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26 de may. de 2022 · It’s not quite Shakespeare, more a play in the manner of Shakespeare. Globe resident writer Hannah Khalil grabbed one of the Bard’s less performed works, The Famous History of King Henry VIII, and reimagined it to highlight the voices and experience of the women. In the process, she subtracted some things, added others from Shakespeare’s vast canon of plays and sonnets, and rearranged ...
★★★★★'Pure theatre magic'The TelegraphSee Henry VIII in a new light in our 'entertaining and empowering' (The Reviews Hub) production of Shakespeare & Fletch...
Edited and introduced by John Margeson, King Henry VIII appears here for the first time in a New Cambridge Shakespeare edition. In his introduction Margeson explores the political and religious background to the play. Every purchase supports Shakespeare's Globe.
On this showing, Henry VIII should primarily be seen as a play for Shakespearean completists, Henry freaks and possibly devotees of Wolf Hall, who can relish seeing that novel's main characters brought to life before their eyes. Theatre review of Henry VIII (William Shakespeare (and John Fletcher)) at Shakespeare's Globe - reviewer: Philip Fisher.
Our free Anti-Racist Shakespeare webinars bring you a range of perspectives from scholars and artists about Shakespeare’s plays and how they engage with the topics of race and identity.. In this webinar, Globe scholars will be joined by theatre artists and scholars to discuss race and social justice in Henry VIII.. Our guest speakers are our 2022 Resident Writer, Hannah Khalil, who ...
27 de may. de 2022 · The Globe similarly played fast and loose, under Emma Rice's watch, with Cymbeline, another of Shakespeare's most flawed works, back in 2016, changing the title to that of its heroine Imogen. It's surprising then that this new history play hybrid hasn't been rechristened Queen Katharine as she feels like the primary focus here, especially in Bea Segura's remarkable performance.
On 29 June 1613, the Globe burned down during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. It was big news. It is unlikely anything this spectacular happened very often. However, many of the ingredients used to create special effects smelt very, very bad. Sulphur has a rotten egg smell, while saltpetre (made from dung) smells bad when mixed up ...
