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Tag Archives: Cambridge
Taking Shakespeare to the great outdoors, 2019
Around the UK optimistic announcements are being made for a season of outdoor Shakespeare. Typically, the weather forecast for the beginning of June indicates some unsettled conditions, but fingers crossed for another fine summer. The Dell, the RSC’s garden … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Blenheim, Cambridge, Dr Paul Prescott, Glasgow, Oxford, pop-up Globe, Royal Shakesperae Company, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare in Yosemite, Shakespeare on the Road, The Dell, York
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Outdoor Shakespeare
The summer of 2015 has been mostly chilly and often damp, with just the occasional hot days. These conditions must have been trying for all those companies that now put on outdoor theatre productions in the UK. Many of them … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Andrew Muir, Cambridge, Dell, festival, outdoor, Shakespeare in Cambridge, summer
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Christopher Marlowe, 450 years on
Earlier this week the 450th anniversary of Christopher Marlowe’s birth passed without a lot of media interest. Yet events to celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th are already getting a lot of attention. Although Marlowe is still highly-regarded, and his plays are performed … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Cambridge, Canterbury, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, Edward Alleyn, London, Marlowe Society, Tamburlaine
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The Parnassus Plays: our fellow Shakespeare
I’ve referred a couple of times in my blogs to the Parnassus plays. This trilogy of student dramas are usually relegated to the footnotes in Shakespeare biographies so I decided to do look at them in a bit more detail. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Cambridge, Parnassus Plays, Shakespeare, Spenser, St John's College
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Treasures of St John’s, Cambridge
From 9-11 September Heritage Open Days all over the country celebrated the history, architecture, art and gardens of the UK. The City of Cambridge opened up many of its historic sites, and while staying in the city I visited … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Cambridge, Henry Wriothesley, Margaret Beaufort, Parnassus, Shakespeare, St John's, William Crashaw
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Michael Rosen and Shakespeare for children
I recently spent a day at the Cambridge Shakespeare Conference, its theme Shakespeare: sources and adaptations. It opened with a thought-provoking lecture by Michael Rosen, Children’s Laureate 2007-2009 and Shakespeare enthusiast. To an audience who needed no convincing of the … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Cambridge, education, Michael Rosen, poetry, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Such Tweet Sorrow, Tim Crouch
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