This is slightly off-topic for a costume dramas blog, but I just wanted to say that I had a great time in Stratford upon Avon – we were actually staying just outside in a small village, which was probably just as well, as Stratford itself is rather overwhelming! Since I was a tourist myself I’m clearly not [...]
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Stratford upon Avon
Posted in Shakespeare, tagged Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, Stratford upon Avon on August 1, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Twelfth Night (1996)
Posted in costume drama, Shakespeare, tagged Ben Kingsley, Helena Bonham-Carter, Imelda Staunton, Imogen Stubbs, Mel Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Hawthorne, Richard E Grant, Sean Davey, Steven Mackintosh, Toby Stephens, Trevor Nunn on July 24, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I’ve just got back from a week’s holiday near Stratford upon Avon. While staying there, I was lucky enough to see two excellent RSC productions, of The Winter’s Tale and As You Like It – and, keeping up the Shakespearean theme, also watched a DVD of Trevor Nunn’s movie of Twelfth Night. This must be [...]
As You Like It (2006)
Posted in costume drama, Shakespeare, tagged Adrian Lester, Alfred Molina, As You Like It, Brian Blessed, Bryce Dallas Howard, David Oyelowo, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline, Richard Briers, Romola Garai on July 4, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Thanks very much to everyone for the suggestions about which Shakespeare productions to watch, which should keep me going for ages! This will just be a short posting to say that I’ve watched the Kenneth Branagh production of As You Like It on DVD, and enjoyed it very much. I have also recently seen a much earlier [...]
Shakespeare productions
Posted in costume drama, Shakespeare, tagged David Tennant, Hamlet, Shakespeare on June 12, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Shakespeare is on my mind at the moment as next month I’ll be going on holiday to the Cotswolds and visiting Stratford upon Avon – and seeing an RSC production of The Winter’s Tale while I’m there. I was supposed to see an open-air forest production of the same play last year but we couldn’t [...]
