MARGARET HALSTON: BEAUTIFUL SHAKESPEARIAN ACTRESS AND FILM STAR | THE CABINET CARD GALLERY
Margaret Halston, in her role in Othello, is the subject of this real photo postcard published by Percy Guttenberg of Manchester, England. The postcard is part of the “Revival Series”… … Continue reading
Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet (1899) | FROM THE BYGONE
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1925) by Lafayette as Hamlet, 1899 More photos via Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet (1899) | FROM THE BYGONE
A flying visit – A Shakespearean story arc… | Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo
The afternoon was drawing to a close and the chill of early spring was settling over Stratford-upon-Avon as we made our way back towards the car. There were still many … Continue reading
Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville on starring in what might just be the greatest American play ever
‘I’ve done a lot of plays,’ says Lesley Manville, with some understatement. ‘A lot of great plays: Caryl Churchill, Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Shakespeare. But I don’t think I’m overselling it … Continue reading
John Barton obituary | Stage | The Guardian
Through his work as a director, and above all as a teacher, John Barton, who has died aged 89, changed the way we play and hear Shakespeare. His editing and … Continue reading
Book Review: Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell. | Adventures In Historyland
When a writer chooses as their lead protagonist an actor and his main theme the theatre, possibilities abound. At first looking at Bernard Cornwell’s new novel “Fools and Mortals”… Source: … Continue reading
Robert Hardy and Shakespeare | The Shakespeare blog
On Thursday 3 August 2017 one of the UK’s best-loved actors, Robert Hardy, died. His family described him as “Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified” and most of his admirers … Continue reading
‘Trump death’ in Julius Caesar prompts threats to wrong theatres – BBC News
Several US theatres with Shakespeare in their name receive abusive messages in an apparent mix-up. Source: ‘Trump death’ in Julius Caesar prompts threats to wrong theatres – BBC News
Leicester, Middleham and That Play | Matt’s History Blog
Originally posted on First Night History:
Antony Sher as Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company [1984] The performances of Shakespeare’s Richard III scheduled to take place inside Leicester Cathedral…
Shakespeare commonplace book on Antiques Roadshow | The Shakespeare blog
The BBC Antiques Roadshow has often featured items with a Shakespeare connection, but on Sunday 2 April 2017 we saw “one of the most remarkable items to ever feature on … Continue reading
Archive Feature • IMMEASURABLE OUTCOMES • Funding • 2007
Shaftesbury Avenue 1949 Cards for sale I’ll save R&V readers the trouble of pointing out what I don’t know. I don’t know economics. I don’t know the principles or the … Continue reading
Charles Macklin | London Historians’ Blog
Last week I gave St Paul’s Covent Garden a proper visit for the first time. The church was designed by Inigo Jones, having been commissioned by the Duke of Bedford, who told … Continue reading
Two Thumbs Up for Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare: The World as Stage | GALLIVANCE
We, and much of the rest of the world, were introduced to Bill Bryson’s work in his hilarious Notes From a Small Island. We were living in London at the time, … Continue reading
New Year’s Honours for Shakespeare | The Shakespeare blog
At the beginning of 2017 the New Year’s Honours List was published in which the great and the good were recognised for their services. Following the successful 2016 Rio Olympics … Continue reading
Archive Interview • JUDE WRIGHT • Spitting Feathers • 2002
For many years, theatre involving young people has been associated with stark issues, usually drugs, drink, or under-age sex or, more likely, all three together with a back beat of … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre, London: Archaeologists reveal secret passage
Archaeologists unearthed money pots used to collect ticket fees and beads and pins from costumes. Source: Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre, London: Archaeologists reveal secret passage
Archive Review • KING LEAR • The Old Vic • 2003
FROM THE ARCHIVE The ornate Victoriana of The Old Vic auditorium sits in stark contrast to the ultra-modern setting of the English Touring Theatre and Malvern Theatres’ production of Shakespeare’s King … … Continue reading
Stephen Unwin • Theatre Then and Now
Republished from Facebook with the kind permission of its author, the director, writer and teacher Stephen Unwin. The deaths this year of Bill Gaskill and now Howard Davies have made me … Continue reading
Archive Interview • PETER EYRE • Richard II @ The Old Vic Theatre, London • 2005
Peter Eyre languorously tucks into his toasted cheese Panini, snatching a lunch break between rehearsals of Trevor Nunn’s latest production at the Old Vic, Richard II. Just down the road … Continue reading
Quote • RANJIT BOLT • Kudos for Playwrights
“Because they’re French, writers often acquire a kudos denied our own dramatists. We don’t call Sheridan ‘maître’ but he was a major genius, in another league from Molière. Just imagine … Continue reading
Quote • SHAKESPEARE • Toothache
“For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently.” Source: Shakespeare says: | The Müscleheaded Blog
Archive Feature • MOLL CUTPURSE — The Real Roaring Girl • 2003
1611, London: The Roaring Girl, a comedy by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, receives its world première, and who is there but the ‘roaring girl’ herself, Moll Cutpurse, one of … Continue reading
Digging Down the Curtain
Last week, as guests of Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), we visited one of their current explorations, that of the old Elizabethan playhouse, the Curtain Theatre. The opportunity for access … Continue reading
Shakespeare died a nobody, then got famous by accident
[Shakespeare] was born in 1564 and died in 1616 on his 52nd birthday. A celebrated writer and actor who had performed for Queen Elizabeth and King James, he wrote approximately 39 … Continue reading
So much for him. My review of Branagh’s Hamlet – The View From Sari’s World
As part of my Shakespeare weekend I decide to finally sit down and watch Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Hamlet. Not only watch it, but take notes and hopefully come up … Continue reading
Shakespeare 400: Was Shakespeare Italian and born in Italy? | e-Tinkerbell
William Shakespeare is the emblem of English literature for sure, but, you know, every time I read his works he seems so familiar to me, so Italian. This is not … Continue reading
Shakespeare 400: Archive Review • TROILUS and CRESSIDA • Cheek by Jowl @ Barbican [tour] • 2008
The actors have been robbed of their faces. Cheek by Jowl company’s director, Declan Donnellan, and designer, Nick Ormerod, have lit their production in such a way that you rarely … Continue reading
Jamming with Shakespeare
This week at BCU we had a visit from the Sonnet Man, aka Devon Glover, a New York based rapper who performs Shakespeare in his own unique way. Sonnet Man’s … Continue reading
Memories of Guy Woolfenden | The Shakespeare blog
I’ve just heard the sad news that the great Guy Woolfenden died on 15 April. For anyone who attended the Royal Shakespeare Company’s productions from the 1960s to the 1990s … Continue reading
Archive Review • SWEET WILLIAM • Little Angel Theatre • 2007
What a glorious marriage of two theatrical institutions. The Little Angel Theatre, Islington, the spiritual and actual home of the finest of British puppetry, has broadened its dramatic appeal by … Continue reading
Rogues & Vagabonds 