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The idea is for everyone throughout the United Kingdom to have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to have fun with Shakespeare. The Scots have a big claim on him, since it was their king, James VI, who encouraged Shakespeare to write Macbeth and the later plays. The Welsh have one of the finest pedigrees of truly great Shakespearian acting in Britain – plus interesting characters in the plays such as Fluellen and Owen Glendower. The Irish, north and south, need no lessons from anyone about the meaning and value of great theatre. But also we must have all cultures, all regions, all towns and villages, men women and children of all ages, taking part in the greatest ever celebration of the greatest ever writer and creator. In the Olympic year, and fully in accord with the Games and their organisers, let us, just this once, have a really memorable get-together which will be remembered for the rest of the century – and by the rest of the world. Shakespeare in 2012 ought to be the greatest cultural event of the twenty-first century. Help us to make it so! Click on Contact Us – and do just that.
The Shakespeare Network is growing (end April 2009 look like this):
Sylvia Alexander-Vine (Brighton); David Ault (Midlands); Joanna Barrett (Brighton); Pamela Beesley (King's Heath, Birmingham); Alan Brent (North Yorkshire); Simon Bridge (Suffolk); Tor Bruce (Gateshead); James Clossick (North London); Robert Cohen (Brighton); Julie Cooper (Edgbaston, Birmingham); Ben Crystal (Bath and Holyhead); Sue Cullen (Finchley, London); Julia Curle (Chelmsford); Stuart Curragh (Edinburgh); Elke Davies-Von Mering (Bishop's Stortford: education); Arthur Duncan (Somerset); Aleksandra Everitt (Birmingham); Liz Fitzgerald-Taylor (Chester); Kelvin Fitzimmions (Rugby, Warwickshire); Pat Hayes (Blackpool and Fylde); Jules Hobbes (Devizes, Wiltshire); Pat Hobday (Bromsgrove); Michael Howe (Surrey); Anne-Marie Hughes (City Lit College, London, and Cambridge); Jill Lamede (Cornwall); Kappa Llewellyn (Gwent); William Mann (Edinburgh); Kevin McMahon (Merseyside); Terence Mustoo (Upminsiter); Hannah Nicholson (Pimlico, London); Peter Richards (Swansea); Sue Riddell (Birmingham); Vivienne Rochester (City Lit, London); Lisa Rose (Highgate, London); Lindsay Royan (Enfield); Peter Searles (London South East); Julia Stallard (Havering); Steve Tomlin (Lancaster); Veronica Twidle (Saltburn Films, Cleveland); Genevieve Walsh (South East London); Samuel Webb (Bexley and Norwich) |
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