In a highly unusual step, the RSC is tracing sellers advertising tickets for the sold-out run on online auction sites. The sellers receive a sternly worded letter informing them that re-selling a ticket will render it void.”
At a time when the future of newspapers is uncertain, a new exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library is examining the birth and development of newspapers in early modern England and colonial America. Breaking News: Renaissance Journalism and the Birth of the Newspaper opens at the Folger September 25 and runs through January 31, 2009.
The Royal Shakespeare Company on Monday announced its 2009/2010 season. New productions of Shakespeare include As You Like It, The Winters Tale, Romeo and Juliet and King Lear. Along with Shakespeare, the season features many new works including a series of plays about life in the countries that once made up the Soviet Union. RSC [...]
The International Shakespeare Association (ISA) has extended the deadline to submit proposals for papers for the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress from 30 November 2008 until 28 February 2009. The congress will be held 17 – 22 July 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague’s Charles University, founded in 1348 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, will serve as host. The theme of the congress is Renaissance Shakespeare/Shakespeare Renaissances. Participants are encouraged to interpret the theme in terms of geography, history and culture and to consider text and performance in a full range of media.
Quincy Armorer: Hailing from Montreal, Quincy received his BFA in theatre performance from Concordia University. Acting credits include As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival) and Romeo and Juliet (Centaur Theatre). He was associate artistic director of Black Theatre Workshop in Montreal (2005-06).
Skye Brandon: From Saskatchewan, Skye has worked [...]
Each year, Globe Education offers staged readings of little-known plays written between 1567 and 1642 by Shakespeare’s contemporaries. This week, the Globe announced the next four plays to be presented in the Read Not Dead series between October and December 2008. The series, which began in 1994, has given audiences the unique opportunity see more than 150 plays that might otherwise have never been performed. The staged readings are presented by leading actors and directors in the Globe Education Theatre in Bear Gardens.
The Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre begins its 11th session on September 23, with a new class of talented young actors embarking on 19 weeks of intensive classical theatre training at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Before acceptance into the conservatory, all of these actors had been through a theatre training program and worked professionally for several years. Upon completion of the conservatory training, the six actors will be given contracts for the 2009 season at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
For a lost Shakespeare play, Cardenio is receiving some significant time on stage this year. Last May, the American Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts produced an updated re-imaging of Cardenio written by Shakespearean scholar Stephen Greenblatt and playwright Charles Mee. Now, the American Shakespeare Center (ASC) is offering a staged reading of The History of Cardenio, Professor Gary Taylor’s reconstruction of the Bard’s lost work. The one-time performance will be presented Sunday, October 5 at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia.
The British Library is now offering the first complete full-color facsimile of William Tyndale’s pioneering translation of the New Testament from Greek into English. The library holds one of only two surviving copies of Tyndale’s Bible, from the 3,000 copies originally printed. Between 1525 and 1535, Tyndale produced the first English Bible. He was eventually executed because of his translations, which where were considered heretical under English law. During the reign of Henry VIII, the ban was enforced by Cardinal Wolsey and Sir Thomas More.
The Rose Theatre archaeological site in London will be open to the general public 20 and 21 September as part of Open House London. Guides will be on hand at the Rose to tell visitors about the theatre. A video about the Rose, narrated by Ian McKellen, will be available for viewing. Visitors will also have the opportunity to watch a staged reading of HENRY V1, Part One, which was first performed at the Rose in 1592. The performance is directed by Gemma Colcough with Suzanne Taylor in the role of Joan.
