One-man shows and Shakespeare’s theatre
Ian McKellen as Romeo and Michael Pennington as Mercutio Last week I saw Eduardo de Filippo’s play The Syndicate, currently touring UK towns and cities. It stars two great Shakespearean actors, Ian...
View ArticleExchanging Christmas cards: the actress and Queen Victoria
A typical 1870s Christmas card What do you do with your Christmas cards at the end of the festive season? By tradition cards and decorations should be taken down on 6 January, Epiphany. E-cards and...
View ArticleImages of Shakespeare’s heroines
Princess Mary around the time of her marriage in 1893 While researching a recent post I spotted a note in the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald saying that in 1945 Queen Mary donated a copy of The Graphic...
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