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Tag Archives: Edmund Kean
Philip Massinger re-read: #MassiMara
It’s become a tradition now for the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon to spend most of June reading the surviving works of writers contemporary with Shakespeare. In 2018, beginning on 11 June, it’s the turn of Philip Massinger, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged A new Way to pay Old Debts, Adrian Noble, Edmund Kean, Emrys James, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Shakespeare Institute, The King's Men, The Other Place
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Reviving the great Edmund Kean
Who wouldn’t wish to have been able to experience the great Edmund Kean performing Shakespeare? He mesmerised his audiences and critic after critic tried to explain how he got his effects. The most famous of all descriptions came from the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Edmund Kean, Georgian Theatre Royal Richmond, Ian Hughes, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Institute
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Francis Raymond: Stratford-upon-Avon’s forgotten theatre manager
Stratford-upon-Avon’s early theatrical history is a subject that is often overlooked, dominated as it now is by the Royal Shakespeare Company. In fact the town’s first proper theatre opened in 1827 and was managed by a man whose name is … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmund Kean, Francis Raymond, Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club
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Alas, poor Yorick: the spell of Hamlet
On 26 July 1602 Shakespeare’s play Hamlet was registered with the Stationers’ Company in London. It’s an important date, but has done little to settle the burning question of when Shakespeare’s most famous play was first written and first performed. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Andre Tchaikovski, David Tennant, Edmund Kean, Gregory Doran, Hamlet, quarto
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Peter O’Toole’s Shakespeare
The actor Peter O’Toole has recently announced his retirement from stage and screen, shortly before his 80th birthday. His reason? “The heart for it has gone out of me: it won’t come back.” It occurred to me that it’s unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Edmund Kean, Hamlet, Henry Irving, John Gielgud, Lawrence of Arabia, Macbeth, National Theatre, Old Vic, Peter O'Toole, retirement, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Sonnet 18, Sonnets, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Troilus and Cressida, William Macready
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