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Tag Archives: Ellen Terry
Coventry, UK City of Culture 2021
There have been great celebrations since Coventry was been named as the 2021 UK City of Culture. It was an unexpected winner, most people’s view of the city being based on the confusing road network and its modern housing and … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Coventry, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry Guildhall, David Garrick, Ellen Terry, Erica Whyman, Historic Coventry Trust, Ira Aldridge, ribbon, Sarah Siddons, Sir Ian McKellen
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Bram and the Guv’nor: Henry Irving and his manager onstage together
Through his novel Dracula and the numerous adaptations of it, writer Bram Stoker is probably now better known than the man who was his “Guv’nor”, the great late-Victorian actor Henry Irving. The two men had a working relationship that lasted almost … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Bram and the Guv'nor, Bram Stoker, Bram Stoker Collection, Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, Irving Society, Jefny Ashcroft, Lyceum Theatre, Michael Kilgarriff, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Images of Shakespeare’s heroines
While researching a recent post I spotted a note in the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald saying that in 1945 Queen Mary donated a copy of The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare’s Heroines to the SMT (now RSC). This might not sound extraordinary, unless you … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Bradfield, Cleopatra, Cressida, Ellen Terry, Graphic Gallery, Imogen, paintings, Queen Mary, Shakespeare's Heroines, St Andrew's College, women
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Linking Shakespeare’s Theatre and his Church: Bensonian actor Frank Rodney
When I wrote my piece about the Benson memorial windows in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, I received a comment about the memorial to Bensonian actor Frank Rodney that stands in Holy Trinity Church. Stratford’s Church probably contains more memorials to … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Benson Windows, Ellen Terry, Frank Rodney, Henry VIII, Holy Trinity Church
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Stratford’s Band of Brothers: the Bensonian Company
One of the most significant events in the early years of the theatre in Stratford was the appointment of Frank Benson to run the festivals. From 1879 to 1885 the Memorial Theatre had been a receiving house for companies bringing … Continue reading
Jubilee Queens
This weekend we celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of our Queen, and the media have made many references to the other massively influential English monarch who ruled for sixty years, Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t pretend to take a great … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Charles Dickens, Diamond Jubilee, Ellen Terry, Helen Faucit, Henry Irving, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria, Royal Shakespeare Company, W C Macready
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One-man shows and Shakespeare’s theatre
Last week I saw Eduardo de Filippo’s play The Syndicate, currently touring UK towns and cities. It stars two great Shakespearean actors, Ian McKellen and Michael Pennington. Watching them in this subtle play it occurred to me that the last … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Acting Shakespeare, Ages of Man, Being Shakespeare, Ellen Terry, Ian McKellen, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Michael Pennington, Roger Rees, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Love, Shakespeare's Heroines, Simon Callow, Sweet William, The Syndicate, What You Will
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Those fabulous frocks
Why are we so fascinated by clothes that have been worn by the rich and famous? Kate Middleton’s wedding dress will attract enormous attraction when it is put on display (probably in Buckingham Palace). We will all admire the fabulous … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Ellen Terry, John singer Sargent, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Smallhythe, The Merchant of Venice
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