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Remembering Vivien Leigh on World Bipolar Day

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Sylvia Morris

In 1955, sixty-three years ago, Stratford-upon-Avon experienced its most glamorous season of Shakespeare. Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh, the golden couple of stage and screen, performed in three plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre: Twelfth Night (Malvolio and … Continue reading →

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Vivien Leigh, Shakespeare’s lass unparalleled

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

In the theatre gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon is a silver birch tree planted in memory of Vivien Leigh, one of several dedicated to people who have worked at the theatres. At its base is a stone tablet, with her dates of birth … Continue reading →

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Slaughter in the streets: Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

This post was always going to be about Titus Andronicus. But it was going to be about the designs for the 1955 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre production of the play, put on at a time when it was thought to be … Continue reading →

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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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