It is overwhelming to enter this striking twelfth century London church which provides the delightful setting for this touring production. We are inside the Norman and Gothic architecture of English history. This is a strong visual for Shakespeare’s propaganda play which scholars acknowledge as the rewriting of Richard Plantagenet’s life to please Shakespeare’s Tudor patrons.
By Julia Pascal •
architecture, history, plays, playwrights, theatre, year 2017
• Tags: history, Julia Pascal, plays, Shakespeare, theatre
It is overwhelming to enter this striking twelfth century London church which provides the delightful setting for this touring production. We are inside the Norman and Gothic architecture of English history. This is a strong visual for Shakespeare’s propaganda play which scholars acknowledge as the rewriting of Richard Plantagenet’s life to please Shakespeare’s Tudor patrons.
By Julia Pascal • architecture, history, plays, playwrights, theatre, year 2017 • Tags: history, Julia Pascal, plays, Shakespeare, theatre