Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon

Celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday in his own town

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

This weekend is the most important of the year for Stratford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare’s life and works are celebrated with a whole range of events, but the most important is the parade which this year takes place on Saturday morning, 20 April, … Continue reading →

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Theatres for Shakespeare

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

What is the ideal theatre, or stage, for Shakespeare? It’s a question that theatre people have been addressing for centuries. Shakespeare didn’t write exclusively for the Globe, and even though it was  purpose-built by Shakespeare’s company in 1599 I don’t … Continue reading →

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Memories of Hamlet in performance

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

For about a year I’ve been thinking about recording people’s memories of Shakespeare in performance, and at last I’ve got some results to share. In April 2012’s Shakespeare Association of America conference I heard paper after paper by Shakespeare scholars … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare in cartoons: the story of Bruce Bairnsfather

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

I’m always surprised to find how many links there are between Stratford, Shakespeare and other creative people. Recently I heard from Mark Warby who has provided me with the following information about one of these, the famous First World War … Continue reading →

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Visiting Shakespeare’s Stratford treasures

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

The question of how to celebrate the life and work of Shakespeare in the town of his birth is one that has caused much deliberation over the centuries. In 1847 the Birthplace, that “heart-stirring relic” was purchased for the nation … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare at New Place: making the house a home

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

You can tell a lot, can’t you, about people from the inside of their houses, and what they choose to put there?  The TV programme Through the Keyhole is jokily based on the idea that it’s possible to deduce the … Continue reading →

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Henry V, Edwards’ Boys and World War 1

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

This past weekend an extraordinary series of performances of Henry V has been staged in Stratford-upon-Avon, for once almost unrelated to the RSC or the SBT, the leading Shakespeare organisations in the town, but all to do with Shakespeare’s school, … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Barry Jackson at the Birmingham Rep and the Shakespeare Memorial

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

This year the Birmingham Repertory Theatre celebrates its centenary, and over the weekend of 23 and 24 March there is to be a series of talks, discussions and an exhibition to be held at the original theatre in Station Street. … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: productions for their own time

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

This week the actor Jonathan Slinger, who in the last 10 years has played many of Shakespeare’s leading roles including Richard III, Prospero and Macbeth, is taking on  Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Any new production is always met … Continue reading →

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Relics of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre’s fire

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

Last year on 6 March, the anniversary of the fire that destroyed the first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre I wrote a piece about the events of the day. Most people who were living in the town at the time remembered it … Continue reading →

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