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Tag Archives: Kenneth Branagh
Our revels now are ended: The Tempest, Olympics and Paralympics
2012 has been the year of The Tempest. During this year of the World Shakespeare Festival at least three productions have been seen in the UK, and the play featured in the opening ceremonies for both the Olympics and Paralympics. … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Adrian Noble, Ian McKellen, Kenneth Branagh, Olympics, Paralympics, The Tempest, Tim Pigott-Smith
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Opening the Olympics: Danny Boyle’s debt to William Blake
Danny Boyle’s Olympic opening ceremony has set off so much discussion that John Wyver of Illuminations has now posted three blog posts each listing ten different pieces that have appeared in the press looking at the event from different viewpoints. Here’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Arlington Court, Chariots of Fire, Danny Boyle, Henry IV Part 1, Isles of Wonder, John Wyver, Kenneth Branagh, Macbeth, Olympic Opening Ceremony, Siri Vevle, The Tempest, William Blake
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Stratford to Stratford: Opening the Olympics with Shakespeare
At last the London Olympics are about to begin. It’s estimated that a billion people worldwide will watch the opening ceremony on Friday 27 July. No pressure then on film director Danny Boyle, its creator. Clues about the ceremony have … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged bell, Danny Boyle, Isles of Wonder, Kenneth Branagh, Olympic Games, Stratford, The Tempest
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Sir Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare
This year The Queen’s Birthday Honours list has recognised a bumper crop of people in the arts. For me the most pleasing was the knighthood which has been awarded to Kenneth Branagh. His association with Shakespeare goes back to his … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Hamlet, Henry V, Kenneth Branagh, Royal Shakespeare Company
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Shakespeare’s minds diseased: mental illness and its treatment
Shakespeare was clearly fascinated by mental illness, many characters displaying a variety of symptoms from Lear’s madness, Jaques’ melancholy, Timon’s bitter cursing, Macbeth’s visions and Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking, to the obsessiveness of Leontes. It’s usually accepted that Shakespeare was influenced in medical matters by … Continue reading
What next for the Royal Shakespeare Company?
A few days away from mobile phones, TV and radio combined with the aftermath of a cold have played havoc with posts to my blog. Now back on track, I find that not only has Michael Boyd announced that he … Continue reading
Henry V, star of England
31 August is the anniversary of the death of that “star of England”, King Henry V. He died in France, where he had been on a military campaign to capture more of the country, in 1422 aged only 35. If … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage, Sources
Tagged Adrian Lester, Henry V, Henry VI Part 1, Holinshed, Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Olivier, Shakespeare
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