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Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon
Holy Trinity’s American tributes to Shakespeare in glass
The affection that Stratford is held in by Americans has been demonstrated in a number of buildings and monuments: the American Fountain in Rother Street, opened in 1887, for example. Less well-known is the American Window in the south transept … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged America, glass, Holy Trinity Church, Seven Ages of Man, stained glass
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Two American Shakespeareans: James Hackett, father and son
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre contains a little memorial that has always interested me. Just by the fountain at the base of the spiral staircase is a plaque dedicated to The American actor James K Hackett, 1869-1926, “a generous benefactor to … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Christopher Marlowe, James H Hackett, James K Hackett, Legion d'Honneur, Marlowe Memorial, Othello, plaque, The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Stratford, the Shakespeare Revival and World War 1
I have on my shelves a book entitled The Shakespeare Revival: the Stratford-upon-Avon Movement, probably acquired by my father in a second-hand shop years ago. It’s always puzzled me. The book was published in 1911, and seems to expect the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Celtic revival, English Folk Dance and Song Society, folk art, Frank Benson, Glastonbury, music, Reginald Buckley, Rutland Boughton, The Immortal Hour, The Shakespeare Revival, Wagner, World War 1
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Early American visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon
Americans have visited Stratford on the Shakespeare trail since the very earliest days. Many thousands visited in the years between the Garrick Jubilee that began the popularisation of Stratford and the purchase of Shakespeare’s Birthplace in 1847. Between 7 and … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s mulberry and New Place
My current research on the development of celebrations for Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon has really focused my attention on the importance of the historic mulberry tree and the site of New Place in the story of the preservation of Shakespeare’s town. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged celebrations, David Garrick, Francis Gastrell, mulberry, New Place, Shakespeare Club, wood
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Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon in World War 1
In Stratford, as in towns all over the UK, events are being held marking the beginning of the First World War. At Hall’s Croft, close to the peaceful garden containing the town’s War Memorial, a small exhibition has just opened … Continue reading
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Tagged Barry Kyle, Hall's Croft, Nicholas Fogg, Ron Cook, Ron Hutchinson, The Dillen, The Other Place, war, War Memorial, WW1
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W B Yeats and Stratford-upon-Avon
For the Spring Festival in April 1901 in Stratford-upon-Avon F R Benson put on a cycle of Shakespeare’s history plays that quickly became known as the Week of Kings. England’s turbulent history must have been a subject of great interest … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Abbey Theatre, Dublin, F R Benson, History cycle, Ireland, The Week of Kings, W B Yeats
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From Warwick Pageant to theatre of war: the boy Shakespeare
In my post on 30 June I wrote about the Warwick Pageant, an extravaganza that took over the town of Warwick for a week in July 1906. It had taken months of planning, costume-making, and rehearsing, and around 1500 people … Continue reading
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Tagged Leamington Spa, Malcolm Gordon Bland, Warwick Castle, Warwick Pageant, Warwick School, World War 1
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Remembering Sir Laurence Olivier
Friday 11 July 2014 is the 25th anniversary of Laurence Olivier’s death in 1989. By chance I was in the RST that evening and before the performance artistic director Terry Hands delivered an onstage tribute to Olivier. At the end … Continue reading
Shakespeare and the Warwick Pageant
I’ve recently listened to an illustrated podcast of a talk given by Professor Michael Dobson in September 2012 at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford, entitled A boy from Stratford 1769-1916, freely available on the Backdoor Broadcasting site. The lecture was … Continue reading