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Stratford, the Shakespeare Revival and World War 1
Morris dancing on the Avon in The Shakespeare Revival I have on my shelves a book entitled The Shakespeare Revival: the Stratford-upon-Avon Movement, probably acquired by my father in a second-hand...
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If music be the food of love, play on! Music Notes at the RSC
Musicians on stage for The Taming of the Shrew in 2012 Music and theatre have always been closely associated. You might not always be aware of it when you visit a theatre, but it is often created live...
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Shakespeare’s marvellous sweet music
Elizabethan musicians Shakespeare’s own use of music, and the many ways in which Shakespeare’s works have inspired composers in the centuries since he wrote them, are among the most recurrent subjects...
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Setting Tudor-fans hearts a-fluttering: Wolf Hall and Shakespeare again
On 21 January 2015 the BBC’s 6-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novels about Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, begins. Jane Garvey, in Woman’s Hour, said it...
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“These late eclipses”: the moon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and happiness
Solar eclipse On the morning of Friday 20 March the UK will experience a near-total eclipse of the sun. Even where skies are not clear, the sky will darken and we will experience a sort of twilight....
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Music and musicians at the RSC
Musicians onstage for the RSC’s 2012 Taming of the Shrew According to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s website, Shakespeare made over 2,000 references to music, included over 400 separate musical terms,...
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Shakespeare at Holy Trinity Church 2016
Holy Trinity Church Now we’re into April and events relating to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death are beginning in earnest. Holy Trinity Church is always a focus during the Birthday...
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Memories of Guy Woolfenden
Guy Woolfenden 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 Guy’s music...
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“This is the day!” Garrick’s Jubilee at 250
David Garrick 250 years ago today, on Weds 6 September 1769, David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee began in Stratford-upon-Avon, the first Festival celebrating Shakespeare in the world. Even before it...
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Music and dancing for Queen Elizabeth
Buttercups in a Warwickshire field. By Phil Mills We’re just reaching the end of the merry month of May, and about to embark on a weekend of celebrations for the Platinum Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth...
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