Richard III
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In the following article, Sir Ian McKellen talks specifically about his 1930s version of Shakespeare’s “Richard III”. No mention is made of the real Richard, oh, and the horse for his kingdom has become a jeep! There are various reasons why I will not be watching this, but tell me, how can it really be Shakespeare’s…
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The Wars of the Roses was a prolonged period of civil unrest in England, focussed on a period of just over thirty years which saw seventeen battles between rivals, the initiative swinging swiftly between the sides and the crown changing hands four times as a direct result of battles won and lost. One of the…
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Mike Ingram is a battlefield historian and the author of the excellent non-fiction book, Battle Story: Bosworth 1485. Soon Mike will be leading a new tour, Richard Duke of Gloucester, the Lord of the North, alongside Bob Savage from the Royal Armouries. This promises to be a fantastic tour for both Ricardians and members of…
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Princess Joanna and her three Kings
Afonso V, Alvaro Lopes de Chaves, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, Antonio Marques, Aveiro, Battle of Bosworth, Charles d’Anjou, Charles the Bold, dream, Duke Francis II, Elizabeth of York, Henry VII, Joanna, Joao II, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Manuel, Maximilian of Austria, Portugal, Richard III, Sir George Buck, The Maligned Kinghttp://www.annettecarson.co.uk/357052362
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Much of Jonathan Swift’s seminal ‘Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts, by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships’, or Gulliver’s Travels as it is more popularly known, is metaphor and allegory. Swift had lived through the troubles of James II’s dalliances with Catholicism, the…
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http://www.theatermania.com/chicago-theater/reviews/richard-iii-gift-theatre_76313.html I have one serious issue with this review by Catey Sullivan of Chicago, and that is the last line: “While Richard III may have been an awful king, the Gift Theatre’s production of Richard III is something wondrous.” I doubt if Ms Sullivan knows anything about Richard III the man, only the Shakespeare fiction,…
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Oh, dear…oh, dear…. What a shame, I didn’t find out about it until too late. Hm. Some quite horrible ideas in this. Another three steps backward, I fear…. http://www2.le.ac.uk/…/college-rewrites-shakespeares-richar… or Tinyurl http://tinyurl.com/hw26ory
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Prominent composer Nico Muhly spoke to students about his creative process and thoughts on music and society last Friday. Photo courtesy of Aston Magna Music Festival. A bit impenetrable for me. fell by the wayside after a few paragraphs, but the more stalwart (and intelligent) will probably make it to the end. And understand it…
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And now for something completely different! A sympathetic Richard and caricatured Henry. Suddenly today’s heavy rain is of no consequence. There’s sunshine out there after all. http://www.ayoungertheatre.com/review-good-king-richard-the-drayton-arms/ And here’s another good review of the play ‘that sets the record straight’ as far as Richard is concerned: https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/132595/good-king-richard-at-the-drayton-arms-theatre/
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It seems (to me) that Richard III is practically the only Shakespeare play that can be guaranteed to be the aim of every theatre production company. Here’s another one, with the added interest of an invitation to seek the chance of joining in. Please note that it is not Stratford-upon-Avon, but one in the US, and there has…
