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Tag Archives: Shakespeare Institute
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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Everything to Everybody: opening up Birmingham’s Shakespeare Memorial Library
For years Libraries have been under severe pressure, with many closing their doors, having their opening hours restricted, or having to rely on volunteers. So it’s wonderful to report that one of the great Shakespeare libraries in the West Midlands, … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Adrian Lester, Birmingham City Council, Birmingham Shakespeare Library, Eewan Fernie, George Dawson, History West Midlands, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
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The John Webster #websterthon
In June 2019 the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, is celebrating another of Shakespeare’s contemporaries, John Webster, in the seventh of their marathon playreadings. Webster’s canon is too compact for the three weeks of the event, and this year they … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World
Tagged #websterthon, British Library, John Webster, Martin Wiggins, Shakespeare in Love, Shakespeare Institute, T S Eliot, The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, tragedy
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Philip Massinger re-read: #MassiMara
It’s become a tradition now for the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon to spend most of June reading the surviving works of writers contemporary with Shakespeare. In 2018, beginning on 11 June, it’s the turn of Philip Massinger, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged A new Way to pay Old Debts, Adrian Noble, Edmund Kean, Emrys James, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Shakespeare Institute, The King's Men, The Other Place
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Reviving the great Edmund Kean
Who wouldn’t wish to have been able to experience the great Edmund Kean performing Shakespeare? He mesmerised his audiences and critic after critic tried to explain how he got his effects. The most famous of all descriptions came from the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Edmund Kean, Georgian Theatre Royal Richmond, Ian Hughes, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Institute
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Angles on Shakespeare in Stratford 2018
There’s never any shortage of Shakespeare-related events in Stratford, not just performances at the Royal Shakespeare Company or activities at the Shakespeare properties managed by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. At the moment, in February-March 2018, there is a flurry of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Applying Shakespeare, Edwards' Boys, John Lyly, Juliano Zaffino, King Edward VI School, Nothing of Woman In Me, Shakespeare Institute, Shakespeare Institute Players, The Woman in the Moon
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Before Shakespeare at the Shakespeare Institute
A summer of great events for those interested in Shakespeare and his theatrical background is just getting under way. From 12-30 June 2017 the fifth play-reading marathon will be held at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. Up to now, these … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Andy Kesson, Before Shakespeare, Joe Stevenson, Martin Wiggins, Read not Dead, Shakespeare Institute, Shakespeare's Globe
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The Thomas Dekker Marathon
On Friday evening, 10 June, I was sitting on the sofa reading the chapter in Stanley Wells book Shakespeare & Co on Thomas Dekker, when the news came on the TV that Wells had been granted a Knighthood in the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Martin Wiggins, Shakespeare Institute, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Dekker
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Arise, Sir Stanley!
Shakespeareans will be delighted to hear that Professor Stanley Wells has received a (long-overdue) knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. His books alone would take up several shelves, covering a wide variety of Shakespeare-related subjects: my own tally is … Continue reading
The James Shirley Marathon
Next week, beginning on 15 June, the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon is embarking on another marathon reading of the complete work of a playwright of the sixteenth or early seventeenth century. Last year it was Thomas Heywood, the year before it … Continue reading
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Tagged James Shirley, Martin Wiggins, Shakespeare Institute
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