Tag Archives: Shakespeare’s Celebrations

Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations 2017 in Stratford-upon-Avon

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

In 2017 I am more aware than ever how lucky I am to live in Stratford-upon-Avon, able to take a full part in the whole weekend of the Birthday Celebrations, not just the day itself. So many events take place it … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Birthday news update

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

With April just around the corner, Shakespeareans around the world will be planning how to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on the 23rd. I looked forward to the 2017 events a few weeks ago, and this post is to provide an update … Continue reading →

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Commemorating Shakespeare in metal and print

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Sylvia Morris

Whenever we come to commemorating a Shakespeare anniversary, the question is always about how this should be done, that perhaps comes down to what exactly we are celebrating. This year we are marking 400 years since Shakespeare died, but should … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Celebrations and Stratford’s Shakespeare Club

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Sylvia Morris

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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Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrations 2015

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

Yesterday, 25 April 2015, Stratford put its party hat on and celebrated Shakespeare’s 451st Birthday again in style. It’s always a great occasion consisting of lots of different elements: street entertainment, dancing, bands playing, the big procession, a lunch party. … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Rupert Brooke and World War 1

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

Exactly 100 years ago, on 23 April 1915, the poet Rupert Brooke died aged 27 in the Aegean en route to battle in Gallipoli.  He’s often described as a World War 1 poet, but he was already an established poet destined … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Shakespeare with Kenneth Branagh

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

Kenneth Branagh is best known as one of his generation’s finest Shakespearean actors and directors for both stage and film, so his latest project, a sweetly traditional film of the fairy tale Cinderella, comes as something of a surprise. It … Continue reading →

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Floral offerings for Shakespeare’s Birthday

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

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 →

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Celebrating Shakespeare and the Birthday Play

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

I recently wrote about the launch of Shakespeare’s Celebrations, a new organisation that is breathing new life into the celebration of Shakespeare’s Birthday in Stratford-upon-Avon. The story can be traced back to David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee even though, taking place … Continue reading →

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A new chapter in the history of Shakespeare’s Celebrations

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

I’ve spent much of the past year or so researching the history of the celebrations of Shakespeare’s birth in Stratford-upon-Avon.  It’s a long and complicated story with its origins in the 1769 Garrick Jubilee, and I’m happy to report that after a few … Continue reading →

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