By Lucy Lynch for the Coventry Telegraph, 14 March 2016 A new figure has been uncovered in a medieval wall painting in the building housing Shakespeare’s former classroom. St John the Baptist appeared from under a layer of paint and varnish at the Guildhall in Church Street, Stratford, currently being restored as a visitor attraction. The wall painting was covered over in […]
Helen Amass for TES Digital, 20 March 2016 Staging a mock trial could help young people relate to the playwright’s work, says the head of learning for Shakespeare’s Globe At the Royal Courts of Justice, a teenager stands accused under the Malicious Communications Act. The barristers whisper as they wait for the jury to return with a verdict. Despite looking […]
By Gabrielle George for the Prague Post, 20 March 2016 Play will be done as a mostly one-man show with puppets As part of Prague Shakespeare Company’s effort to touch on every play by the Bard in the 400th anniversary of his death, they will present Richard II directed by and starring Gregory Gudgeon from March 31 to April 2 at […]
By Martin Chilton for the Telegraph, 30 December 2015 William Shakespeare, once banned and denounced under Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution, will gain a new Chinese audience in 2016 when the Royal Shakespeare Company embarks on its first major tour of China. Shakespeare’s works were banned in China from 1964 to 1977 and the playwright was denounced as “revisionist, feudalist and capitalist” and […]
By Abhi Subedi for The Kathmandu Post, 27 December 2015 When I visited Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford upon Avon for the fourth time one rainy day this November, I observed a few interesting things. The ambience of the place was relatively calm and devoid of any fanfare to commemorate his 400th anniversary in comparison to my previous visit to the place in […]
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