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Trevor Nunn on ‘Shakespeare’s Wars of the Roses — the Elizabethan era’s Game of Thones’

By Trevor Nunn for The Guardian, 12 September 2015 On day one of rehearsals, and in a crowd-pleasing attempt to explain to my company of actors just what it was that we were taking on, I told them that with his early history plays, Shakespeare had invented the box set. Much mirth of course, but actually, this claim is not far […]

September 24, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized
Jonson and Shakespeare: friends reunited

Jonson and Shakespeare: friends reunited

By Telegraph reporters for The Telegraph, 7 September 2015 William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, friends and rivals in life, both have 400th anniversaries next year. For Shakespeare, it is the anniversary of his death on April 23, 1616, aged 52, following a bout of hard drinking and merry-making in Jonson’s company. For Jonson it is the anniversary of the 1616 folio edition of […]

September 10, 2015 · 0 comments · Theaters

Shakespeare’s Wars of the Roses is being staged without a single black actor. So what?

By Robert Gore-Langton for The Spectator, 5 September 2015 Shakespeare’s ‘Wars of the Roses’ will have no ethnic minority actors in the cast when the shows (two Henry VI plays and Richard III) open at the Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames, later this month. A sprinkling of so-called BME (black and minority ethnic) actors in Shakespeare has been the norm for ages now. So […]

September 4, 2015 · 0 comments · Actors

Trevor Nunn to Stage Shakespeare’s War of the Roses History Plays

By Mark Shenton for Playbill, 11 June 2015 Veteran Shakespearean director Trevor Nunn — who is also a two-time Tony winner for his musical work on Cats and Les Miserables — is to directThe War of the Roses, John Barton and Peter Hall‘s adaptation of all four of Shakespeare’s history plays, Henry VI Parts I, II & III and Richard III. They will play in rep, beginning performances Sept. 16 prior to an […]

June 12, 2015 · 0 comments · Theaters
Obituary: Richard Johnson: Leading light of the Royal Shakespeare Company and stalwart of the National who refused to play James Bond

Obituary: Richard Johnson: Leading light of the Royal Shakespeare Company and stalwart of the National who refused to play James Bond

By Simon Farquhar for The Independent, 8 June 2015 The fatherly, urbane Richard Johnson was well-equipped for a career as one of the leading lights of the RSC, of which he was a founder member. With a voice that could command as easily as it could charm, lounge-lizard good looks and a sturdy physicality, his 70-year career also included spells as a […]

June 12, 2015 · 0 comments · Actors, Obits