Become a member of the rsc now and enjoy priority booking for the newly announced august 2016 february 2017 season. All six plays in the royal shakespeare company s summer 2018 season to be directed by women. Sep 03, 2014 2015 season trailer royal shakespeare company royal shakespeare company. List of actors in royal shakespeare company productions wikipedia. See as you like it, the taming of the shrew and measure for measure at theatres in canterbury, newcastle, blackpool plymouth and nottingham.
Royal shakespeare company plans for 2014 the shakespeare blog. Feb 09, 2015 royal shakespeare company announces winter 2015 season a new production of henry v will open this september to mark the 600th anniversary of agincourt. Study of theatre history at an intermediate level with emphasis on writing skills. The royal shakespeare company rsc has been at the forefront of the. Feb 04, 2014 a new season of moving and also funny plays that celebrate our role as a company who create work by shakespeare, his contemporaries and our contemporaries on an epic scale, but who also remain. The following is a list of notable actors who have appeared in royal shakespeare company productions and at stratford. Royal shakespeare theatre, oct 10november 16, 20 david tennant returns once again to the rsc for the winter 20 season following his successful stint in hamlet in 2008. The former dr who takes on the title role in a new cycle of shakespeare s history plays directed by gregory doran. Director justin audibert turns shakespeare s provocative comedy on its head, setting it in a matriarchal society. The tempest written by william shakespeare directed by ethan mcsweeny. The royal shakespeare company rsc is performing henry iv part i and henry iv part ii until october 4 and the two gentlemen of verona from october 7 to 11. The royal shakespeare company announces 2019 season news.
That man that hath a tongue, i say, is no man, if with his tongue. Royal shakespeare company, 2011 season the arts desk. History of the rsc a timeline royal shakespeare company. Royal shakespeare company returning to newcastle theatre royal in autumn 2014. Although the company has had success with seasons of plays by shakespeares contemporaries, the announcement of the roaring girls season in 2014 elizabethan and jacobean plays featuring female protagonists and directed by women marked a departure for nonshakespeare and women at the rsc. Emmy winner eileen atkins to return to royal shakespeare. Set in presentday africa and featuring an allblack cast, this visionary production echoes recent regime struggles throughout the continent. Find out whats happening with the shakespeare theatre company. Rsc unveils summer 2014 season to mark shakespeares 450th. Attend a preshow lecture or postshow discussion, or meet the cast in the pub. Royal shakespeare company 202014 stratford upon avon. Royal shakespeare company history, artistic directors. Some productions at stratforduponavon to go on tour to london. Rsc reports record year for 201415 at agm the stratford observer.
List of actors in royal shakespeare company productions. Featuring a company of 27 actors, this electrifying season explores themes of morality, love, power and gender and sparks with striking resonance. Trailer to launch the new rsc stratforduponavon season from march september 2015. Feb 04, 2014 in the 450th year since shakespeare was born, the royal shakespeare company has announced its winter 2014 season. On saturday 23 april 2016 we will mark shakespeares birthday and the 400th anniversary of his death with a very. Richard ii moves on from stratford to the barbican theatre from december 9 to january 25, 2014. Summer 2014 season brochure by royal shakespeare company. Royal shakespeare company 2019 season whats on the lowry. Directors michael attenborough and dominique serrand to join. Royal shakespeare company returning to theatre royal in.
Save when you show your ticket at riva crabhouse, harry carays, and tiny tavern. Shakespeare muses on the consequences of actions, the role of princes and the realities of wielding power. Loves labours lostpresented by the royal shakespeare company at the royal shakespeare theatre, stratforduponavon, england. Philip bernays, chief executive of the theatre royal, said. Feb 06, 2014 the royal shakespeare company is returning to newcastle theatre royal this autumn following a successful season last year. The shakespeare company is calgarys lean and mean classical theatre company, highlighting the best of the bard in all his comedy, tragedy, and bawdiness.
Its all very jolly but the play, last revived by the rsc in 1983, works best when seen as a record of its jacobean times. Image of shakespeare after the flower portrait by andy. Christopher luscombes productions of loves labours lost and much ado about nothing were set end page 521 at either end of the first world war, timed to capitalize on the centenary celebrations of that. The world war one commemorations at the royal shakespeare theatre form part of the rscs 2014 winter season announced today. Five fun facts about the royal shakespeare company the boar. The 2014 season features a trio of new productions henry iv, part i. T he rsc has had the bright idea of giving the new swan season thematic unity by choosing. The royal shakespeare company s as you like it, the taming of the shrew and measure for measure transfer from stratforduponavon to the barbican theatre from 26 october the electrifying and exciting season is set to explore the themes of morality, love, power and. Im thrilled to welcome back the rsc for what will be another fantastic season its great news, and a very popular trio of shows. Royal shakespeare company rsc, formerly 18751961 shakespeare memorial company, english theatrical company based in stratforduponavon that has a long history of shakespearean performance. The temporary courtyard theatre folds curtains on the soldout smash hit that is matilda, awaiting one last flourish in the olympics shakespeare festival next year before its intended demolition. Find out whats on in stratforduponavon, london and on tour, and book tickets for our events, including the plays the thing and theatre tours. Conceived, announced, cast, directed, marketed, and performed as a double bill, the two shakespeare productions of the 2014 rsc winter season were impossible to view in isolation.
Women centre stage at the royal shakespeare company, with. The evening ends with a rousing kneesup to gary yershons music. The following is a list of notable actors who have appeared in royal shakespeare company. Background and information for all of shakespeare s plays, including synopses and videos of plays being performed, plus key past rsc productions. The royal shakespeare companys plans for the summer 2014 season have just been released and mailings are being received by members. Timothy sheader born 23 november 1971 in scarborough, north yorkshire is a british theatre director. The royal shakespeare company announces 2019 season 20181001t14. It has been a record year for the royal shakespeare company in more ways than one. Its repertoire continues to centre on works by william shakespeare and other elizabethan and jacobean. Royal shakespeare company page 17 of 42 the guardian. Royal shakespeare company announces winter 2015 season. Her other notable work for the rsc includes leading roles in macbeth 1999 and antony and cleopatra 2006. Coriolanus and twelfth night and a new dickens adaption from the same man who staged the company s landmark nicholas nickleby production in the 1980s are the highlights of the royal shakespeare company s rsc upcoming winter season. White devil is part of the new rsc season the roaring girls season features three rarely performed jacobean plays by contemporaries of william shakespeare at the swan theatre in stratforduponavon the roaring girl, arden of faversham and the white devil.
Royal shakespeare company rsc since leaving the barbican centre in 2002, the rsc has not had a permanent home in london. Although the company has had success with seasons of plays by shakespeare s contemporaries, the announcement of the roaring girls season in 2014 elizabethan and jacobean plays featuring female protagonists and directed by women marked a departure for non shakespeare and women at the rsc. All productions shown at royal shakespeare company, stratforduponavon. Girl in the swan theatre kicked off our roaring girls season of plays in 2014. The worldrenowned royal shakespeare company returns to bam with a new twist on shakespeare s julius caesar. The royal shakespeare company celebrates his lasting legacy with a year of celebration. Project muse the royal shakespeare company and the hispanic.
Eileen atkins rejoins rsc as company raises curtain on 2014 productions. The company currently stages performances at various venues in london. Timon of athens by william shakespeare directed by simon godwin. The royal shakespeare company rsc is a major british theatre company, based in stratforduponavon, warwickshire, england. The royal shakespeare company also known as the rsc is based in. The guides were infinitely knowledgeable on whatever topic you chose to interrogate them, from the history of the site back to when it was the shakespeare memorial theatre, to. Royal shakespeare company plans for 2014 the shakespeare. The rsc celebrated its fiftieth birthday season from aprildecember 2011, with two companies of actors presenting the first. Its artistic director gregory dorans first full season, and he continues to carry out his promise to perform the entire canon of shakespeares plays over a period of six years. Sheader read law with french at the university of birmingham and then became a trainee director at the orange tree theatre in richmond followed by an assistant director with the royal shakespeare company for two years. Going to meet him in his stratford office, a chorus of.
Royal shakespeare company artistic director michael boyd writes that live theatre is in rude health in the company s annual report. Chicago shakespeare strives to make its facilities and shows accessible to all patrons. Celebrate st valentines day 2020 with the special person in your life and a romantic meal in our rooftop restaurant. Natalie simpson is an actress, known for royal shakespeare company. A magical elephant and a journey through one of the most turbulent periods of english history. The royal shakespeare company rsc focuses heavily on strong women for its springsummer season in stratford upon avon and london. Alice in wonderland, royal shakespeare company 5 th december 2001 press night 9 th march 2002. Death of a salesman, merchant of venice, and more join royal. The shakespeare company the best of shakespeare performed. The royal shakespeare company and the ohio state university by elizabeth harelik phd student the partnership between the ohio state university and the uks royal shakespeare company rsc continued to grow and expand during the 20 2014 school year, the fifth year of this partnership. Rehearsal of tavern scene in henry iv part i, kwame lestrade rsc, 2014, from the. The latest interviews, behind the scenes news and trailers for forthcoming productions from the royal shakespeare company. The royal shakespeare company brings their latest season to the barbican this winter, made up of romeo and juliet, macbeth and the merry wives of winter.
Highlights include emmy winner eileen atkins return to. David tennant is to star in the title role of richard ii as part of the royal shakespeare company s new season. Shakespeare theatre company past productions shakespeare. Royal shakespeare company new season, opportunities for youth unveiled. Alls well that ends well, royal shakespeare company 1 st june 1967 press night. Whats on and book tickets royal shakespeare company. Arthur millers death of a salesman will open the summer at the royal shakespeare. Last year our highly successful season at the theatre royal, with hamlet, as you like it. Since 1995, we have brought the bard alive for calgarians through both shakespeare and shakespeare inspired plays. Walter began her career in 1974 and made her broadway debut in 1983. Simon is an associate director at the royal national theatre and has previously served as associate director of londons royal court theatre and associate director at the bristol old vic in.
Bsl audience comments royal shakespeare company duration. Royal shakespeare company 2014 springsummer season. Chicago shakespeare theater welcomes the illustrious royal shakespeare company back to chicago for the first time in 25 years. As part of our rome mmxvii season, coriolanus opens in the royal shakespeare. Henry iv part i 2014 2h 45min comedy, drama, history 14 may 2014 uk the second play in shakespeares series of histories covering the reigns of richard ii, henry iv and henry v. The stage managers record these continuous developments and pass notes to. Following his production of richard ii in october 20, rsc artistic director gregory doran continues his exploration of shakespeare s history plays with henry iv parts i and ii, an epic, comic. In the 450th year since shakespeare was born, the royal shakespeare company has announced its winter 2014 season. The rsc plays regularly in london, newcastle upon tyne, and on tour across the uk and internationally. Director angus jackson completes our collection of shakespeare s epic roman titles with this full throttle war play. Sep 10, 20 women are to take centre stage at the royal shakespeare company with a new season including the taming of the shrew with gender roles reversed, as the deputy director highlights the lack of great. Royal shakespeare company, stratforduponavon theatricalia.
Highlights at the swan theatre include a production of the witch of. All productions the royal shakespeare theatre, stratford. Containing information about the royal shakespeare company s winter 20 season. Sep, 20 the royal shakespeare companys plans for the summer 2014 season have just been released and mailings are being received by members.
Royal shakespeare company, stratforduponavon, warwickshire. The companys mandate is to educate and enchant artists and audiences alike by pe. A critical analysis of a wide variety of television programs through viewing, discussing, reading, and writing. English 1110 110 or equiv, and soph, jr, or sr standing.
David tennant to play richard ii in rscs winter season. Direct from the royal shakespeare theatre in stratforduponavon, the royal shakespeare company returns to the lowry with a season of exhilarating shakespeare plays bursting with contemporary resonance. We are delighted to introduce you to simon godwin, the shakespeare theatre companys new artistic director and the creator of our exciting 201920 season. The shakespeare theatre of new jersey 2017 season on stage. Royal shakespeare company page 17 of 42 stage the guardian.
For her work in various royal shakespeare company productions, including twelfth night 198788 and three sisters 1988, she won the 1988 olivier award for best actress in a revival. Shakespeare theatre company production history wikipedia. The royal shakespeare company creates theatre at its best, made in. The rsc plays regularly in london, stratforduponavon, and on tour across the uk and internationally. This winter the royal shakespeare company return with three shakespeare productions as you like it, the taming of the shrew and measure for measure. Mar 07, 2014 a guided tour of the theatres and buildings that make up the royal shakespeare company in stratforduponavon was a perk of a weeks work experience with the company. Highlights include emmy winner eileen atkins return to the rsc in the domestic. As part of a season marking the centenary of the first world war, christopher luscombe returns to the royal shakespeare company to direct a single company of actors in a fresh pairing of two of shakespeares most sparkling comedies, set in the shadow of war. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. Rsc winter 20 season guide by royal shakespeare company issuu.
Arden of faversham played in the swan theatre from april to october 2014, part of our roaring girls season. Behind the scenes with the royal shakespeare company royal. Venus and adonis adapted from the shakespeare poem by the isango ensemble repertory dunsinane by david greig by the national theatre of scotland and royal shakespeare company part of the 201415 subscription series 20152016. See the production photos for juliet gilkes romeros electrifying new play, the whip. We are delighted to introduce you to simon godwin, the shakespeare theatre company s new artistic director and the creator of our exciting 201920 season. The actor is making a return to the rsc five years after his criticallyacclaimed. Rsc unveils summer 2014 season to mark shakespeares 450th birthday. After successful runs in stratforduponavon and london we are taking our electrifying season of shakespeare on tour. The shakespeare company is calgarys lean and mean classical theatre company. The royal shakespeare company rsc is a major british theatre company, based in. Wolf hall and bring up the bodies royal shakespeare company s ambitious, sixhour adaptation of hilary mantels prizewinning novels is a fiercely intelligent.
Coriolanus trailer royal shakespeare company youtube. Our summer season on the royal shakespeare theatre stage. Royal shakespeare company 2019 season as you like it the taming of the shrew measure for measure. These two plays, with a crosscast ensemble of actors, will transfer into the barbican in london in december 2014, after runs in stratford, newcastle upon tynes theatre royal and a five week uk. Project muse loves labours lost by royal shakespeare. Details of the the rsc summer 2014 season in stratforduponavon.
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