Category Archives: Shakespeare’s World

Flowers and history in Stratford’s Guild Chapel

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Chelsea’s not the only festival of flowers that’s going on this week. Over the weekend Stratford-upon-Avon has its own flower festival. Every year the little jewel of a building, the Guild Chapel, is decorated by the Avon Evening Flower Club. … Continue reading →

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The death of kings

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

The 21st May is the anniversary of the murder of Henry VI, according to Shakespeare committed by Richard Duke of Gloucester, later to be Richard III. And 22nd May is the anniversary of capture of Henry VI by the Yorkists. … Continue reading →

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Setting Shakespeare’s drama in context

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

I’ve been looking at  the first volume of a new reference work, British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 1, 1533-1566, and recently met with its author Dr Martin Wiggins, Senior Lecturer and Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Nine Men’s Morris and the English weather

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Last week I was contacted by a reader of this blog with a query about the Nine Men’s Morris in the Theatre Gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon. How old, he wondered, was it? I should explain. Nine Men’s Morris is an ancient … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Italy and the theatre

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

With so much going on in the World Shakespeare Festival at the moment it’s hard to keep up. I spent last week away, with no TV or internet access and just catching programmes I missed is quite a job.  One that … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s horses: nags, jades and steeds, or wonders of nature

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

I’m no great lover of any sport involving animals, but I do admire the beauty of those superbly athletic thoroughbred horses. It was shocking to hear that two horses had died during the running of last weekend’s Grand National, one … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s sisters

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

We’re used to the idea that in the early modern period women were seen as intellectually inferior to men. Denied the educational opportunities afforded to their brothers, girls learned only the rudiments of reading and writing. And with their lives … Continue reading →

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John Harvard, Boston and the Shakespeare Association of America

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Today the Shakespeare Association of America’s fortieth anniversary meeting begins in Boston. It will be the largest meeting the Association’s ever held, with over 1000 people signed up. I’ve had a few days to soak up its history of this great … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare: staging the world

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

This summer one of the most important events for anyone wanting to know more about why Shakespeare matters will be a visit to the British Museum’s exhibition Shakespeare: staging the world. Booking is already open for the exhibition, running from … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and the staff of life

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Drought, crop failure, disease. The TV shows pictures of helpless people trying to dig in soil as dry as dust: unless international action is taken to help they will soon become heart-wrenching images of starving children. In Kenya alone there … Continue reading →

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