Tag Archives: Royal Shakespeare Company

Brian Cox’s Titus Andronicus: “the greatest stage performance I’ve ever given”

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

Earlier in the week  an interview with Brian Cox (the actor not the scientist) was published in which he commented that the production of Titus Andronicus in the Swan Theatre in 1987 was “the most interesting thing I’ve ever done … Continue reading →

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Women in the theatre: what next after Julius Caesar?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female production of Julius Caesar has now opened to great reviews: here are two from the Guardian and the Observer. More information, including an image gallery, is available on the Donmar Warehouse’s website. The production has created quite … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Swan Theatre’s birthday

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

On 13 November 1986 The Queen visited Stratford-upon-Avon to open the Swan Theatre. The official opening ceremony was held during the day and in the evening The Fair Maid of the West was staged in front of an invited audience, … Continue reading →

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Putting a girdle round about the globe: Shakespeare clubs and societies

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

What makes a group of like-minded Shakespeare-lovers turn themselves into a formal club or society? According to Nick Walton, it’s when the provision of refreshments, particularly biscuits, becomes an issue. Is the occupation of discussing or reading Shakespeare so exhausting that … Continue reading →

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Thomas Platter’s visit to Shakespeare’s theatre

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

On 21 September 1599 a Swiss tourist, Thomas Platter, visiting London, went to the newly-opened Globe Theatre to see a play. As it happened, he saw Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The occasion made quite an impression on him, so much so … Continue reading →

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Gregory Doran’s Royal Shakespeare Company Odyssey

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  On 14 September Gregory Doran becomes Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the most high-profile job in the world of Shakespeare. The RSC was founded in 1961 by the young Peter Hall, renaming and giving new life to … Continue reading →

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Round the globe with Much Ado About Nothing

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

What are we learning from the World Shakespeare Festival? A few weeks ago Sonia Massai headed a panel entitled Global Shakespeares. In her subsequent post on the RSC’s MyShakespeare site she says “‘Global Shakespeares’ can only be understood in relation … Continue reading →

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Here come the girls: women directors at the Royal Shakespeare Company

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  Outgoing Artistic Director Michael Boyd recently announced his last planned season for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013. In an interview he stated that “The theme of the season is heroines”, as several of the plays feature dominant women, … Continue reading →

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Julius Caesar on stage and screen

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Greg Doran’s production of Julius Caesar breaks new ground. With an all-black cast, set in an unnamed modern African city rather than imperial Rome, the film version has been shown on TV while still being performed onstage at the Royal … Continue reading →

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Julius Caesar and Shakespeare’s power to persuade

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

I’ve always thought of rhetoric as a rather dry subject, but in a recent lecture barrister Benet Brandreth, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Rhetoric Coach, zipped entertaingly through some of the principles in an hour. He succeeded in demonstrating how powerfully rhetoric, and in … Continue reading →

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