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"Meeting Richard" by Tamara Ritthaler
Since I was a Lower Sixth student studying Richard III, two things have been very clear to me: first, I love Shakespeare’s plays, and...
Tamara Ritthaler
Mar 9, 20224 min read
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Whatever Happens - HAPPENS!
An abiding memory from Once-upon-a-drama-school, long, long ago, is of a fellow student’s comic impressions of the school’s principal....
Mark Cassidy
Oct 12, 20212 min read
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Resetting the Type, by Fergus Rattigan
They say a director makes up their mind about you within 30 seconds of walking in the door. This is the fun of the actor’s game: you need...
Fergus Rattigan
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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"Give my compliments to the Chef..."
If music be the food of love, you might have some kind of Synaesthesia going on, there. It seems there are about 80 different types of...
Mark Cassidy
Apr 27, 20212 min read
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What’s In A Name?
I recently discovered a very fascinating article that changed everything about Shakespeare for me. It was a transcript from a 2016...
Larissa Oates
Apr 6, 20219 min read
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Slickspeare: Slick, or a bit too Slick?
When did slickness become the keyword in Shakespeare (and other theatrical) reviews? Much rehearsal-room time and energy are given to...
Lizzie Conrad-Hughes
Feb 13, 20213 min read
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From Zounds! - to Zoom: A brief, personal history of close encounters with ‘The Computer’.
Once upon a not-so-very long, L-O-N-G ago, together with a small band of fellow teachers-in-training, I was beckoned into a tutorial with...
Mark Cassidy
Jan 27, 20212 min read
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Shakespeare for All and All for Shakespeare
Earlier today I sat down at my London desk firmly determined to finally write an intelligent article about how to perform Shakespeare...
Valentina Vinci
Dec 31, 20203 min read
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"Our" Tamara wrote something ..
Tamara Ritthaler, one of our finest actors and educators, has written some reflections on her 2020 . Check out her blog post here:...
shakesceneshakespe
Dec 29, 20201 min read
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Welcome to the Shake-Scene Blog Page: What Shakes Your Spear?
So, that’s our question: What shakes your spear? We’ve decided to start this blog page to get our personal and collective spears shaking....
shakesceneshakespe
Dec 22, 20203 min read
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