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The Cambridge Shakespeare Festival is a festival of the plays of William Shakespeare held annually in Cambridge, England. The festival was founded in 1987 by Artistic Director Dr David Crilly. The productions are performed in full period costume with live Elizabethan music.
The New Shakespeare was published between 1921 and 1969. [1] The series was edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch and J. Dover Wilson. [1]The earlier volumes of the series contain critical introductions by Quiller-Couch (signed "Q") and written in a belles lettres style that, according to R. A. Foakes in The Oxford Handbook to Shakespeare (2003), have been "largely forgotten".
The following is a list of notable actors who have appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company productions and at Stratford. A F. Murray Abraham [1] Joss Ackland [2] Dallas ...
The Shakespeare Company (2004) Cambridge University Press The First Quarto of Henry V by William Shakespeare, editor, (2000) Cambridge University Press Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres, with Mariko Ichikawa (2000) Oxford University Press
Shakespeare's work undoubtedly formed the great bulk of the company's repertory. [2] In their first year of performance, they may have staged such of Shakespeare's older plays as remained in the author's possession, including Henry VI, Part 2 , Henry VI, Part 3 , as well as Titus Andronicus .
The cast of a 1965 Royal Shakespeare Company production included Glenda Jackson, Janet Suzman and Timothy West. [32] In 1968, the play was staged by Laurence Olivier for the National Theatre, with Derek Jacobi as the Duke and Jeremy Brett as Berowne. [33] The Royal Shakespeare Company produced the play again in 1994.
The King's Men was the acting company to which William Shakespeare (1564–1616) belonged for most of his career. Formerly known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, they became the King's Men in 1603 when King James I ascended the throne and became the company's patron.
It was produced for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1976, winning the Laurence Olivier Award for best musical on its transfer to the West End in 1977. Oh, Brother! is a musical comedy in one act, with music by Michael Valenti and books and lyrics by Donald Driver, which premiered at ANTA Theatre in 1981, also directed by Driver.