Globe Theatre 2012 season brochure: The Play's The Thing

21 April – 14 October

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It is our further great good luck that we are able to welcome Mark back to play Shakespeare within the Globe’s wooden embrace. He returns, with his Original Practices team, to revisit a play with which they have previously had great success, Twelfth Night, and to produce Richard III, the play where Shakespeare revealed the gleeful comedian within the wilful dictator.

We are also delighted to be producing Henry V, the play which opened the first and our Globe, with Jamie Parker, who was such a delight as Hal in 2010, taking on the title role. And to be producing The Taming of the Shrew, one of Shakespeare’s feistiest and wildest comedies, with Toby Frow directing.

Our touring operation continues to grow. The small scale productions of Hamlet and As You Like It will return to the Globe, and our hit new play from last year Anne Boleyn does an extensive UK tour, as does Henry V, before it arrives at the Globe. Please try to catch them on their travels.

‘The Play’s the thing’ cries Hamlet, and within the many meanings of that phrase, is no small celebration of the spirit which is bringing together so many different people from so many different places, to celebrate another summer at the Globe.

Please join us.

Dominic Dromgoole Artistic Director

It’s hard to imagine that the new Globe is only fifteen years old. It has scored its image so deep into the grain of our cultural and educational life, it is almost bewildering that it is still in its early teens.

Proof of its fast-won stature was provided when we went out to the world, and asked who would like to participate in our Globe to Globe festival. We were overwhelmed by the response, from all sorts of different corners of the world – some of the largest National Theatres, some of the world’s most august artists and some of the most radical underground companies – all wanted to come and work within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. From state-funded powerhouses to companies for whom simple survival is their first daily priority, they are all drawn towards the rough magic that happens at the Globe.

What draws them, and so many audiences here? A spirit of inclusiveness, a sense of event, a liveness that makes the blood sing a little in an increasingly virtual world, and over and above all else, a sense of play. The spirit of actors meeting audiences in a shared light, and being happy to be honest and foolish together, is a unique reminder of theatre’s most essential virtues.

No-one did more to create that spirit of play in the Globe than its first Artistic Director Mark Rylance. An actor of enormous distinction, and a leader of rare imagination, Mark showed both artists and audiences how to talk and listen to each other. It was the great good luck of the Globe that Mark was around at the right moment to help foster such a unique way of people coming together.

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‘O for a muse of fire...’ says the chorus in Henry V, inviting the listener to travel with him in a voyage of imagination. And the wild journeys of his plays, first travelled in English, soon multiplied into many fresh journeys, in a whole host of different tongues.

We are bringing together artists from all over the globe, to enjoy speaking these plays in their own language, in our Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for.

If you want to see Falstaff joke in Spanish, Leontes rage in Yoruba, Constance mourn in Armenian, Richard III scheme in Mandarin, Othello fall apart in hip-hop, Hamlet quiz the cosmos in Lithuanian, Viola enchant in Hindi, or Shylock seek his vengeance in Hebrew, then the Globe will be the place to be in early summer.

The artists will play the Globe way – telling stories through the word and the actor, complemented by costumes, music and dance – and will complete each play within two and-a-quarter hours (we hope).

In six weeks you can see all of Shakespeare’s plays, each in a different language, each by 37 international companies. If you want to stand, you can see all for only £100.

It is a unique opportunity to open our eyes to both Shakespeare and the world.

For more information and a schedule of performances during Globe to Globe please see the insert at the centreof this brochure.

Globe to Globe is part of the World Shakespeare Festival for the London 2012 Festival.

21 April – 3 June

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shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story

of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up in the real horrors of war.

The play which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’ celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ – and beyond.

Much loved for his performance as Prince Hal in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (2010), Jamie Parker returns to Hal’s journey as Henry V. Other credits include The History Boys at the National Theatre, on Broadway and on film.

Directed by Dominic Dromgoole

Designed by Jonathan Fensom

Composed by Claire van Kampen Jamie Parker as Henry V

By William ShakespeareFrom 7 June

Liverpool Playhouse 12-28 April

New Theatre, Cardiff1-5 May

Oxford Playhouse8-12 May

Cambridge Arts Theatre15-19 May

Theatre Royal Bath22-26 May

Salisbury international arts Festival (Playhouse)29 May-2 June

In association with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Touring nationally before playing at the Globe:

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Two wealthy sisters in Padua must be married off. The modest, demure Bianca has no shortage

of suitors, but who on earth will take the wild, ungovernable, shrewish Katherina? Only the gold-digging Petruchio, a man as maddeningly strong-willed and perverse as Katherina herself, is equal to the task of bullying her to the altar.

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.

By William ShakespeareFrom 23 June

Directed by Toby Frow

Designed by Mike Britton

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R ichard Duke of Gloucester is determined that he should wear the crown of England. He has

already despatched one king and that king’s son; now all that stand in his way are two credulous brothers and two helpless nephews – the Princes in the Tower. And woe betide those – the women he wrongs, the henchmen he betrays – who dare to raise a voice against him.

Monstrous, but theatrically electric, Richard is Shakespeare’s most charismatic, self-delighting villain, revelling at every moment in his homicidal, hypocritical journey to absolute power.

An all-male Original Practices production, exploring clothing, music, dance and settings possible in around 1593.

Mark Rylance’s most recent stage appearance was in the West End as Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron in Jerusalem at the Apollo Theatre.

Samuel Barnett’s stage credits include The History Boys (National Theatre, Broadway and film) and recently appeared in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Chichester and West End). Work for television in includes Desperate Romantics and Beautiful People (BBC).

By William ShakespeareFrom 14 July

Directed byTim Carroll Designed byJenny Tiramani Music byClaire van Kampen

MARK RYLANCE as Richard III

Samuel Barnett as Elizabeth

A co-production between Shakespeare’s Globe, Sonia Friedman Productions and Shakespeare Road.

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In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged – one by the lovesick lord Orsino

against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangers-on against the high-handedness of her steward, the pompous Malvolio. When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows.

Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with some of the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote.

The Globe revisits its award-winning Twelfth Night of 2002 with an all-male Original Practices production, exploring clothing, music, dance and settings possible in the Globe of around 1601.

Mark Rylance reprises his performance of Olivia in Twelfth Night, 10 years after its original premiere at Middle Temple Hall and The Globe.

Johnny Flynn’s theatre credits include Jerusalem (West End) and The Heretic (Royal Court) and is front man of folk rock band Johnny Flynn.

By William ShakespeareFrom 22 september

Directed byTim Carroll Designed byJenny Tiramani

Music byClaire van Kampen

MARK RYLANCE as Olivia

Johnny Flynn as Viola

Samuel Barnett as Sebastian

A co-production between Shakespeare’s Globe, Sonia Friedman Productions and Shakespeare Road.

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Following a widely acclaimed tour and run at the Globe in 2011, a handful of players will perform a raw, thrillingly elemental production of this inexhaustible play, lasting only two and a half hours, at the Globe and touring on an Elizabethan style stage.

Learning of the king his father’s death, Hamlet comes home to find his uncle married to his mother and installed on the Danish throne. At night, the ghost of the old king demands that Hamlet avenge his ‘foul and most unnatural murder.’

Encompassing political intrigue and sexual obsession, philosophical reflection and violent actions, tragic depth and wild humour, Hamlet is Shakespeare’s ‘poem unlimited’, a colossus in the story of the English language and the fullest expression of Shakespeare’s genius.

A reprisal of the much loved 2011 production, As You Like It runs the glorious gamut of pastoral romance: cross-dressing and love-notes; poetry and brilliant conversation; gentle satire, slapstick and passion.

Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke, falls in love with Orlando at a wrestling match, but her usurping uncle, jealous of her popularity banishes her from court.

Disguised as a boy she seeks out her father and his friends in the Forest of Arden.

Here she meets Orlando again and, under the guise of a young man, counsels him in the arts of love. Performed at the Globe and touring on an Elizabethan style stage, a small troupe of travelling players breathes new life into this firm favourite among Shakespeare’s comedies.

By William Shakespearefrom 11 june

By William Shakespearefrom 3 september

Written byHoward Brenton

Directed byJohn Dove

Designed byMichael Taylor

Composed by William Lyons

Hamlet and As You Like ItIf you can’t make it to a performance at the Globe, then pack your picnic rug and see it at another stunning open-air setting. For full tour details visit us online at shakespearesglobe.com

English Touring Theatre presents the Shakespeare’s Globe Production of

Supported by Arts Council England

Following two sell-out runs at the Globe in 2010 and 2011 Howard Brenton’s award-winning celebration of the great English heroine, Anne Boleyn, is taking to the road this spring.

Cambridge Arts Theatre15-17 March 2012

New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham20-24 March 2012

Grand Theatre Blackpool27-31 March 2012

Theatre Royal Brighton3-7 April 2012

Hall for Cornwall, Truro 10-14 April 2012

Darlington Civic Theatre17-21 April 2012

Malvern Theatres24-28 April 2012

Theatre Royal Bath1-5 May 2012

festival theatre, Edinburgh8-12 May 2012

Directed byDominic Dromgoole and Bill Buckhurst

Directed byJames Dacre

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Special events Globe education events

For performance schedule of productions in Globe to Globe please see centre insert.

AudioDescribedPerformances(matinees only)

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IMPORTANTINFORMATION

SPECIALEVENTS

GLOBE EDuCATION

Please read before booking.

VisibilityThe roof of the stage and all gallery seats are held up by pillars and there is no seat in the theatre from which the action is not obscured at some point.

WeatherAll seats are covered, but the theatre is open to the elements and performances continue whatever the weather.

StairsIf you have problems climbing stairs or suffer from vertigo you are advised to request tickets in the lower gallery.

Seating and yardSeating consists of wooden benches. Yard tickets are standing only, please do not bring shooting sticks or chairs.

CloakroomThere is no cloakroom for the theatre and patrons are asked to keep their belongings with them at all times. The management reserves the right to search any bag taken in to the theatre and refuse access with large items.

ChildrenA ticket is required for anyone aged 3 and over. If your child cries or causes a disturbance you will be asked to leave and may not be readmitted to the theatre.

How to find usBy underground Mansion House, Blackfriars, Cannon Street (District & Circle lines), London Bridge (Northern & Jubilee lines), Southwark (Jubilee line), St Paul’s (Central line).

By train London Bridge, Cannon Street, Blackfriars, Waterloo.

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COMEDY STORE PLAYERSThe Comedy Store Players return to the Globe with a stunning line up of six comedians presenting a night of hilarious and improvised comedy.

‘The best ad-lib ensemble in the UK.’ Evening Standard

‘amazingly inventive and sometimes take off into flights of surreal brilliance.’ Daily Telegraph

FRIENDS MEET THE CASTPost-matinee Q&A sessions with members of the casts. Open to Friends & Patrons of Shakespeare’s Globe and their guests only, and bookable via the Friends office. Please see the schedule for dates.

Sonnet SundayFree open day: 22nd April, 11.00am – 5.00pm Globe to Globe, the great carnival of languages, has its Opening Ceremony on 22nd April. We are throwing our doors open to the world on the Sunday before Shakespeare’s Birthday. Hear all of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets read in a host of different, often extraordinary languages, and in English – and let your palate revel in tastes from around the world.

Events complementing the Theatre Season run throughout the summer. Please see the schedule for dates.

SETTING THE SCENE Leading scholars provide introductions to the evening play, illustrated by Globe actors.

Tickets: £6 (£5 FoSG/concs, £4 students).

TALKING THEATRE Chaired Q&As with members of the theatre company.

Tickets: Free, but must be booked via Box Office.

PERSPECTIVE There will be three perspectives this year, including the annual perspective by John Wolfson (Honorary Curator of Rare Books, Shakespeare’s Globe). Details are to be confirmed. Please check the website for details or ask the Box Office.

Tickets: £10 (£8 FoSG/concs/students).

READ NOT DEAD Performances with scripts of rarely performed plays that complement the theatre season.

Tickets: £8 (£6 FoSG/concs/students).

RARELY PLAYED Inspiring and engaging introductions to the Read Not Dead performance.

Tickets: £13 (£10 FoSG/concs/students). Price includes ticket to Read Not Dead performance.

Study Days An exploration of the play involving discussions, talks and Q&As.

Tickets: £50 (£45 FoSG/concs, £40 students). Please note that the Study schedule will not include a performances of the play.

All information correct at the time of going to print. Shakespeare’s Globe reserves the right to make any alterations to the advertised arrangements, programme or cast without being obliged to offer refund or exchange.

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DELIVERY CHARGEAll mailed tickets are subject to a postal charge of £1.50 (UK) or £2.50 (groups and overseas).

REFuNDSShakespeare’s Globe cannot give refunds on any ticket sold.

EXCHANGESShakespeare’s Globe can exchange tickets for a later performance of the same production on condition that we receive the tickets at least 28 days before the performance. There is an administration fee of £2 per ticket, free for Friends of Shakespeare’s Globe.

Access InformationTel: 020 7902 1409 Fax: 020 7902 1401

10am-5pm Monday – Friday [email protected] An access guide is available in large print.

Yard £5 (Standing)

Lower/Middle/upper Galleries(Seated)

For Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III and Twelfth Night.

£15, £18, £23 (Restricted view)

£27 (Gentlemen’s rooms)

£32, £39

For Hamlet and As You Like It.

£15, £18, £20 (Restricted view)

£23 (Gentlemen’s rooms)

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CONCESSIONSunder 18s£3 off all seats.

DISABLED PATRONSHalf-price seats for disabled patrons plus one companion if required.

school/GROuP BOOKINGSBook ten seated tickets and get one additional ticket free.

Tickets must be for the same performance.

Please note there is limited availability for groups in all areas of the theatre. For groups including students aged under 18 a ratio of one adult per ten students is required. Adults must remain with their group throughout the performance.

For more information, please speak to a member of the Box Office or see school group terms and conditions online.

SPECIAL OFFERSFAMILY RATETop-price tickets £135 Second-price tickets £110

Family – two adults, two under 18s or one adult, three under 18s.Excludes Hamlet and As You Like It.

EXHIBITION OFFERPresent a valid ticket for any performance in the 2012 Theatre Season and receive £2 off entry to the Exhibition. One discount per person.

All offers subject to availability, and cannot be used with any other offer. Join our email list at shakespearesglobe.com for offers and updates throughout the season.

TOP uP DONATIONSWe receive no government funding and depend on our audiences to support our work and ambitions. Whilst booking your tickets please consider making an additional donation. Adding just a small amount to your ticket purchase will be of huge benefit to us. Funds generated from top-up donations this year will be directed towards the creation of our new indoor Jacobean theatre, which we hope will be complete by winter 2013.

Find out more: shakespearesglobe.com

HOW TO BOOK

BY PHONE020 7401 9919

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shakespearesglobe.comPlease read important information on p19 before booking.

Seating plans vary for each performance; for details please ask Box Office staff or consult online seating plans at the time of booking. All seats are priced according to visibility and there is no seat in the theatre from which the action is not obscured at some point.

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GLOBE THEATREON SCREENCinema releases of the acclaimed 2011 productions of Doctor Faustus, Much Ado About Nothing and All’s Well That Ends Well will take place during 2012 with DVD releases to follow.

DVDs of the 2009 productions of Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It and Love’s Labour’s Lost are available from the Globe Shop. The 2010 productions of Henry VIII, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 and The Merry Wives of Windsor will be available in due course.

Please visit the website or join our enewsletter for further information

EATING AND DRINKING

EXHIBITION ANDTHEATRE TOuRSShakespeare’s Globe has a comprehensive exhibition devoted to exploring the working life of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in London. The exhibition is open year-round and includes a tour of the Globe Theatre, led by one of our highly-skilled storytellers. During theatre performances, tours are taken to the nearby site of Bankside’s first theatre, the Rose.

GLOBE SHOP

GLOBE ONLINE

Shakespeare’s Globe shop is open every day, selling a range of merchandise connected to the 2012 theatre season as well as specially commissioned jewellery, clothing, books, music, DVDs and gifts.

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Visit shakespearesglobe.com and find out more about each production with photos, trailers, blogs, articles and Globe Education’s Adopt An Actor project. Sign up to our monthly newsletter online or follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@The_Globe) for all the latest news and updates.

Swan at the Globe sources ingredients from local suppliers and markets and transforms them into innovative modern British dishes.

The ground floor bar is open all day for eating and socialising. The Brasserie, with stunning views across the Thames, serves delicious food and is perfect for relaxing pre-theatre dining and special occasions. Swan on the Piazza serves Pimm’s and other treats for those who want a quick and tasty snack while watching a show.

020 7928 9444 (option 1) loveswan.co.uk

VENuE HIRE AND EVENTSShakespeare’s Globe has a variety of spaces which can be hired for events. From receptions and dinners to award ceremonies and workshops, there are stunning facilities for between 20 and 450 guests.

020 7928 9444 (option 2) loveswan.co.uk

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SuPPORT uSINDOOR THEATREIn winter 2013 we will open our doors of our second theatre here on the banks of the River Thames – our new Indoor Jacobean Theatre. It was always intended that we would have examples of both of the theatres for which Shakespeare wrote and it is not until now, 15 years after the Globe opened that we are able to achieve our vision. With this theatre we will produce plays all year round as we will introduce our first ever Winter Season, opening once the Globe Summer Theatre closes. The project to complete this theatre will cost £7million and we are securing these funds through charitable donations.

If you would like to make a contribution please get in touch with us. [email protected] or 020 7902 1547

NAME A SEATOur new Indoor Jacobean Theatre will be beautifully crafted, and more intimate that the Globe with only 320 seats. To raise funds for the building we are offering you the chance to become part of the theatre by naming a seat. The name of your choice will be etched onto the seat for years to come. Seat naming costs £3,000 and can be spread over several years.

Please contact us for more details. [email protected] or 020 7902 1457

FRIENDS & PATRONSJoin the Friends & Patrons of Shakespeare’s Globe and extend your support to our theatre. Friends & Patrons receive Priority Booking each year. In addition members receive three mailings a year and will have access to exclusive events.

A gift of a Friends or Patrons membership is a great way to support Shakespeare’s Globe and introduce your friends and family to our theatre.

Find out more about the benefits of upgrading or joining the Play Syndicate by contacting the Friends & Patrons office on 020 7902 5970 or email [email protected]

SuPPORTING THROuGH YOuR BuSINESSYou can get involved with Shakespeare’s Globe through your business, helping to directly support our Theatre, Education and community outreach programmes. We work with businesses in many different ways, offering a flexible and creative approach to develop collaborative partnerships that effectively meet your needs.

Gain priority booking and access to sold-out performances this season by joining as a Corporate Member. Make the most of everything the Globe has to offer with flexible ticketing, hospitality and marketing benefits, exclusive access, plus invitations and offers for your staff and business contacts to enjoy the huge variety of world-class work presented at the Globe every year.

Entertaining and hospitality opportunities are also available throughout the theatre season – from booking our Gentlemen’s Rooms, to hosting private events, to sponsorship of a performance of your choice throughout the season.

Find out more: 020 7902 1452 [email protected]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSOfficial London Hotel Partner: Grange Hotels

Transport Provided By: Ford

Globe to Globe Supporters:British Council, Daiwa Foundation and The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

DesignSmall Back Room

Concept photographyAmberly Valentine

PhotographyManuel HarlanKeith Pattison

Print Stirling

The Shakespeare Globe Trust, a limited company registered in England and Wales No. 1152238 and a registered charity No. 266916. Shakespeare Globe Trading Limited registered charity in England and Wales No. 997433.

Shakespeare’s Globe receives no annual government subsidy and we rely on the generosity of our Friends & Patrons, corporate partners and trust and foundation supporters. Thank you for your support of the Globe and our 2012 Theatre Season.

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Globe Theatre 2012 season brochure: The Play's The Thing

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