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Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon
Love’s Labour’s Won?
The Royal Shakespeare Company has just announced its plans for the season September 2014-March 2015. In the main Royal Shakespeare Theatre a beautifully put-together programme will contribute to the commemoration of the centenary of the First World War. There will be two Shakespeare … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Christopher Luscombe, Edward Bennett, Francis Meres, Gregory Doran, Ian Judge, Love's Labour's Lost, Love's Labour's Won, Much Ado About Nothing, Palladis Tamia, Phil Porter, The Christmas Truce
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Judith Quiney, Shakespeare’s forgotten daughter
On the 10th February 1616 Shakespeare’s younger daughter Judith married a local man, Thomas Quiney. At the start of 1616 her impending marriage must have been the cause of celebration in the family. Shakespeare first saw his lawyer to draft … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Judith Shakespeare, The Cage, Thomas Quiney
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W S Gilbert, Alternative Shakespeare, and charity
WS Gilbert is universally known for his partnership with Sullivan, creating the operas staged at the Savoy Theatre in London by the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. G&S’s light, mostly comic operas such as The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Jami Rogers, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Shakespeare Institute, W S Gilbert
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Shakespeare connections: Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham
During Shakespeare’s lifetime Birmingham was a town of a similar size to Stratford. But while Birmingham grew into a great centre of industry and innovation, Stratford remained a small country town. By 1851 nearly a quarter of a million people … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Birmingham, George Dawson, Library of Birmingham, Samuel Timmins, Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations, Shakespeare Club, Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Taking to the streets with Shakespeare’s characters
Shakespeare celebrations in Stratford have taken many forms over the past two and a half centuries. I’ve written before about the history of holding feasts, an essential component of any party. But what’s also notable is the tradition of characters … Continue reading
Celebrating Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon
2014 is quite rightly going to be dominated by the centenary of the outbreak of the first World War, but it’s also an important year for Shakespeare-lovers celebrating his 450th birthday. My ex-colleague Dr Susan Brock and I are currently … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged George Jones, Shakespeare Club, Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations
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Staging the caskets: The Merchant of Venice
As a man of the theatre, Shakespeare must always have written his scenes with an idea of how they would be performed, though given the limited technical scope of theatres at the time he does sometimes seem to have made it … Continue reading
Michael Drayton’s Poly-olbion
On 23 December 1631 the poet Michael Drayton died at his lodgings in Fleet Street, London. He was so highly regarded by his contemporaries that he was buried in Westminster Abbey with some ceremony. According to an account of his funeral, … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Ben Jonson, Clifford Chambers, John Hall, Lucy's Mill Bridge, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, River Avon, Westminster Abbey
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Nelson Mandela and Shakespeare
From around the world the main news this morning, is of the death of Nelson Mandela. I was privileged, in 2005, to meet Sonny Venkatrathnam who had been imprisoned with Mandela on Robben Island, and to examine the Robben Island … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Complete Works Exhibition, Nelson Mandela, Robben Island, Sonny Venkatrathnam
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Shakespeare and the two William Jaggards
William Jaggard is well known as the printer of Shakespeare’s First Folio, along with his son Isaac. He was a member of the Stationers’ Company in London, but has got a name for unethical practices, at least in regard to … Continue reading