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International Migrants Day: Ira Aldridge and theatre

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

18 December is International Migrants Day, when the courage and contribution of migrants and refugees around the world is especially celebrated. In the play Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare wrote persuasively about the plight of people fleeing their own countries: he … Continue reading →

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W B Yeats and Stratford-upon-Avon

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

For the Spring Festival in April 1901 in Stratford-upon-Avon F R Benson put on a cycle of Shakespeare’s history plays that quickly became known as the Week of Kings. England’s turbulent history must have been a subject of great interest … Continue reading →

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