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Category Archives: Stratford-upon-Avon
Publication Day for the Shakespeare Club’s story
November 1 2016: the official publication day for The Story of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1824-2016, the book on which Susan Brock and I have been working for the last eighteen months. While researching the history of the Birthday … Continue reading
Posted in Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Birthday Celebrations, Shakespeare Club, Susan Brock
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Discord and dismay
It’s been a bad-tempered sort of week for those who take an interest in Shakespeare. On Sunday 23rd October actor and former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Mark Rylance launched into an attack on business sponsorship of the theatre in … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Adriano Shaplin, Emma Rice, Mark Rylance, Shakespeare's Globe
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Howard Davies at the Royal Shakespeare Company
On 25 October 2016 theatre director Howard Davies died at the age of 71. He had a full and successful career working in theatres around the country, but for me he is associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company during … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Bertolt Brecht, Edward Bond, Henry VIII, Howard Davies, Juliet Stevenson, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, The Warehouse, Troilus and Cressida
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The Story of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon
Posts to The Shakespeare blog have been few and far between over the summer, mostly owing to the fact that I’ve been working on a history of Stratford’s Shakespeare Club, though taking a month out to visit Australia also has … Continue reading
Heritage Open Days 2016
Thursday 8-Sunday 11 September are once again the annual Heritage Open Days when historic venues open their doors to the public, free of charge. Sometimes they put on special events in spaces that open regularly, but the real pleasure of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Abington, Coventry Guildhall, Heritage Open Day, King's Lynn Guild Hall, Washington Irving
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Late summer in Stratford-upon-Avon
The summer holidays are coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that Shakespeare-related attractions are winding down. In fact Stratford-upon-Avon is a destination that thrives all year round and in all weathers. In the year marking the 400th anniversary … Continue reading
Black Shakespeare: Paapa Essiedu from Hamlet to Edmund
On 13 August it was the last performance of the latest production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. Every production of this play is notable, but particularly this time because Hamlet was played by a man of … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Black Theatre Live, British Black and Asian Performance Daatabase, British Black and Asian Shakespeare, Gregory Doran, Hamlet, Jami Rogers, Janet Suzman, Jeffery Kissoon, King Lear, National Theatre, Paapa Essiedu, Royal Shakespeare Company, Sam Troughton, Simon Russell Beale, Sir Antony Sher, Vaneshran Arumugam
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Celebrating Shakespeare with James Bisset
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been neglecting the Shakespeare blog, struggling with the combined effects of jet lag and completing our book on the history of the Shakespeare Club. Although my co-author Susan Brock has shouldered most of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Birmingham, James Bisset, Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon
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Welcome to Shakespeare Conferences 2016
While I’m feeling disconnected on the other side of the world, back in Stratford-upon-Avon and London the International Shakespeare Association is holding its five-yearly World Shakespeare Congress. It begins on Sunday 31 July, continuing in Stratford until mid-week, after which … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged British Shakespeare Association, International Shakespeare Association, University of Hull, World Shakespeare Congress
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Francis Raymond: Stratford-upon-Avon’s forgotten theatre manager
Stratford-upon-Avon’s early theatrical history is a subject that is often overlooked, dominated as it now is by the Royal Shakespeare Company. In fact the town’s first proper theatre opened in 1827 and was managed by a man whose name is … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Edmund Kean, Francis Raymond, Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club
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