December 21, 2010
It is odd how one's eyes and ears become particularly sensitive when you are researching a project - attuned to any possible connection that might be useful or interesting. Even though we are pressed for time, I am inclined to make a detour...
by Greg Doran
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December 21, 2010
As the happy couple, Frederick and admired Elizabeth, sat in the Banqueting Hall at Whitehall to watch the King's Men perform The Tempest, there must have been a frisson of recognition as the goddesses in the masque blessed the union of Prince Ferdinand and the admired Miranda (both bride and groom had turned sixteen that August). But Frederick was a German prince, and one of the staunchest Protestant princes in Europe. What on earth was Shakespeare doing adapting the latest hit novel from Catholic Spain?...
by Greg Doran
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December 21, 2010
So what to do? Abandon the idea of exploring it further, or try and reconstruct the missing scenes? I became hooked on the story and the mystery of the 'lost Shakespeare'...
by Greg Doran
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December 17, 2010
Do you know anyone who met at the RSC? Has anyone got a romantic story for me?
by Malika Booker
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December 17, 2010
Fan mail, a spot of mime from Dyfan and the David Carr song
by The Ensemble
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December 17, 2010
David Rubin shows us around backstage at a production of YPS (Young People's Shakespeare) Hamlet
by The Ensemble
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December 13, 2010
There is has a huge model box on the table surrounded by little cardboard cut-outs and pieces of perspex and bubble wrap. The model box represents the Swan Theatre, in 1:25 scale. There is always a nerve-wracking moment when you first look at what the designer has placed in the box for you to see.
by Greg Doran
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December 10, 2010
On the first week of the reopening there were over 18,000 visitors, the RSC is absolutely huge!
by Malika Booker
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December 10, 2010
I have been given a writing home in the famous Reading Room. It is a great space with an excellent installation designed by RSC designer Tom Piper, assisted by Lily and Helena.
by Malika Booker
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December 10, 2010
Welcome to my blog. My name is Malika Booker and I am Poet in Residence at the RSC. I have been commissioned to write poems responding to the re-opening of the building.
by Malika Booker
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