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Tag Archives: David Garrick
Commemorating Shakespeare in metal and print
Whenever we come to commemorating a Shakespeare anniversary, the question is always about how this should be done, that perhaps comes down to what exactly we are celebrating. This year we are marking 400 years since Shakespeare died, but should … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged David Garrick, Jubilee, Michael Dobson, River Avon, Shakespeare's Celebrations
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Shakespeare’s Birthday: the Garrick Ode and Edward’s Boys
I’m writing this on the eve of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and 452nd anniversary of his birth, having just begun the weekend of celebrations in the best possible way with a wonderful concert in the church in which … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Carol Ann Duffy, David Garrick, Edwards' Boys, Ex-Cathedra, Ode to Shakespeapre, Sally Beamish, Samuel West, Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations, Unperfect Actors
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Shakespeare at Holy Trinity Church 2016
Now we’re into April and events relating to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death are beginning in earnest. Holy Trinity Church is always a focus during the Birthday Celebrations, since Shakespeare’s grave is the final destination for everyone who joins … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Antic Disposition, bell-ringing, David Garrick, Ex-Cathedra, Food of Love, Henry V, Holy Trinity Church, Jonothan Waller, music, Ode, Sam West, Seven Ages of Man, Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations
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The rain it raineth every day
Over the last few weeks the news has been dominated by the dreadful and repeated flooding in parts of northern England and Scotland as a series of storms have swept across the UK. Cities have been swamped and ancient bridges … Continue reading
Posted in Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged David Garrick, floods, Garrick's Folly, Johanne M Stockholm, Jubilee, River Avon, Robert Bell Wheler, Titus Andronicus
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BBC Theatre Month now on
On Saturday 31 October 2015 the BBC screened a new adaptation of Ronald Harwood’s play The Dresser, famously made into a film. It tells the story of one fateful night in a provincial repertory theatre during World War 2, and … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Antony Sher, BBC, David Garrick, Derek Jacobi, Gregory Doran, Harriet Walter, Ian McKellen, Lenny Henry, The Dresser, theatre
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Stratford-upon-Avon’s historic Town Hall
Standing at the busy junction of Sheep Street, Chapel Street, Ely Street and High Street is Stratford’s Town Hall. From the outside it’s a dignified building built of Cotswold stone and facing towards the High Street, in a niche, is … Continue reading
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Tagged David Garrick, Jubilee, Shakespeare Club, Shakespeare's Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, Town Hall
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David Garrick’s Jubilee
The story of Stratford’s rise from being a typical market town into an international tourist destination is often said to start in 1769 when the greatest actor of the day, David Garrick, put on a three-day celebration of Shakespeare. The fact … Continue reading
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Tagged David Garrick, Jubilee, pavilion, Stratford-upon-Avon, tourism
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Shakespeare’s mulberry and New Place
My current research on the development of celebrations for Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon has really focused my attention on the importance of the historic mulberry tree and the site of New Place in the story of the preservation of Shakespeare’s town. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged celebrations, David Garrick, Francis Gastrell, mulberry, New Place, Shakespeare Club, wood
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Great Shakespeare performances: David Garrick’s Richard III
Few dates in the history of Shakespeare on stage are as significant at 19 October 1741. Then the young David Garrick (billed as “A gentlemen who never appeared on any stage”) performed the part of Richard III at Goodman’s Fields … Continue reading
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Tagged David Garrick, Hogarth, Nathaniel Dance-Holland, painting, portrait, Richard III, Stratford Town Hall, Walker Gallery Liverpool
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Fireworks for Shakespeare
Nothing is more likely to appeal to people regardless of age, language, or politics than a firework display, and the one that’s to be put on from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on 23rd April will be an exciting start for the town’s … Continue reading
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Tagged David Garrick, fireworks, Love's Labour's Lost, Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations
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