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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: 2013 Season of Plenty Trailer
“Blow, blow, thou winter wind” - based on the text by William Shakespeare, performed by Lumina Vocal Ensemble, musical director Anna Pope.
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind.
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then, heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remember’d not.
Heigh-ho! sing, & c.
Set design’s from Tom Piper, Associate Designer at the Royal Shakespeare Company, for As You Like It.
This week we added three new interviews to our Digital Theatre Plus, our service for schools, colleges and universities. We speak to Katy Stephens (Rosalind), Forbes Masson (Jacques) and Tom Piper, about their work and thoughts regarding the production.
You can view our entire album of Tom’s designs on our Facebook page.
The Globe Theatre’s 2013 Season has been announced. Bookings open early next year.
I keep saying that if Shakespeare were here today he’d be working in advertising…also a scary zombie.
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Ad for Google+ narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch: Jaques’s soliloquy from As You Like It. Doesn’t make me want to use Google+, but I sure hope Benedict Cumberbatch plays Jaques because it would be a brilliant casting choice. More about the ad here.
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When you think of Shakespeare, you immediately think: bluegrass music. And when you think of bluegrass, you immediately think: Steve Martin. And if you don’t think those things, you might at least be more inclined to connect those dots after this summer’s Shakespeare in the Park season, for which Mr. Martin will compose original music for its production of “As You Like It,” the Public Theater said on Thursday…
Unknown artist, mid-19th century, British; Formerly attributed to Daniel Maclise
Procession of Characters from Shakespeare’s Plays (c. 1840)
Oil on board, 31.1 × 137.8 cm (12.2 × 54.3 in)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Procession of Shakespeare Characters
British, 19th century, unknown artist
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Shakespeare’s Globe 2012 season has been announced:
“The main theatre season, begins on 7 June 2012 with Dominic Dromgoole’s new production of Henry V.
Rylance will take on the title role in a new production of Richard III and a reprisal of his widely celebrated performance of Olivia in Twelfth Night.
The Globe’s main house programme is completed by a new production of The Taming of the Shrew.
Touring the UK in 2012 is the award-winning Anne Boleyn and before opening at the Globe Henry V will perform in six regional venues.
The Globe will continue its popular tradition of small-scale touring with revivals of its 2011 productions of Hamlet and As You Like It.”
