| Updated: 17:08, 04 April 2021
Local arts and heritage groups celebrated being thrown financial lifelines after the second round of government loans and grants were announced on Friday under the Culture Recovery Fund.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced details of 2,700 organisations being offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture sector reopen and recover, on top of the £1 billion that has already been allocated in the first round.
Locally some of the organisations included:
Compton Verney given £460,000 grant (45820661)
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, £3,000,000 repayable loan
Warwick Arts Centre, £1,919,000 repayable loan
The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, £261,500 grant
Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, £460,000 grant
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Drury University Professor of Theater Dr. Mick Sokol discusses his production of Shakespeare s The Tempest.
“Yeah, there s a lot of magic involved. It s a lot of fun. I think it s mostly a comedy it certainly ends happily. It’s got a lot of physical humor. It s a crowd pleaser, there s no two ways about it. You ve got lots of spectacle with the storm and all that stuff. And it s a fun show.”
I found a one-sentence synopsis of The Tempest at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust website, https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/, though of course they go into a lot more detail about the work: “A crew of men are shipwrecked on a magical island and tormented by an old man and his slaves.”
May opening planned for Shakespeare s birthplace in Stratford
| Updated: 11:45, 02 March 2021
Shakespeareâs birthplace will reopen to visitors in May â should the Covid-19 rules allow.
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust said it is making preparations to reopen the Henley Street house and gift shop following the governmentâs response to easing lockdown restrictions.
While the birthplace could open again on Monday, 17th May after being closed for seven months, the gift shop will open on 12th April in line with the reopening of non-essential retail.
The trust said it is also planning for a phased reopening of more of its other properties, and will announce the details in due course.
Abraham Lincoln told the following story, when beseeched by job-seekers in Washington:
An eccentric old king was so much bothered by bad weather, that he hired a prophet to prophesy the royal weather for him. One day, as the king was dressing for an important engagement, he asked the weather prophet what the weather would be like.
“It will be a bright, clear night,” predicted the prophet.
The king, following the advice of his prophet, put on a light suit and left his umbrella in the palace closet as he started off. On the road he chanced to meet an old farmer riding a jackass, holding an umbrella over his head.
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