Sam Wanamaker Festival: Audience reactions
Our annual Sam Wanamaker Festival, in which students from the UK’s leading drama schools and Rutgers Conservatory perform on the Globe stage, is a springboard for aspiring actors. Here’s what our...
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Globe to Globe Hamlet ticket lotteryDue to popular demand for...
Globe to Globe Hamlet ticket lotteryDue to popular demand for tickets to Globe to Globe Hamlet’s final performances at the Globe on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 April, we’re partnering with TodayTix to...
View ArticleStep in 1616: A Momentous YearThis year, we’re marking the...
Step in 1616: A Momentous YearThis year, we’re marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. What other events made 1616 such a significant year?Shakespeare’s death wasn’t the only significant...
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Casting news: The Flying Lovers of VitebskWe’re pleased to share...
Casting news: The Flying Lovers of VitebskWe’re pleased to share initial casting news for The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, which is presented by Kneehigh and Bristol Old Vic.Emma Rice will direct Marc...
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Shakespeare on a stampToday Royal Mail has launched a set of...
Shakespeare on a stampToday Royal Mail has launched a set of stamps marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, featuring iconic quotes from his plays and poems.A special Shakespeare postmark...
View ArticleOn 22 April, we’re hosting a symposium all about how...
On 22 April, we’re hosting a symposium all about how Shakespeare’s work is performed, adapted and appropriated around the world. Through lively discussion and debate, this intercultural symposium will...
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Intercultural Shakespeare Performance and Globe to Globe...
Intercultural Shakespeare Performance and Globe to Globe HamletDr Malcolm Cocks (Shakespeare’s Globe) is the convener of our Intercultural Shakespeare Performance symposium on 22 April. On the 23rd...
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The Complete Walk: On location for Twelfth NightEach film from...
The Complete Walk: On location for Twelfth NightEach film from The Complete Walk explores one of Shakespeare’s plays and includes scenes shot in the locations Shakespeare imagined when he wrote them....
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“Dream’s my most beloved Shakespeare. It’s very funny and...
“Dream’s my most beloved Shakespeare. It’s very funny and it’s all about love…” Our Artistic Director Designate Emma Rice spoke to The Guardian about directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Read the...
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An interview with Neil MullarkeyThe Comedy Store Players will...
An interview with Neil MullarkeyThe Comedy Store Players will return to the Globe on 2 May for a special evening of Shakespeare-inspired improv. Ahead of the show, we caught up with performer, writer...
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The Complete Walk: On location for Richard II Each film from...
The Complete Walk: On location for Richard II Each film from The Complete Walk explores one of Shakespeare’s plays and includes scenes shot in the locations Shakespeare imagined when he wrote them. So...
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Globe Exhibition Uncovered: ‘Shakespeare Revisited’ by...
Globe Exhibition Uncovered: ‘Shakespeare Revisited’ by Ralph HeimansIn which members from our Exhibition team pick their favourite exhibit or object from the Globe Exhibition. This month, Joshua...
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The Taming of the Shrew: Casting newsWe’re pleased to...
The Taming of the Shrew: Casting newsWe’re pleased to announce casting for Caroline Byrne’s The Taming of the Shrew. Featuring an all Irish company, the production marks the centenary of the Easter...
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Read Not Dead - The Devil Is An Ass: Casting news Introducing...
Read Not Dead - The Devil Is An Ass: Casting news Introducing the cast for Ben Jonson’s The Devil is an Ass, which will be presented as part of our Read Not Dead series of readings this Sunday. The...
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BBC Proms at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse The BBC...
BBC Proms at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse The BBC Proms 2016 programme has just been announced – and excitingly, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will be hosting a special celebration of Restoration theatre...
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37 Reasons to Celebrate Shakespeare
To tie-in with The Complete Walk and our 37 screenings of Shakespeare’s 37 plays, we asked our team to come up with 37 reasons why you should be shouting about Shakespeare from the rooftops this...
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The Taming of the Shrew in rehearsals: Week OneRehearsals for...
The Taming of the Shrew in rehearsals: Week OneRehearsals for The Taming of the Shrew have officially commenced!The first week of rehearsal has been likened to an intensive Shakespeare training boot...
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Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary tube mapWe’ve partnered...
Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary tube mapWe’ve partnered with TfL to release a special edition Shakespearean Tube map - replacing station names with famous characters, plays and modern adaptations of...
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Sonnet XCVIIIA sonnet for the Spring.From you...
Sonnet XCVIIIA sonnet for the Spring.From you have I been absent in the spring,When proud pied April, dressed in all his trim,Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing,That heavy Saturn laughed and...
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30 Second-Shakespeare: An extractRead the foreword from...
30 Second-Shakespeare: An extractRead the foreword from 30-Second Shakespeare by Mark Rylance (Published by Ivy Press, edited by Ros Barber).Thirty seconds? Speaking Shakespeare in 30 seconds I only...
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