Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon

Nine Men’s Morris and the English weather

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Last week I was contacted by a reader of this blog with a query about the Nine Men’s Morris in the Theatre Gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon. How old, he wondered, was it? I should explain. Nine Men’s Morris is an ancient … Continue reading →

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The Comedy of Errors

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

The RSC’s Shipwreck trilogy is subtitled “What country friends is this?” and in the production of The Comedy of Errors directed by the Palestinian Amir Nizar Zuabi, it’s a question that the audience might easily find themselves asking. Set in … Continue reading →

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Stratford’s American Fountain: a monument to temperance?

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  The American fountain In recent weeks I’ve written several times of Stratford-upon-Avon’s links with America, and how Shakespeare supplies shared cultural values in spite of political differences. The American Fountain is a favourite focal point in the town’s marketplace, … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s well-apparell’d April

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Shakespeare loved spring, and April, with its freshness and optimism is the month of which he writes most fondly. I couldn’t let it go by without a post containing a few of his lines, together with a selection of photographs … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Shakespeare 2012

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

People all round the world will be celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday today, 23rd April. This year we in the UK welcome productions of Shakespeare’s plays in many languages from all parts of the world as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Even though these … Continue reading →

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Picturing Shakespeare: the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

In November 1786 the printer Josiah Boydell held a dinner at his London home to which he invited several leading artists including George Romney and Benjamin West. The discussion turned to the idea of creating a lavishly illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s … Continue reading →

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John Harvard, Boston and the Shakespeare Association of America

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Today the Shakespeare Association of America’s fortieth anniversary meeting begins in Boston. It will be the largest meeting the Association’s ever held, with over 1000 people signed up. I’ve had a few days to soak up its history of this great … Continue reading →

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Music for Shakespeare’s Henry V: Val Brodie’s discoveries

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

One of the quiet pleasures of being a librarian is the satisfaction of finding an elusive fact for a reader, or helping them make a discovery about a previously unrecognised item. The Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive holds quite a number … Continue reading →

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Bram Stoker’s centenary and the Shakespeare connection

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

2012 marks the centenary of the death of Bram Stoker. At the time of his death on 20 April 1912 he would probably have seen the years he spent in London, theatrical manager to the great Shakespearian actor Henry Irving, … Continue reading →

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Gregory Doran: Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director in waiting

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Today Gregory Doran (universally known as Greg), has been appointed as the new Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the most important job in the world of Shakespeare. Those who have been watching Greg for the last two decades … Continue reading →

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