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Sally Jacobs and A Midsummer Night’s Dream after 50 years

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Sylvia Morris

When you think of the Peter Brook production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, what springs to mind? Of course, an image of the famous white box set, perhaps with actors swinging on trapezes, Titania’s bower of blood-red feather boas, or … Continue reading →

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Peter Brook at the V&A

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

On Saturday I was lucky to be able to attend a symposium at the Victoria and Albert Museum entitled Peter Brook: Place, Process, Performance, Politics. It was part of the Museum’s Performance Festival and this investigation of Brook’s impact on … Continue reading →

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Into the Wild with Timothy O’Brien’s Love’s Labour’s Lost

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

I’m revisiting the RSC’s Into the Wild exhibition again, where one of the costumes from the RSC’s 1973 Love’s Labour’s Lost is exhibited. It’s the formal version of Rosaline’s costume (Estelle Kohler) with a train and matching parasol. One of … Continue reading →

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