a living link with the past
Three cheers for Paul Wright, the Manager of William Cowley, interviewed on the Today programme on Monday 15 February (2hrs 49 mins in), about the decision to continue to print UK laws on vellum rather than move to archival paper. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Dead Sea Scrolls, Gutenberg bible, Janina Ramirez, parchment, Parliament, Paul Wright, vellum
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Shakespeare’s family and the “lost years”
In the last week or so I’ve been hearing about, and reading about, Shakespeare’s parents, who they were, what they were like, and how his family life might have impacted on his career. In her afterword to the new book … Continue reading
Shakespeare at King’s College London
A number of exhibitions and productions celebrating 2016 as the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death are already under way, but there’s on organisation that’s getting in early by staging a weekend of great one-off Shakespeare events at the end of … Continue reading
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Tagged By Me William Shakespeare, Kings College London, London Shakespeare Centre, National Archives, Shakespeare 400, Simon Russell Beale, will
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National Libraries Day 2016
Saturday February 6 is National Libraries Day, our annual chance for Libraries to show off some of the great work they do. In 2015 there were 265 million visits to public libraries, but government cuts mean these wonderful institutions are … Continue reading
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Tagged Library of Birmingham, National Libraries Day
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Post-war British theatre: Finlay, Gaskill and British Black and Asian Shakespeare
Almost swamped by the understandable outpouring of tributes for the late Sir Terry Wogan, the death of the fine actor Frank Finlay at 89 has passed with little attention this week. Most people remember Finlay for his screen and TV … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Adrian Lester, Bill Gaskill, British Black and Asian Shakespeare, Frank Finlay, Ira Aldridge, Laurence Olivier, Othello, Red Velvet, William Gaskill
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The making of the First Folio
I wrote a week or so ago about Emma Smith’s new book The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio, published by Bodleian Library Publishing, and the stories relating to the Bodleian Library’s own copy. One of the books I inherited from … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged Bodleian Library, Emma Smith, First Folio, Pericles, R Compton Rhodes
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Tibor Reich’s centenary
This year the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester is celebrating the centenary of one of the most influential textile designers of the post-war years, Tibor Reich. Reich was born in Budapest in 1916 of a Jewish weaving family, studying textile design … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Age of Kings, Concorde, Coventry Cathedral, Denby, Festival of Britain, Shakespeare Centre, stamps, tapestry, textiles, Tibor Reich, Whitworth Gallery Manchester
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Another immigrant’s tale
I’ve just heard about a case in which an American Shakespeare academic hoping to remain in this country has been arrested and remains in custody. Dr Paul Hamilton received his PhD from the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford in 2015 and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Paul Hamilton, immigrants, Kingston Shakespeare
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