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From a few lines in Henry V, actor stood alongside the greats
CROYDON CHRONICLES: An outstanding producer-director at The Old Vic who performed alongside the likes of Sir Henry Irving and Sir Laurence Olivier, and appeared in some of the most notable films of the 1940s and ’50s, Harcourt Williams’ acting talent … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Morgan, History, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged Around The World In Eighty Days, Audrey Hepburn, Croydon, David Morgan, Gregory Peck, Hamlet, Harcourt Williams, Henry V, John Gelgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Roman Holiday, Sir Henry Irving, The Old Vic, Whitgift Grammar Shool, Whitgift School, William Shakespeare
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The prodigy with a tin whistle who took music around the world
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The Shakespeare family in Croydon had multiple musical talents. From a portrait of a Victorian soprano, DAVID MORGAN traces the local connections to a small boy playing the organ at St Andrew’s and beyond in a career lasting … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Music
Tagged Adelina Patti, Arthur Rubinstein, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, Crystal Palace, Franz Liszt, James Sant, JB Shakespeare, Jenny Lind, Johannes Brahms, Queen Victoria, Royal Academy of Music, St Andrew's Church, St Andrews, William Shakespeare
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Shakespeares who made music part of their family business
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: For a century and a half, one of Croydon’s best-known firms has been funeral directors J B Shakespeare. DAVID MORGAN delves into the Minster archives and sees the writing on the wall for that family’s musical role in … Continue reading
Enter the Almshouses and travel back in time four centuries
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: There will be an opportunity later this year to take a sneak peak back in time, to 400 years ago. DAVID MORGAN recently visited one of Croydon’s oldest buildings, that trace their history back to the time of … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, David Morgan, History, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop John Whitgift, Croydon, David Morgan, King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Rev Samuel Finche, Roisha Hughes, Spanish Armada, The Treacle Bible, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation, William Shakespeare
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Charity’s fund helps theatre provide thousands of free tickets
The Polka Theatre is to give away 9,000 free tickets to schoolchildren this year, part of its Curtain Up! programme, thanks to a new commitment from The Garek Trust – a London-based charity dedicated to providing underprivileged young people with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Schools, Theatre
Tagged Polka Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, Wimbledon
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Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night provides park’s summer scenes
Twelfth Night is this summer’s production at the Bandstand in Wandle Park, marking 10 years of open air theatre in the park by CODA, The Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association. Shakespeare’s comedy of disguise and hidden love runs from July … Continue reading
Ashcroft blue plaque revealed at her South Croydon birthplace
Some 33 years after her death, English Heritage has today unveiled a blue plaque for Peggy Ashcroft, probably the most famous actress to have come from Croydon. The unveiling of Dame Peggy’s plaque, at her childhood home, 1A Tirlemont Road … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Cinema, History, Theatre
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Bertold Brecht, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, David Lean, David Lean Cinema, John Gelgud, Paul Robeson, Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Hall, Peter O'Toole, Royal Shakespeare Company, Samuel Beckett, Sir David Lean, South Croydon, Stratford Upon Avon, The Old Vic, Tirlemont Road, William Shakespeare
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Artist Henry Wallis and affair that caused a Victorian scandal
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A prominent artist, who scandalised Victorian society when having an affair with a married woman, and later worked as an Egyptologist and early collector of ceramics for the V&A, has been long overlooked in Croydon, where he lived … Continue reading
Actors achieving greatness in a Coulsdon wooded glade
DRAMA IN THE PARKS: Somewhere under the trees in Old Coulsdon is an Elizabethan rom-com romp. BELLA BARTOCK had it, and herself, covered As I gazed across the fairway at one of Coulsdon Court’s “twilighters” ferreting around in the undergrowth … Continue reading
Twelfth Night, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 27-Aug 6
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Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with some free lessons
Parents and teachers looking for teaching resources and inspiration would do worse this week than look to the life and work of the Bard. LAURA STEELE, from education resource experts PlanBee, offers some tips Many consider Shakespeare to be the … Continue reading
Bottom’s up to no good, as CODA takes the Bard outdoors
Apparently, it all began when someone in CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, misheard one of their colleagues say, “Michael Hall has got a lovely bottom.” Now, a few months later, Hall is to play a lovely Bottom in CODA’s … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, CODA, Environment, Theatre, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, CODA, Croydon, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, drama, Theatre, Waddon, Wandle Park, William Shakespeare
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wandle Park, Jul 30-Aug 2
Posted in Art, CODA, Theatre, Waddon
Tagged CODA, Croydon, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare, Waddon, Wandle Park, William Shakespeare
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Live Long and Prospero, as Star Trek meets the X Factor
BELLA BARTOCK got all spaced out last night as she saw the latest production from the Mitre Players No need to travel to the West End this week when you have this high-energy production of the highly entertaining Return to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, Shirley North, Theatre, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Prospero, Rex Harrison, Sarah Palin, Shakespeare, Tempest, William Shakespeare
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A tale of sound and fury: Shakespeare’s Croydon facelift
BELLA BARTOCK’s big night out this week was in Carshalton, to see Macbeth re-set amid the flames of last year’s riots. She found much to admire Dubstep remixes of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky are not what you’d expect in the auditorium … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon 8/8, Outside Croydon, Theatre
Tagged Adidas, Lady Macbeth, London, Macbeth, Scottish Play, Shakespeare, South London, William Shakespeare
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“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”: this Macbeth is a riot
As if the events of August 8 last year were not dramatic enough, the Breakfast Cat Theatre Company is about to make a drama out of Croydon’s crisis, staging a riot-inspired adaptation of Macbeth later this month. Many of the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon 8/8, Outside Croydon, Theatre
Tagged Brixton, Carshalton, Croydon, London, Macbeth, Twitter, William Shakespeare, YouTube
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