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Tag Archives: Shakespeare Club
Publication Day for the Shakespeare Club’s story
November 1 2016: the official publication day for The Story of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1824-2016, the book on which Susan Brock and I have been working for the last eighteen months. While researching the history of the Birthday … Continue reading
Posted in Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Birthday Celebrations, Shakespeare Club, Susan Brock
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The Story of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon
Posts to The Shakespeare blog have been few and far between over the summer, mostly owing to the fact that I’ve been working on a history of Stratford’s Shakespeare Club, though taking a month out to visit Australia also has … Continue reading
Stratford’s Shakespeare Club celebrates
Saturday 7 May 2016 was a special day for Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Club: a double celebration of Shakespeare’s Birthday/ 400th anniversary of his death, and the 192nd anniversary of the foundation of the Club in 1824. If we used the Old … Continue reading
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Tagged Shakesepeare's Birthday Celebrations, Shakespeare Club, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club
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Shakespeare’s Celebrations and Stratford’s Shakespeare Club
The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and 452nd anniversary of his birth, is less than two weeks away now, and all the news about the events of the weekend have now been released. If you’re in the Stratford-upon-Avon area and … Continue reading
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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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Shakespeare’s family and the “lost years”
In the last week or so I’ve been hearing about, and reading about, Shakespeare’s parents, who they were, what they were like, and how his family life might have impacted on his career. In her afterword to the new book … Continue reading
“The best bit of Shakespeareana ever penned” Washington Irving and Stratford
3rd April 1783 was the birthday of the great American writer Washington Irving, one of the first tourists to Stratford-upon-Avon to describe his visit in detail. While living in England he made several visits to the town to see the sites … Continue reading
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Tagged Avon, Charlecote, Holy Trinity Church, Richard Savage, Sexton, Shakespeare Club, Shakespeare's Birthplace, W S Brassington, Washington Irving
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Speaking Shakespeare’s tragic verse
Last week Professor Tiffany Stern spoke at Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Club on the subject of tragic performances on Shakespeare’s stage. She was struck by the way that writers tended to describe tragedies differently from other dramatic genres. Her thoughts on tragic … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Ben Crystal, David Crystal, original pronunciation, poetry, Richard Burbage, Shakespeare Club, The Tempest, Tiffany Stern
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Floral offerings for Shakespeare’s Birthday
Shakespeare’s Birthday has been celebrated in Stratford-upon-Avon for very nearly two centuries. Over this period there have been many changes, but the floral procession from the centre of the town to Holy Trinity Church remains their central feature. It is … Continue reading
Shakespearean acting: achieving greatness
Four hundred years on, Shakespeare has lost none of his appeal for actors and directors, with Tom Hiddleston recently winning the Evening Standard Best Actor award for his charismatic portrayal of Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Only 33, … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, awards, David Calder, Evening Standard, Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench, Laurence Olivier, Nicholas Hytner, Ralph Myers, Robert Greene, Shakespeare Club, Stanley Wells, Tom Hiddlestone
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