Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford
From: Wednesday, 16th June 2010
To: Saturday, 19 June 2010
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Synopsis
Shakespeare is the greatest writer the world has ever known. He is the man who created the cleverest comedies and most towering tragedies in our literature, who conceived characters as consummate as King Lear, Macbeth and Othello and as savvy as Puck and Touchstone and whose numerous witty aphorisms have become part of everyday speech. But we know nothing about him. Or do we?
Our Review:
17 June 2010
How much do we really know about William Shakespeare, the legendary playwright who penned Hamlet to King Lear, Macbeth to Romeo and Juliet. In a new one man play, written by Jonathan Bate, Simon Callow delves into the life of Stratford’s most famous export.
The narrative begins with the birth of Shakespeare and follows his life, from his early years in school where he honed his skill for writing, to when he moved to London and wrote his first full-length plays. It follows the opening of the Globe theatre, to his ultimately demise, alone back in the town where he was born.
Callow acts as the storyteller of Shakespeare’s life and the script is interwoven with some of Shakespeare’s most famous quotes from some of the most well known plays. This means that there is a lot of familiarity about the play and helps to settle the audience into the story. There are anecdotes which many in the audience will recognise from their own lives - especially the ones from o...
Cast
Creative
Jonathan Bate (Author)
Howard Panter (for Ambassador Theatre Group (Producer)
Assembly Theatre (Producer)
Tom Cairns (Director)
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