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A Midsummer Night's Dream (c) Fiona Moorhead 2010

Touring was in Shakespeare’s blood and in the blood of the company of actors he worked with which is why It was with great pride that we resurrected this tradition in summer 2007…

To celebrate International Women’s Day our research team looked at the Taming of the Shrew and its relationship with twentieth century feminism…

Globe to Globe Festival (c) Fiona Moorhead 2012

Staff at the Globe reflect on a thrilling year of theatre, inspiring stories, fun and the all important weather….

As You Like It (c) Fiona Moorhead

Globe regular Emma Holland tells us what she thought of the final Midnight Matinee of the season…

Fairies at play

Word of the Week: Gamesome
Voiced by Louise Gilbert

Samantha Spiro: Katherina, Sarah MacRae: Bianca. Img (c) Manuel Harlan

On Friday 3 August I attended the Midnight Matinee of The Taming of the Shrew with my friend Eva, here’s what we thought of it….

John Wolfson (c) Shakespeare's Globe

John Wolfson, the Honorary Curator of Rare Books at the Globe, presented his fifteenth annual lecture…

The Taming of the Shrew (c) Manuel Harlan

Word of the week: Raiment, n. Clothing, vestments, voiced by Sian-Estelle Petty

Word for Wednesday – Habiliments: n. Clothing, vestments, voiced by Simon Kerr

The Taming of the Shrew in Urdu by Wallay Theatre (C) Simon Annand

Theatre Wallay’s Shrew began with the dignified but genial Salman Shahid – the production’s Baptista – announcing that the performance would be in Urdu…