The Merchant of Venice, The Globe
/A revival of Jonathan Munby’s highly-acclaimed 2015 production of The Merchant of Venice, with Jonathan Pryce as Shylock.
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A revival of Jonathan Munby’s highly-acclaimed 2015 production of The Merchant of Venice, with Jonathan Pryce as Shylock.
Read MoreThe first serious Japanese translation of ‘To be or not to be’ performed alongside a comic version – in English and in Japanese – written in 1874. The evening cumulates in the Kabuki-inspired Visions of Ophelia performed by Japanese actress Aki Isoda, who toured her one-woman show worldwide.
Read MoreShakespeare’s play of supernatural forces and bloody ambitions is director Iqbal Kahn’s debut on the Globe stage.
Read MoreSince the Our Theatre project began in 1997, over 5000 Southwark students have performed at the Globe. This year, ten different schools came together in a performance of Richard III.
Read MoreThe London Philharmonic Orchestra and Globe Education created a musical version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream including pieces by Mendelssohn, Elgar and Britten.
Read MoreShakespeare’s Globe and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse have come together to stage a touring production of The Two Gentleman of Verona, one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays.
Read MoreLosing none of its power to provoke and sometimes outrage, Shakespeare’s controversial double-act gets a thoroughly fresh, fast and distinctly Irish makeover. Caroline Byrne’s production transports The Taming of the Shrew to the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland – the design and costumes of this production will reflect this setting.
Read MoreEmma Rice’s inaugural production as Artistic Director is a highly-charged, modernized adaption of one of Shakespeare’s most loved comedies.
A thrilling 100-minute fully-staged versions of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, specifically for Key Stage 3, 4 and A-Level students, as part of the Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank series.
Read MoreA Midsummer Night's Dream performed by Junior year students of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. After almost a year of intensive classical training at Shakespeare’s Globe, this workshop performance was a culmination and celebration of the Rutger’s Conservatory residency.
Read MoreDominic Dromgoole chose The Tempest as his final Globe production as Artistic Director, a play once considered Shakespeare’s own farewell to the stage.
Read MoreKeeping the human and divine in exquisite balance, The Winter’s Tale combines the exotic and magical with the realistic psychology of the tragedies.
Read MorePericles, a tale of shipwreck, loss, and reunion, was one Shakespeare’s most popular plays in his own time.
Read MoreA two-year tour of Shakespeare’s most famous play to 197 countries in 202 venues across the world.
Read MoreAs part of The Globe's Winter Season, this late play was performed in the candlelit playhouse for the first time.
Read MoreThis research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada