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King Lear: Casting newsWe’re excited to announce that Kevin...
King Lear: Casting newsWe’re excited to announce that Kevin McNally will take the title role in Nancy Meckler’s forthcoming production of King Lear.Kevin is best known for his role as Gibbs in the...
View ArticleSummer of Love: Access performancesWe’re offering a range...
Summer of Love: Access performancesWe’re offering a range of accessible and assisted performances throughout our Summer of Love. Watch our video to find out. Our 2017 Summer Season opens with Romeo and...
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Shakespeare’s Telling Tales in 2017Join us for a weekend-long...
Shakespeare’s Telling Tales in 2017Join us for a weekend-long festival celebrating the joy of storytelling this July. From tales told by candlelight in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse to talks with leading...
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Read Not Dead in the Sam Wanamaker PlayhouseFrom page to stage...
Read Not Dead in the Sam Wanamaker PlayhouseFrom page to stage in a day: in a Read Not Dead reading, actors are given the play on a Sunday morning and present it, script in hand, to an audience later...
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Shakespeare’s Birthday Weekend: What’s onJoin us for an...
Shakespeare’s Birthday Weekend: What’s onJoin us for an extraordinary weekend of events and performances as we celebrate Shakespeare’s 453rd birthday from Friday 21 – Sunday 23 April. Shakespeare’s...
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Interview with Daniel KramerHeather Neill talks to the director...
Interview with Daniel KramerHeather Neill talks to the director Daniel Kramer about young love in an age of greed, rage and violence.Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most frequently produced...
View ArticleMaking props for Romeo and Juliet Ahead of Romeo and Juliet...
Making props for Romeo and Juliet Ahead of Romeo and Juliet opening on Saturday 22 April, we took a tour of the Globe’s props store with Katy, our Props Manager.Daniel Kramer’s production of Romeo and...
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A letter from former Artistic Director, Dominic DromgooleA...
A letter from former Artistic Director, Dominic DromgooleA letter to the next Artistic Director.Dear Fearless, and Fortunate soul,Twenty years ago, Mark Rylance and Lennie James led a company in a...
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A letter from Artistic Director, Emma RiceDear future...
A letter from Artistic Director, Emma RiceDear future Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe,I am writing this as the deadline for applications looms and my final Summer Season, The Summer of Love,...
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Costume inspiration for Romeo and JulietDesigner Soutra Gilmour...
Costume inspiration for Romeo and JulietDesigner Soutra Gilmour shares her inspiration for some of the key costumes for Romeo and Juliet. Take a look at her mood boards, which feature ideas for the...
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Shakespeare within the Abbey: In photos As part of our...
Shakespeare within the Abbey: In photos As part of our Shakespeare’s Birthday Weekend celebrations, we teamed up with Mark Rylance for Shakespeare within the Abbey: All Places that the Eye of Heaven...
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Tristan & Yseult: Casting newsKneehigh’s hugely successful...
Tristan & Yseult: Casting newsKneehigh’s hugely successful Tristan & Yseult is revived as part of a major Celtic tour for the company. The production will open at Brighton Festival before...
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Romeo and Juliet: In photosDaniel Kramer’s production of...
Romeo and Juliet: In photosDaniel Kramer’s production of Romeo and Juliet is now playing in the Globe Theatre until Sunday 9 July.This vibrant, volatile take on Romeo and Juliet will fearlessly...
View Article‘A most pitiful ambition’?
Globe Research Intern Sam Plumb shares an insight into Early Modern improvisation.What is improvisation? The term is often taken as defining a style of performance which is spontaneous and...
View ArticleRead Not Dead: Before Shakespeare
This summer, Read Not Dead returns to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse with a season of four plays from the earliest days of professional theatre, working alongside the Before Shakespeare project.Since...
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Romeo and Juliet: Audience reactionsNow that Daniel Kramer’s...
Romeo and Juliet: Audience reactionsNow that Daniel Kramer’s production of Romeo and Juliet is playing in the Globe, here’s what audiences have had to say about the show so far…Romeo and Juliet will be...
View ArticleListen to Susheela RamanSusheela Raman will be performing in the...
Listen to Susheela RamanSusheela Raman will be performing in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, as part of our Festival of Independence this summer. Raman is known as one of the most creative musicians in...
View ArticleThomas Nashe’s ‘Extemporal Vein’
Globe Research Intern Sam Plumb discusses the prose style of Thomas Nashe.A budding Elizabethan prose writer seeking stylistic inspiration would probably turn first and foremost to euphuism. Named...
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Twelfth Night: In rehearsalsEmma Rice’s production of Twelfth...
Twelfth Night: In rehearsalsEmma Rice’s production of Twelfth Night opens in the Globe on Thursday 18 May. We went inside the rehearsal room to see how the company are getting along – take a look.View...
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‘Pilgrims’ hands do touch’: Romeo and Juliet
Read an extract from Dr Farah Karim-Cooper’s The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage, exploring the use of touch in Romeo and Juliet.Laurence Perrine noted in 1966 that the internal sonnet Romeo and Juliet...
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