Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon’s celebration of Shakespeare on Film

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Most people get their first introduction to Shakespeare in performance by watching not a live theatre production but a film. And the viewing figures for a Shakespeare film far outnumber even the most successful stage production. So the Shakespeare Film … Continue reading →

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Stratford’s Band of Brothers: the Bensonian Company

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

One of the most significant events in the early years of the theatre in Stratford was the appointment of Frank Benson to run the festivals. From 1879 to 1885 the Memorial Theatre had been a receiving house for companies bringing … Continue reading →

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Restoration in Shakespeare’s church: the Clopton Chapel

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Most visitors to Holy Trinity Church make a beeline for the monument to Shakespeare in the chancel. It’s not surprising, but doing so means visitors miss a number of other things in the church which have a Shakespeare connection. One … Continue reading →

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Archaeology and Shakespeare: London, Leicester and Stratford

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  Anyone going in search of Shakespeare’s London thirty years ago would have found little to satisfy them. The City and its surroundings has been occupied for hundreds, even thousands of years, and successive generations have built and rebuilt it. … Continue reading →

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Gregory Doran’s Royal Shakespeare Company Odyssey

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  On 14 September Gregory Doran becomes Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the most high-profile job in the world of Shakespeare. The RSC was founded in 1961 by the young Peter Hall, renaming and giving new life to … Continue reading →

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Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Club

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Shakespeare has been celebrated in his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon for centuries. David Garrick’s Jubilee in 1769 was the first major festival, but although it put Stratford on the map it had no lasting legacy. It was another fifty-five years … Continue reading →

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Heritage Open Days: history for free

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Heritage Open Days have become a regular part of the UK’s cultural calendar. For one weekend doors normally closed are thrown open in some of the most historic buildings in the country. This year, between Thursday 6 and Sunday 9 … Continue reading →

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Finding Shakespeare’s Forest of Arden

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Even during Shakespeare’s lifetime, the ancient Forest of  Arden was in decline, and I’ve always undertood that all remnants of the forest were long gone, cleared in order to make way for the expansion of human habitation and agriculture. When … Continue reading →

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Remembering Shakespeare on stage

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Remember thee! Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat In this distracted globe. When the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened in 1879 it was designed to be both a memorial to Shakespeare and a living breathing theatre. Among the … Continue reading →

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Emptying the stage: experimenting with Shakespeare

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

It is up to us to capture [the audience’s] attention and compel its belief. To do so we must prove that there will be no trickery, nothing hidden. We must open our empty hands and show that really there is … Continue reading →

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