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Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare’s quill
Many traditions and myths relating to Shakespeare have built up in the almost four centuries since his death. As part of the celebrations for Shakespeare’s birthday this year the tradition of placing a new quill pen in the hand of the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Holy Trinity Church, John Stow, King Edward VI School, London, quill, Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations
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Stratford to Stratford: Opening the Olympics with Shakespeare
At last the London Olympics are about to begin. It’s estimated that a billion people worldwide will watch the opening ceremony on Friday 27 July. No pressure then on film director Danny Boyle, its creator. Clues about the ceremony have … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged bell, Danny Boyle, Isles of Wonder, Kenneth Branagh, Olympic Games, Stratford, The Tempest
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Here come the girls: women directors at the Royal Shakespeare Company
Outgoing Artistic Director Michael Boyd recently announced his last planned season for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013. In an interview he stated that “The theme of the season is heroines”, as several of the plays feature dominant women, … Continue reading
Stratford’s French connection: the Gower Memorial
For Bastille Day, a post about a much-loved monument that originated in France. If you’ve ever visited Stratford-upon-Avon the chances are you’ve seen the Gower Memorial, even if only from the window of a bus. It now sits alongside the main … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged bronze, France, Gower Memorial, Lord Ronald Gower, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, statue
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Lives of Shakespeare
For a man about whom we are supposed to know next to nothing, an awful lot of books have been written about Shakespeare’s life. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a piece about Nicholas Fogg’s new biography of Shakespeare, … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s Birthplace: a shrine to the Victorians
What is the best way to commemorate the life of a writer? Why do we so often treasure the houses they lived in, and what do we hope to get out of visiting them? There have been a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare's Shrine, shrine, Victorian
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Revealing Shakespeare’s hidden history
In the year of the World Shakespeare Festival a new biography of Shakespeare has hit the bookstands. It’s done so with little fanfare, perhaps appropriately since it has the title Hidden Shakespeare. It sometimes seems that every author feels obliged … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged biography, Hidden Shakespeare, Nicholas Fogg
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Jubilee Queens
This weekend we celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of our Queen, and the media have made many references to the other massively influential English monarch who ruled for sixty years, Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t pretend to take a great … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Charles Dickens, Diamond Jubilee, Ellen Terry, Helen Faucit, Henry Irving, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria, Royal Shakespeare Company, W C Macready
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Shakespeare’s daughter
David Tennant as Jack Lane, Teresa Banham as Susanna, in The Herbal Bed, RSC 1996 May 26 is the anniversary of the baptism of Shakespeare’s first daughter, Susanna. The only fact that most people know about her is that she … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged David Tennant, Holy Trinity Church, John Lane, Jospeh Fiennes, Peter Wehlan, Rafe Smith, Susanna Hall, Susanna Shakespeare, The Herbal Bed, The Tempest
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Flowers and history in Stratford’s Guild Chapel
Chelsea’s not the only festival of flowers that’s going on this week. Over the weekend Stratford-upon-Avon has its own flower festival. Every year the little jewel of a building, the Guild Chapel, is decorated by the Avon Evening Flower Club. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Avon Evening Flower Club, Flower Festival, Friends of the Guild Chapel, Guild Chapel, Heritage Technology, John Shakespeare, Michael Wood, Reformation
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