Thomas Platter’s visit to Shakespeare’s theatre
The reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe On 21 September 1599 a Swiss tourist, Thomas Platter, visiting London, went to the newly-opened Globe Theatre to see a play. As it happened, he saw Shakespeare’s...
View Article“Trivial fond records” of wartime performance
Lionel Bradley Regular readers will know of my interest in the history of Shakespeare on stage, in particular the ways in which productions have been recorded. Many members of the audience choose to...
View ArticleShakespeare’s Hamlet: productions for their own time
Jonathan Slinger in rehearsal This week the actor Jonathan Slinger, who in the last 10 years has played many of Shakespeare’s leading roles including Richard III, Prospero and Macbeth, is taking on...
View ArticleShakespeare, performance, emotion and memory
This week I have been attending the British Shakespeare Association’s conference at the University of Stirling. What follows is the text of my paper: The idea for my project Listening to the Audience...
View ArticleThomas Platter’s visit to Shakespeare’s theatre
The reconstructed Shakespeare’s Globe On 21 September 1599 a Swiss tourist, Thomas Platter, visiting London, went to the newly-opened Globe Theatre to see a play. As it happened, he saw Shakespeare’s...
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