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Tag Archives: Christmas
Plough Monday and Distaff Day
Although Christmas is well past, it’s been only a week since many people got back to normal, so attached are the English to festivities at the turn of the year. It’s not a new phenomenon. From Elizabethan times, and probably … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged @ClerkofOxford, A Midsummer Night's Dream, British Library, Christmas, Distaff Day, Eleanor Parker, Plough Monday, Robert Herrick, Thomas Tusser, Twelfth Night
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It’s (almost) Christmas!
With Christmas approaching fast now, I’d like to wish all readers of The Shakespeare blog a very happy festive season. I hope it will be everything you could wish for, and more. To maintain the usual Shakespeare theme, here are some … Continue reading
A heart that even cracks for woe
This week has been full of heartbreaking stories, including the coverage of repeated bouts of flooding in Cumbria, one of my favourite places. I can’t imagine what it must be like to find treasured possessions ruined and one’s home uninhabitable … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Ali Alsaho, Christmas, Cumbria, flooding, Pericles, refugees, Syria
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Christmas traditions: The Mummers’ Play
Christmas Day itself may have passed, but today as in past centuries the Christmas season continues. In Shakespeare’s time the Christmas period was marked by more home-grown traditions including the burning of the yule log, rural sports, feasting and misrule. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Boxing Day, Christmas, English Folk Dance and Song Society, folklore, Ilmington, Ilmington Morris Men, Master Mummers, Mumming, Overton, Peter Millington, R J E Tiddy, The Howard Arms, The Mummers' Play, Warwickshire
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Happy Christmas from the Shakespeare blog
Many thanks to all of you who have been reading the Shakespeare blog during 2014! Over the past year I’ve written 145 posts, and have had nearly 135,000 visits to the site. I’ve also had many responses to posts and suggestions … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged charity, Christmas, homelessness, King Lear, poverty, Thomas Tusser
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Marking the centenary of World War 1 with Shakespeare
This week the marking of the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1 has reached its climax with Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day. The installation of the sea of ceramic poppies at the Tower of London has shown how … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Charlecote Park, Christmas, Christopher Luscombe, Love's Labour's Lost, Love's Labour's Won, Much Ado About Nothing, Nigel Hess, The Christmas Truce, World War 1
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Astrology at the winter solstice
This weekend is the winter solstice, the turn of the year after which days begin to lengthen again (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere). It’s a perfect time to enjoy a wonderful illuminated book now kept … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World
Tagged astrology, astronomy, Book of Hours, Christmas, stars, zodiac
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Christmas shopping for Shakespeare-lovers
In case you’re still looking for Shakespeare-related Christmas presents for your nearest and dearest (or yourself), there are plenty to choose from. Top of my list is the DVD set of An Age of Kings, the fifteen-part BBC series from … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged An Age of Kings, Christmas, gifts, Illuminations, Spineless
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Celebrating Shakespeare at the turn of the year
As it’s the end of the year I want to thank readers of The Shakespeare blog for making it such a success. During 2012 the blog has had over 67,000 visits and over 100,000 page views. 239 of you have … Continue reading
“New-fangled shows”: Christmas and the Rose Theatre
Christmas must have been anything but relaxing for Shakespeare when he was at the height of his career. Instead of putting his feet up in front of a roaring fire with a warming drink in his hand, he was hard … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged 1599, Christmas, court, Elizabeth 1, Gregory Doran, Henslowe, James Shapiro, Richmond, Rose Theatre
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