Monthly Archives: April 2014

So I wish I had been posted this yesterday after out Wig and Makeup demonstration, but time can easily get away from me. Anyways, the Wig and Makeup demonstrations. This was the part of the Stratford section of the trip … Continue reading →

As someone with very (very) limited acting experience and absolutely no experience with performing Shakespeare, I am completely intrigued by the acting community working in the background of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Stratford. All the theater workshops we have … Continue reading →

We’ve been here for over a week now, and one of the big questions we are being asked is why it’s important that we’re in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and later London, studying Shakespeare. Why couldn’t we have had a similar course in … Continue reading →

            Holy s**t. Why did I just do that? That was my first thought when I volunteered to perform (if you can even call what I did that). To be honest, being an actor has always been a small, desperate … Continue reading →

Shakespeare’s 450th birthday celebration on Saturday was wonderful. We began the day watching the parade that concluded with the passing of Shakespeare’s “quill” from “Shakespeare” to the (supposed) head boy of St. Edward’s school. There were a few awkward moments from … Continue reading →

Many of the choices made by Royal Shakespeare Company director Gregory Doran in his rendition of Henry IV Part 1 seemed to focus on a specific characterization and interpretation for the character of Hal. Alex Hassell’s Prince of Wales seemed … Continue reading →

Did you know that I Henry IV is currently on back at Blackfriars in Staunton? I feel robbed of Rick Blunt’s Falstaff, but then again, according to some of the reviews, I probably wouldn’t like the character any better than … Continue reading →

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s most recent production of Henry IV Part 1, when it wasn’t giving us flashy battle scenes, did a wonderful job of giving us insight into the psyches and motivations of its characters, or at least the … Continue reading →

And with today, my final spring term at Washington & Lee is a quarter of the way through. For those of you not experiencing the whirlwind Shakespeare party that is this term alongside me, here is a quick play-by-play of … Continue reading →