Shakespeare’s Globe plans St. George’s Day and birthday celebrations

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced plans for a series of St George’s Day and Shakespeare’s Birthday celebrations for April. The events will culminate in the beginning of the 2010 season, titled “Kings and Rogues.”

On Saturday April 17, Shakespeare’s Globe will once again host its popular Sonnet Walks.  Guests can buy tickets for one of two tours of London — one starting at Westminster Abbey and the other starting at the recently rediscovered theatre site in Soreditch — and be serenaded by sonneteers at various locations.  Both tours will culminate at the Globe.

On Sunday April 18, the Globe will once again host its free Open Day in conjunction with the Mayor of London’s St. George’s Day celebrations.  The theme this year is the Rhythm of London, so events will focus on the music and sounds of Shakespeare.

These events all lead up to the kickoff of the 2010 season, which will happen on Shakespeare’s birthday, April 23, with the premiere of Macbeth. Other productions this year will include Henry IV, Parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor; The Comedy of Errors; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

For more info, visit Shakespeare’s Globe.

David

I am a PhD student in English Literature at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. My research interests include the role of race in Shakespearean performance and Shakespeare in popular culture. I completed his B.A and M.A. at Arizona State University. My Master’s thesis, “Uncontrollable Othellos: Appropriations in Film and Television,” explored how popular culture appropriations of Othello reflect racial anxiety about the role. My first publication, “Othello, Race, and Cultural Memory on Cheers,” is forthcoming in the Spring 2010 issue of Popular Culture Review.

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