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Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon
The Destruction of the First Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
This week sees the 100th anniversary of one of the most dramatic events in Stratford, the destruction by fire of the original Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on 6 March 1926. The Shakespeare Institute Library in Stratford has an exhibition about the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon, Uncategorized
Tagged fire, Gower Memorial, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
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Thomas Hardy inspired by Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon
On 14 February 2023 the members of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon met for a real treat of a lecture. Roger Pringle, former director of the SBT, and for many years Director of Stratford’s Poetry Festival, talked about his lockdown … Continue reading
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Tagged 1916, Stratford-upon-Avon, Thomas Hardy
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First Folios for sale
On 7 July 2022 a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio will be sold in New York. It’s estimated that it will sell for “only” $2.5 million. The record-holder is the copy sold, again in New York, in October 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Andy Jaggard, Anthea Carter, First Folio, Folger Shakespeare Library, Gerald Jaggard, Gordon family, Henry Clay Folger, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Press, Sotheby's, William Jaggard
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Celebrating Gregory Doran and Sir Antony Sher
The day before Shakespeare’s Birthday, 22 April 2022, Gregory Doran announced that he was standing down from his post as Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He’s held it for 10 years, a period of political unrest with issues … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Antony Sher, Arthur Hughes, Equality Festival, Gregory Doran, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
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Happy 458th Birthday William Shakespeare
A little late, I’m posting some photographs from the Parade on 23 April 2022, at Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon. There was a particularly celebratory feel to this event as people came together for the first time since 2019. It’s … Continue reading
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Shakespeare’s Come Home – the story completed
On Friday 22 April 2022 the project to restore the 1769 statue of Shakespeare to the Town Hall was finally completed. I wrote recently about the process of conservation and placing the statue back in place. The money to carry … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Birthday Celebrations, Dame Judi Dench, David Garrick, Pragnell's, Rev Dr Paul Edmondson, Shakespeare's Coming Home!, Sir Kenneth Branagh, The Shakespeare Club, Town Hall
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Shakespeare’s Come Home!
In August 2021 I wrote a post about the project to restore the 1769 statue of Shakespeare that has stood in its niche on Stratford’s Town Hall ever since David Garrick gave it to the people of Stratford. It’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1769, Garrick JubileeTown Hall, restoration, Rupert Harris, statue, Stratford
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Restoring John Cheere’s Shakespeare statue
Stratford-upon-Avon’s Town Hall is one of the most important of the town’s buildings, associated with Shakespeare through its dedication at the time of the Garrick Jubilee in 1769. This summer its familiar stone frontages have been covered in scaffolding as … Continue reading
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Tagged David Bridgwater, David Garrick, John Cheere, Leicester Square, Pat Bojczuk, Peter Scheemakers, Samuel Whitbread, Stowe, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Town Hall, Westminster Abbey, William Kent
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Farewell to Jim Morris
This morning, 21 August 2021, my brother-in-law, James (Jim) Morris died in hospital in Australia, where he had lived for over sixty years. Although he had left Stratford as a teenager and his subsequent life was full of adventure he … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Holy Trinity Church, James Morris, Jim Morris, Peggy Ashcroft, The Merchant of Venice
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Happy Birthday William Shakespeare 23 April 2021
“I would I had some flowers of the spring” Today, 23 April, is William Shakespeare’s Birthday. I’ve already been down to Holy Trinity Church where he was baptised and buried to leave a little posy of spring flowers from my … Continue reading
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Tagged As You Like it, Holy Trinity Church, Lena Orlin, Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Winter's Tale
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