Tag Archives: Henry VI

Marlowe and Shakespeare programme

Posted on November 16, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

MARLOWE AND SHAKESPEARE KINGSTON SHAKESPEARE SEMINAR AND THE MARLOWE SOCIETY ROSE THEATRE KINGSTON: NOVEMBER 17 / 18 2017 DAY ONE: MARLOWE AND SHAKESPEARE AT THE ROSE 09.30: Registration: Theatre Foyer 10.00: Lecture: The Auditorium: Welcome: Robert O’Dowd (Rose Theatre … Continue reading →

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Performance: “WHAT! ART THOU, LIKE THE ADDER, WAXEN DEAF? BE POISONOUS TOO AND KILL THY FORLORN QUEEN.”

Posted on April 7, 2016 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Our friend Filippos Tsitsopoulos will be doing a live multimedia performance at The Light and Shadow Salon at The Horse Hospital on April 22, 2016 doors opening at 7.30 pm. More here. Read also more about Filippos and his project. … Continue reading →

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‘Diverse Casting and The Wars of the Roses’ by Jami Rogers

Posted on November 5, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Here is an important piece by Jami Rogers on casting politics. Written before Trevor Nunn’s Wars of the Roses run began, it pertinent to return to this vital issue, especially now that the run has ended. Nunn’s all-white cast and the ‘historical … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged Abraham Sofaer, Adrian Noble, Ann Ogbomo, casting diversity, casting politics, colour-blind, David Oyelowo, Equity, Ginny Schiller, Henry VI, Iqbal Khan, Jami Rogers, John Barton, Lenny Henry, Michael Boyd, Multicultural Shakespeare, Othello, race, Rhashan Stone, Richard III, The Plantagenets, Trevor Nunn, Wars of the Roses | 1 Comment

Revolting Jack – A Sonnet by John G. Murphy

Posted on November 4, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

The sonnet “Revolting Jack” was inspired by a performance of Rufus Hound as Jack Cade, a historical character represented in Part 2 of Henry VI and in Edward IV of the John Barton and Peter Hall adaptation that is known as … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged Alex Waldmann, Anni Hendriksen, Edward IV, Henry VI, Jack Cade, John Barton, John G. Murphy, Peter Hall, poetry, Rufus Hound, Shakespeare and Scandinavia, sonnet, Wars of the Roses | Leave a comment

Lisa Hopkins: ‘Athelstan the Virgin King’ -podcast

Posted on October 30, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Lisa Hopkins‘ fantastic talk can be listened to here. She discussed the figure of Athelstan in Early modern drama, especially in Guy of Warwick by Samuel Rowlands, Old Fortunatus by Thomas Dekker, and The Welsh Embassador by Dekker, John Ford, … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcast archive, Shakespeare and Sovereignty | Tagged Alfred the Great, Athelstan, englishness, Fisher King, Freemasons, Guy of Warwick, Henry VI, history, John Ford, national identity, Old Fortunatus, Samuel Rowlands, Sovereignty, The Welsh Embassador, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley | Leave a comment

Barton / Hall Wars of the Roses Adaptation – panel podcast

Posted on October 18, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Here is the recording of the panel on the John Barton and Peter Hall Wars of the Roses adaptation with Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Dominique Goy-Blanquet, Heather Neill, and Alex Waldmann. Frank Whately, emeritus Professor at Kingston University and one of the … Continue reading →