Event Date: 20 November 2014
Rose Theatre,
24-26 High Street,
Kingston, KT1 1HL
The Kingston Shakespeare Seminars
The Kingston Shakespeare Seminar (KiSS) brings leading Shakespeare scholars to the Rose, which the director Peter Hall created to be a “teaching theatre”. Here Sir Peter directed Dame Judi Dench in a celebrated production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. But KiSS also commemorates Kingston’s historic connection with Shakespeare, which goes back to David Garrick – who lived here, and built the beautiful Shakespeare Temple beside the Thames – and to the very first royal performances of some of his greatest plays in the Great Hall at Hampton Court.
Dr Irene Morra (Cardiff) – Britten’s National Opera: “Gloriana” and the Shakespeare Problem
Introduction by Dr Helen Julia Minors (Kingston):
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