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Category Archives: Legacy
Remembering John Barton, teacher and mentor
In the days since his death on 18 January 2018, tributes have flooded in for theatre director John Barton. He was invited to help form the RSC by Peter Hall in the early sixties and both were hugely influential. While … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Gregory Doran, John Barton, Playing Shakespeare, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Hollow Crown, Troilus and Cressida
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Shakespeare and the monarchy
The BBC is currently running a Royal Collection season, focusing on the million or so objects owned by British royalty. Many are priceless artefacts, but the Collection also includes objects with extraordinary symbolic and cultural value to the nation. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Andrew Graham-Dixon, Ben Elton, Charles 1, Charles II, Coronation Spoon, Crown Jewels, David Mitchell, Emma Thompson, Richard II, Royal Collection, royalty, The Upstart Crow
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John Barton
It has just been announced that this morning, 18 January 2018, John Barton died. The Royal Shakespeare Company, that owed him so much, has published a wonderful tribute written by their Artistic Director Gregory Doran. John Barton’s name is nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged Gregory Doran, John Barton, Royal Shakespeare Company
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Plough Monday and Distaff Day
Although Christmas is well past, it’s been only a week since many people got back to normal, so attached are the English to festivities at the turn of the year. It’s not a new phenomenon. From Elizabethan times, and probably … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged @ClerkofOxford, A Midsummer Night's Dream, British Library, Christmas, Distaff Day, Eleanor Parker, Plough Monday, Robert Herrick, Thomas Tusser, Twelfth Night
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Shakespeare and Jane Austen
Before 2017 comes to an end, it’s appropriate to mark it as the two-hundredth anniversary of the death of literary giant and Shakespeare-lover Jane Austen. She died, aged only 41, in 1817, in Winchester. Her admiration of Shakespeare is well-known … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Folger Shakespeare Library, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice
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Preserving Macbeth’s Birnam Wood
I’ve only just caught up with the story of the real Birnam Wood. Birnam Wood in Scotland dates back to medieval times, but now just two trees survive: the Birnam Oak, which is thought to date back around 500 … Continue reading
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Tagged Birnam Wood, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company
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Bright angels: Shakespeare and medieval wall paintings
Angels have been part of the Christmas story ever since it was told in St Luke’s Gospel where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary at the Annunciation, and where angels appeared to the shepherds to tell them of the birth … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Guild Chapel, Reformation, Romeo and Juliet, wall paintings
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International Migrants Day: Ira Aldridge and theatre
18 December is International Migrants Day, when the courage and contribution of migrants and refugees around the world is especially celebrated. In the play Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare wrote persuasively about the plight of people fleeing their own countries: he … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Coventry, Dublin, International Migrants Day, Ira Aldridge, migration, Nottingham, refugee, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Sir Thomas More, Tony Howard, United Nations
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Mark Carey’s Into the Breach: a Shakespearean one-man show
People who are best known as actors often have many strings to their bows. David Garrick was a talented writer and today Antony Sher has become a distinguished artist and writer of fiction. Shakespeare himself began his life in the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Henry V, Into the Breach, Mark Carey, one-man show, Robert Greene, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon
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Coventry, UK City of Culture 2021
There have been great celebrations since Coventry was been named as the 2021 UK City of Culture. It was an unexpected winner, most people’s view of the city being based on the confusing road network and its modern housing and … Continue reading
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Tagged Coventry, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry Guildhall, David Garrick, Ellen Terry, Erica Whyman, Historic Coventry Trust, Ira Aldridge, ribbon, Sarah Siddons, Sir Ian McKellen
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