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Dateline: 3rd February, 2005
News from the Globe Some news items from Shakespeare's Globe which is about to begin its last season with Mark Rylands at the helm. Box Office Opens for the New SeasonThere will be four plays at the Globe The Winters Tale, Pericles, The Storm and The Tempest running from May to October. You can book online from 14th February at www.seeticket.com (booking fee applies) or by phoning 020 7401 9919. For details of audio-described performances, please contact info@shakespearesglobe.com or check the website later in the year. Gunpowder PlotThis year is the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot and Shakespeare’s Globe will be marking the event with a new exhibition for all the family. Entitled Shakespeare and the Gunpowder Plot, the exhibition will be a hands-on investigation of events surrounding the 5th of November 1604. In partnership with the Metropolitan Police and the National Archive, we’ll look beyond the traditional story surrounding Guy Fawkes and offer some fresh evidence in what was undoubtedly the trial of the century. Shakespeare and the Gunpowder Plot runs from April.
Magic in the WebGlobe Education began their first UK tour last week. The project is inspired by Shakespeare’s Othello. In workshop performances, five actors work with students to explore the play’s issues of justice, judgement and forgiveness. Following the performance, students are asked to design two handkerchiefs which feature in Othello. The first, the ‘handkerchief of love’, is Othello’s first gift to his new wife Desdemona and is ‘spotted with strawberries’ (act III, scene VI). The second, a ‘handkerchief of peace’, is offered to Othello by Desdemona to soothe him when he believes she has been unfaithful. This handkerchief will draw on students’ own interpretations of peace. The handkerchiefs will be sewn together and used to line a ‘Tent for Peace’ large enough to accommodate a class of students. The Magic in the Web tour will visit schools in Birmingham, Luton, Leicester, Cardiff, Manchester, Blackburn and Glasgow. Frost Fair Hailed a SuccessThe winter Frost Fair, which took place at Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition prior to Christmas, was a resounding success. Over 23,000 people attended the festive marketplace inspired by the frost fairs held on the frozen River Thames in the 16th century. Various stalls selling such items as home-made soaps, scarves and wire sculptures brought the UnderGlobe to life for the three week period. A colourful exhibition of dragons was also on display at the Globe throughout December. The dragons were created by young people for a nationwide competition run by the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS). Architectural SymposiaSaturday 12th Feb. 1:30pm-6pm Sunday 13th Feb. 9:30am- 4:15pm The weekend promises to reveal insights about both theatres with new evidence from research and practice being explored. Speakers include Jon Greenfield (Globe Architect), Prof Martin White, who steers Research at the Globe, Gordon Higgott from English Heritage and Mark Rylance. Tickets are £10 per day, £20 for the weekend, coffee and tea included. For further details or to book, please contact Sarah Weatherall at sarahw@shakespearesglobe.com Open Day23rd April - Shakespeare's Birthday - will be the Globe's open day again this year. In partnership with the Mayor of London, Shakespeare’s Globe will mark the occasion with free entry to the theatre. The celebration will involve party games and an opportunity for visitors to take to the Globe stage. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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