Category Archives: Shakespeare on Stage

Stephen Fry’s Shakespeare: from Cambridge Footlights to Twelfth Night at Shakespeare’s Globe

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

It seems Stephen Fry can do no wrong. Whether he’s fronting his comedy series QI, writing both fiction and factual books, tweeting, creating radio and TV documentaries or acting, his status as national treasure is assured. Speaking openly about the … Continue reading →

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Stratford’s Band of Brothers: the Bensonian Company

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

One of the most significant events in the early years of the theatre in Stratford was the appointment of Frank Benson to run the festivals. From 1879 to 1885 the Memorial Theatre had been a receiving house for companies bringing … Continue reading →

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All the world’s a cinema

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Summer’s drawing to a close, but there are still lots of Shakespeare treats to enjoy, though not perhaps out of doors. No matter where you live, your local cinema may be able to provide you with a fix of stage performance. … Continue reading →

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Archaeology and Shakespeare: London, Leicester and Stratford

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  Anyone going in search of Shakespeare’s London thirty years ago would have found little to satisfy them. The City and its surroundings has been occupied for hundreds, even thousands of years, and successive generations have built and rebuilt it. … Continue reading →

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Gregory Doran’s Royal Shakespeare Company Odyssey

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  On 14 September Gregory Doran becomes Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the most high-profile job in the world of Shakespeare. The RSC was founded in 1961 by the young Peter Hall, renaming and giving new life to … Continue reading →

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Our revels now are ended: The Tempest, Olympics and Paralympics

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

2012 has been the year of The Tempest. During this year of the World Shakespeare Festival at least three productions have been seen in the UK, and the play featured in the opening ceremonies for both the Olympics and Paralympics. … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare for women: from Henry V to Julius Caesar

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

The announcement that an all-female Julius Caesar production is to be staged at the Donmar Warehouse in London from November to February has been greeted with excitement. Here’s Lyn Gardner’s Guardian piece. The production will be directed by Phyllida Lloyd … Continue reading →

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Remembering Shakespeare on stage

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Remember thee! Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat In this distracted globe. When the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened in 1879 it was designed to be both a memorial to Shakespeare and a living breathing theatre. Among the … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare in the Park

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Unlikely as it seems given the weather, people have been performing outdoors in Britain for hundreds of years, well before the building of purpose-built theatres in Elizabethan London. The medieval mystery cycles were performed in many towns and cities on mobile … Continue reading →

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Emptying the stage: experimenting with Shakespeare

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

It is up to us to capture [the audience’s] attention and compel its belief. To do so we must prove that there will be no trickery, nothing hidden. We must open our empty hands and show that really there is … Continue reading →

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