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Tag Archives: Gregory Doran
Celebrating Gregory Doran and Sir Antony Sher
The day before Shakespeare’s Birthday, 22 April 2022, Gregory Doran announced that he was standing down from his post as Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He’s held it for 10 years, a period of political unrest with issues … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Antony Sher, Arthur Hughes, Equality Festival, Gregory Doran, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
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Sir Antony Sher:”thou’lt come no more”
This morning, 10 December 2021 was bright and sunny in Stratford-upon-Avon. We headed for the river for a walk while the sunshine was strong at this, the darkest time of year. Approaching Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare is buried, we … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Gregory Doran, Holy Trinity Church, Last Word, Royal Shakespeare Company, Sir Antony Sher
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Unfreezing the statue: rescuing the arts
It is always said that “The show must go on”. But since 16 March 2020 when theatres and other cultural venues closed, shows have not gone on. And while shops and pubs are now able to open again, live performances … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged #lightitinred, coronavirus, Covid-19, Gregory Doran, Hamlet, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Much Ado About Nothing, Netflix, Sam Mendes, Tasmin Little, Theatre Artists Fund
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Shakespeare and Gay Britannia
On 27 July 1967 the Sexual Offences Act received Royal Approval in the UK, making private homosexual acts between men over the age of 21 legal. In the intervening fifty years attitudes have changed profoundly. Back in 1953 the newly-knighted … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Antony Sher, gay, Gay Britannia, Gregory Doran, John Gielgud, LGBT, sexuality, Simon Callow, Venus and Adonis
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The Tempest in production
On Wednesday 11 January the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Tempest is to be live streamed to cinemas around the UK. The play always brings with it a number of challenges, with its magical elements and the difficulty of putting a … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged all-female, Donmar, Gregory Doran, Harriet Walter, John Gielgud, Mark Quartley, Michael Redgrave, Orlando Gough, Philip Voss, Royal Shakespeare Company, Simon Russell Beale, The Tempest
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Black Shakespeare: Paapa Essiedu from Hamlet to Edmund
On 13 August it was the last performance of the latest production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. Every production of this play is notable, but particularly this time because Hamlet was played by a man of … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Black Theatre Live, British Black and Asian Performance Daatabase, British Black and Asian Shakespeare, Gregory Doran, Hamlet, Jami Rogers, Janet Suzman, Jeffery Kissoon, King Lear, National Theatre, Paapa Essiedu, Royal Shakespeare Company, Sam Troughton, Simon Russell Beale, Sir Antony Sher, Vaneshran Arumugam
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BBC taking Shakespeare on tour
The BBC is embracing Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary with a new project launching on Monday 21 March that focuses on the resources and stories of places all round Britain, using local BBC radio stations and the British Library. Shakespeare on Tour … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged BBC, British Library, Gregory Doran, Infant Roscius, Master Grossmith, playbills, Records of Early English Drama, REED, Royal Shakespearian Theatre, Shakespeare Club, Shakespeare on Tour, Siobhan Keenan
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