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David Tennant’s Hamlet and screening Shakespeare on TV

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Tucked away on the BBC2 TV schedule at 11.20 on Tuesday evening is the last of the Shakespeare Uncovered series, David Tennant on Hamlet. Not only does it feature David Tennant, whose own Hamlet for the RSC in 2008 was … Continue reading →

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Peter O’Toole’s Shakespeare

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

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 →

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Shakespeare and The Space

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

The Globe to Globe’s seven week Shakespeare festival has just come to an end, and for anyone who hasn’t been able to keep up with it (which must include most of us), but would like a way of catching up, … Continue reading →

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Harley Granville Barker and Shakespeare

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

A new play about the great man of the theatre Harley Granville Barker is now playing at the Hampstead Theatre, London. As explained on the Radio 4 Today programme on 29 February Granville Barker virtually invented the idea of the director, … Continue reading →

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World Shakespeare Festival: is all the world a stage?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Sylvia Morris

The plans for the biggest Shakespeare Festival ever to be staged have just been released. The World Shakespeare Festival will run from 23 April until September 2012, bringing artists from all over the world together in a UK-wide festival in … Continue reading →

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Catch some Shakespeare at a cinema near you

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Sylvia Morris

This summer’s going to be a good time to see some great Shakespeare productions, and you might be able to catch some of them without going any further than your local cinema. The idea of screening live or recorded theatre … Continue reading →

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Greatest Shakespeare speeches in performance

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Sylvia Morris

    When I put up my list of top ten Shakespeare speeches I promised a second set of speeches which I associate with a particular performance.    My list provided a great subject for discussion during a long walk … Continue reading →

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