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'The Tempest' , Shakespeare's Globe 2013 (c) Marc Brenner

The Word of the Week is ‘Bluster’
Voiced by Matthew Raymond

Masques were a major innovation in royal entertainment in the Jacobean period, possibly introduced by Anne of Denmark. They featured allegorical figures, some very heavy obsequiousness, music, verse and elaborate staging and costumes…

John Light in 'A New World', Shakespeare's Globe 2009 (c) John Haynes

The Word of the Week is ‘Meed’
Voiced by John Light

Shakespeare's Globe 2010 'Henry IV, Part 2' (c) John Haynes

The Word of the Week is ‘Garboil’
Voiced by Jason Baughan

The Tempest by Dhaka Theatre in Bangla (C) Simon Kane

As I left the Globe on Monday night, my first thought was ‘Well, it’s The Tempest, Chris, but not as you know it’….

Viands An item of food Mentioned in Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Henry VI Part III, The Merchant of Venice, Pericles, The Tempest and Troilus and Cressida. Spoken by Simon Kerr.