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Category Archives: Plays and Poems
Richard II at the RSC
The RSC’s Richard II is onstage at last, and I’ve got to one of the performances. I’ve seen quite a few past productions of the play onstage, some extremely memorable. Like Hamlet, it’s often judged by its central performance, but … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Alan Howard, Jeremy Irons, John Heffernan, National Theatre, Richard II, Sam West, Tobacco Factory
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World Listening Day: Shakespeare in concert
Today is World Listening Day, and although it’s mostly focused on hearing music and the sounds of nature, there is also a link with Shakespeare. Earlier this week a journalist, Rupert Christiansen, wrote a piece in the Telegraph expressing his wish … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged concert, Hamlet, Henry VI, Ian McKellen, performance, poetry, Richard Burton, Richard III, Richard Pasco, Rupert Christiansen, verse
2 Comments
Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth: an interpretation for our times?
Sir Kenneth Branagh’s “electrifying” and “immersive” production of Macbeth is the current hot Shakespeare ticket, playing for just a month in a disused church in Manchester that seats only 250 people. It’s ensured that Manchester’s International Festival has received worldwide … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Kenneth Branagh, Macbeth, Manchester, Old Vic
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Blogging with Titus Andronicus, part 2
At the end of last week I wrote about the RSC’s current production of Titus Andronicus and the blogging event to which I was fortunate enough to be invited. In that first post I put up a few clips I made … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged blog, Royal Shakespeare Company, Titus Andronicus, violence
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Blogging with Titus Andronicus
Last Thursday, 25 June, I attended an event at which the Royal Shakespeare Company invited bloggers to a performance of their current production of Titus Andronicus followed by a Question and Answer session with the director and members of the cast. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged blogging, Kaaty Stephens, Michael Fentiman, Rose Reynolds, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stephen Boxer, Titus Andronicus
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Into the Wild with Timothy O’Brien’s Love’s Labour’s Lost
I’m revisiting the RSC’s Into the Wild exhibition again, where one of the costumes from the RSC’s 1973 Love’s Labour’s Lost is exhibited. It’s the formal version of Rosaline’s costume (Estelle Kohler) with a train and matching parasol. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged audio, design, Estelle Kohler, Into the Wild, Love's Labour's Lost, Roger Howells, Tazeena Firth, Timothy O'Brien
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Shakespeare on film: Joss Whedon’s Much Ado
It is I suppose possible that you won’t have heard about the latest Shakespeare film to be released in the US that is due to be screened in the UK from 14 June 2013. Its director is Joss Whedon, best known for … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged BBC, film, Henry V, John Wyver, Joss Whedon, Kenneth Branagh, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, television
3 Comments
Social networking with Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dreaming
The rise of social networking has brought many opportunities for organisations to share their work: immediate, personal communication, instant updates, the ability to reach unconventional audiences. Organisations specialising in Shakespeare might be expected to be slow to join in, but … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, facebook, Google+, Internet, Joe Dixon, Midsummer Night's Dreaming, Such Tweet Sorrow, twitter
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Shakespeare, Live from Stratford-upon-Avon
At last, at last, the Royal Shakespeare Company are launching “Live from Stratford-upon-Avon”, in which the sellout production of Richard II starring David Tennant is to be screened live in cinemas around the world. The RSC have been slow getting … Continue reading
Slaughter in the streets: Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus
This post was always going to be about Titus Andronicus. But it was going to be about the designs for the 1955 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre production of the play, put on at a time when it was thought to be … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged #woolwich, Desmond Heeley, Laurence Olivier, Peter Brook, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Titus Andronicus, Vivien Leigh
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