Heavy lies the head: Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles in The Crown
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In season three of The Crown, a student Prince Charles (played by Josh O’Connor), voices one of the most melancholy speeches in Richard II: “Within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king/ keeps Death his court.” He invests Richard’s words, which reflect on the human vulnerability of every monarch, with a poignant sense of premature personal understanding.
We know that the heir apparent is still keen on Shakespeare, not least because he’s president of the RSC, in which capacity he stepped onto the Stratford-upon-Avon stage in 2016 to deliver a mock-perfect rendition of the line “To be or not to be” for the quatercentenary of Shakespeare’s death. He even played Prince Hal in a 1995 recording of a scene from Henry IV Part 1, goading Robert Stephens as Falstaff, for an audio book accompanying his own Shakespeare anthology.
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This Tuesday, April 27, is National Tell a Story Day, and do we have a range of stories to recommend in this list of best virtual (and socially distanced) bets. Some stories are brand new, like those featured in the Landing Theatre Company’s New American Voices Playwriting Festival, and some are centuries old. Yes, we’re looking at you, William Shakespeare. And some stories, the storytellers themselves won’t even know what they are as they tell them. Keep reading to see the best stories you can find in Houston this week.
White Rabbit Red Rabbit in 2010, a play that went viral for its unique directives – no director, no set, and a different actor (who reads the script for the first time on stage) for each performance. On Thursday, April 22, 4th Wall Theatre Company will open a virtual run of Soleimanpour’s wildly popular theatrical experiment on Zoom, with nine different actors tackling the work, including award-winning actress Laura Linney and 4th Wall co-artistic directo
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First Folio, the first book to collect the Bardâs works in one place, was originally published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeareâs death. The edition, put together by Shakespeareâs friends and fellow actors John Heminges and Henry Condell, included 36 plays, 18 of which had never been published before. It was an instant hit, and nine years later, the
Second Folio was created, as publishers looked to capitalize on the popularity of the first edition. âThe
Second Folio is the most important work in Rienziâs book collection,â says Hernandez.
There are only about 250 surviving editions of the
Second Folio.
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