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Category Archives: Legacy
Shakespeare and the Greeks
Every few years the tragedies of ancient Greece seem to come back into fashion, and just now, in 2015, several theatres are staging revivals or adaptations of these powerful ancient plays. On 24 March the Almeida’s new season goes on … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Sources
Tagged Greek, Hecuba, Helen McCrory, Juliet Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, Oresteia, tragedy, Troilus and Cressida, Trojan War
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“These late eclipses”: the moon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and happiness
On the morning of Friday 20 March the UK will experience a near-total eclipse of the sun. Even where skies are not clear, the sky will darken and we will experience a sort of twilight. The birds will fall silent until … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, eclipse, equinox, International Day of Happiness, moon, music, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Institute
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Shakespeare Week 2015
We’re right in the middle of Shakespeare Week, running from 16-22 March. There have been Shakespeare weeks before, but last year, in 2014, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust embarked on a mission to give primary school children a great first encounter … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Jacqueline Green, learning, libraries, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare Week
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Votes for women: Shakespeare and the suffragettes
Last time I looked at the suffrage movement in Stratford, and its connections with the Shakespeare festivals. Both in Stratford and elsewhere in the early twentieth century Shakespeare’s plays provoked discussion about the suffragette cause. Not all of Shakespeare’s women … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Mary Kingsley, Sophie Duncan, suffragette, The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter's Tale, Violet Vanbrugh
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Shakespeare, suffrage, and Stratford-upon-Avon
This week, 8-13 March, International Women’s Week has been celebrated around the world with an examination of the achievements of women and progress towards gender equality. Amanda Vickery’s three-part television series Suffragettes Forever! has documented the history of the struggle … Continue reading
Laying King Richard III to rest in Leicester
The remains of King Richard III will at last be reburied at Leicester Cathedral on Thursday 26 March 2015. Over 100 events and activities will begin on Friday 20 March and will continue over the weekend following the ceremony. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged archaeology, Richard III. Leicester, The King in the Car Park
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Shakespeare, culture, and a policy for the arts
Knowing the exact date in May 2015 of the next General Election has provoked discussions on topics that don’t get an airing during the usual month of campaigning before the big day. Recently, the arts has been the subject of these debates. … Continue reading
Looking forward to spring and the art of the garden
The British love affair with gardening is well-known, and opening on 20 March and running until 11 October is an exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace called Painting Paradise: The Art of the Garden. Building on the success of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Buckingham Palace, gardens, National Trust, The Winter's Tale, Thomas Tusser, Wolf Hall
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Much Ado About Nothing online
Today 2 March 2015 the RSC’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) begins, on the play Much Ado About Nothing. Previous courses I’ve done with Futurelearn have remained open for a few days so if you’re not already enlisted I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Abigail Rokison, Christopher Luscombe, Jacqui O'Hanlon, MOOC, Much Ado About Nothing, Nick Walton, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare Institute
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Conferences 2015: Shakespeare and others
2015 may be seen as a breathing space between the major years of 2014 (450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth) and 2016 (400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death), but there are a goodly crop of academic conferences coming up this year that … Continue reading
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Tagged Conferences, Fletcher, John Donne, Marlowe, Samuel Johnson, Spenser, theatre archives
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