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Category Archives: Legacy
Congratulations to David Bradley!
It’s truly wonderful news that actor David Bradley has won a BAFTA after a forty-year career that has spanned theatre, TV and film. Not surprisingly, the award he won is Best Supporting Actor in the hit TV drama Broadchurch. David … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged BAFTA, David Bradley, National Theatre, Second Thoughts, Shakespeare Club, Shakespeare Hospice
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Thomas Nast’s The Immortal Light of Genius
Browsing Julia Thomas’s book Shakespeare’s Shrine recently, I came across a reference to a painting created at the height of Shakespeare worship. By Thomas Nast, it was entitled “The Immortal Light of Genius”, commissioned by the great actor Henry Irving … Continue reading
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Tagged Folger Shakespeare Library, Thomas Nast
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Dylan Thomas’s centenary and Shakespeare
After Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas is said to be the most frequently quoted British poet, an extraordinary achievement for a man who died at the early age of 39. 2014 is the centenary of his birth, and although his actual birthday … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Dylan Thomas, New York, Richard Burton, Swansea, Under Milk Wood, Wales
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Shakespeare and Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous characters in literature. So compelling has Arthur Conan Doyle’s brilliant detective proved to be since the stories were written over a century ago that he has been brought to life in scores … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hamlet, Martin Freeman, Richard III, Sherlock Holmes
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Live relays and encore showings: representing the live event
A week or so ago I attended the live relay for Vikings: life and legend, the British Museum’s current blockbuster exhibition. I expected it to consist mostly of TV historians Bettany Hughes and Michael Wood walking us round the exhibition showing … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Bettany Hughes, British Museum, Coriolanus, Digital Shakespeares, Donmar, Erin Sullivan, Gareth Williams, Henry IV, Illuminations, John Wyver, Michael Wood, Vikings life and legend
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Shakespeare and the brain: Conducting Shakespeare
An unusual experiment is to be carried out at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on 2 May as part of the museum’s celebrations for Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. Called Conducting Shakespeare, It’s designed to find out how watching a performance of … Continue reading
Opening up resources for social media
Saturday 26 April, as well as the official celebration of Shakespeare’s Birthday, was World Intellectual Property Day. Shakespeare’s words have never in themselves been protected by any copyright law, but that doesn’t mean that he’s unaffected. Editions of the plays, … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, Getty Images, intellectual property, Pathe News
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Celebrating 450: the Shakespeare legacy
As I write, we’re reaching the end of the celebrations for Shakespeare’s 450th anniversary. It’s an extraordinary record, and academic Jonathan Bate has recently written about Shakespeare’s status as universal cultural icon. Bate suggests that although the 1964 celebrations were large, they … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrating Shakespeare, education, Jonathan Bate, legacy, Michael Rosen, Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th in Stratford
So how do you celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday? The RSC are holding a fireworks display and on Saturday a day of events. The town is expecting bumper crowds on Saturday for its special parade, and for the first time in … Continue reading
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Tagged King Edward VI School, Levi Fox, Quatercentenary, Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations, Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Fireworks for Shakespeare
Nothing is more likely to appeal to people regardless of age, language, or politics than a firework display, and the one that’s to be put on from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on 23rd April will be an exciting start for the town’s … Continue reading
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Tagged David Garrick, fireworks, Love's Labour's Lost, Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations
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