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THE BIBLE A recital of the King James Bible
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ritten in 1611, the King James Bible has proved over the last 400 years the undying power of the written and the spoken word. Celebrating that achievement, the Globe presents these texts clear and simple, in a theatre which is constantly working to make Jacobean words become flesh. B
Palm Sunday, 17 April 10am – 4pm Genesis, Exodus 4.30pm – Midnight Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy Monday 18 April 6pm – Midnight Joshua to 1 Samuel Tuesday 19 April 6pm – Midnight 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings Wednesday 20 April 6pm – Midnight 1 Chronicles to Nehemiah Maundy Thursday, 21 April 6pm – Midnight Esther, Job, Psalms
Good Friday, 22 April 9am – 4pm Proverbs to Lamentations 4.30pm – Midnight Ezekiel to the end of the Old Testament Easter Sunday, 24 April 9am – 12.30pm Matthew, Mark 1pm – 5pm Luke, John Easter Monday, 25 April 10am – 2.30pm The Acts to 2 Corinthians 3pm – 7.30pm Galatians to the end of the New Testament
You are encouraged to listen to these beautiful readings for as long as you wish during each session. Late and readmission are permitted but please be mindful and respectful of the performers and other audience members, especially when leaving or entering the auditorium.
WRITTEN by
William Shakespeare
From 23 April Midnight matinee 9 July
directed by
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ON TOUR
Jonathan Fensom
Composed by
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Joshua McGuire as Hamlet
If you can’t make it to a performance at the Globe, then pack your picnic rug and see it at another stunning setting. For full tour details visit us online at shakespearesglobe.com
Hamlet
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earning 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’. Hamlet is Shakespeare’s ‘poem unlimited’, a colossus in the story of the English language and the fullest expression of Shakespeare’s genius. Performed at the Globe and touring on an Elizabethan style stage, a handful of players will perform a raw, thrillingly elemental production of this inexhaustible play. H
WRITTEN by
William Shakespeare
directed by John Dove
DESIGNED BY
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William Lyons
JANIE DEE as Countess of Roussillon From 27 April
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
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elena loves the arrogant Bertram, and when she cures the King of France of his sickness, she claims Bertram as her reward. But her brand new husband attaches two conditions to their marriage – conditions he is sure will never be met. All’s Well That Ends Well brilliantly reverses all the usual expectations of Shakespearean comedy. Some of Shakespeare’s most inventive language gives life to a fantastic cast of frauds, cynics, sentimentalists and buffoons. Olivier-award winning actress Janie Dee is best known for Comic Potential in the West End and on Broadway. A
AS YOU LIKE IT
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n the enchanting Forest of Arden a game of love unfolds between Orlando and the disguised Rosalind. Performed at the Globe and touring on an Elizabethan style stage, a small troupe of travelling players breathe new life into this firm favourite among Shakespeare’s comedies. As You Like It celebrates the incomparable delights of love and runs the glorious gamut of pastoral romance. A WRITTEN by
ON TOUR
William Shakespeare
Directed by
James Dacre From 17 May Midnight matinee 26 August
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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WRITTEN by
William Shakespeare
DIRECTED BY
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EVE BEST as
Jeremy Herrin
Beatrice
Designed by
CHARLES EDWARDS
Mike Britton
as Benedick
From 21 May
laudio loves Hero and Hero Claudio and nothing seems capable of tearing them apart. Benedick loves Beatrice and Beatrice Benedick, but nothing seems capable of bringing them together. Driven along by a romance all the more charming for being unacknowledged, Much Ado About Nothing is a miracle of comic and dramatic suspense and one of Shakespeare’s brightest and wittiest comedies. Olivier-award winning actress Eve Best’s recent credits include The Homecoming (Broadway); A Moon for the Misbegotten (Old Vic, Broadway) and Hedda Gabler (Almeida Theatre). Screen credits include Nurse Jackie and The King’s Speech. Charles Edwards’ recent theatre credits include Twelfth Night (National Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Rose) and originating the role of Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps (West End and Broadway). M Eve Best will appear in performances until 10 September. Further casting to be confirmed.
‘The Tudor pack at their most snarling, scheming, ribald, pleasure-seeking and gaily entertaining’ Daily Telegraph
‘Compelling’ Financial Times
‘Challenges received wisdom and bulges with theatrical vitality’ The Guardian
‘Absorbing’ Independent on Sunday
‘Howard Brenton’s lively new drama illuminates the Globe in John Dove’s exuberant production’ Time Out
‘Engaging’ The Times
‘John Dove’s elegant production with period chamber music is rich, invigorating, historical drama’ Daily Mail
Quotes from the 2010 production of Anne Boleyn
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
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octor Faustus, restless for knowledge, forsakes scholarship for magic and makes a pact with the Devil: if the evil spirit Mephistopheles will serve him for 24 years, Faustus will leave his soul to the Devil after death. In Doctor Faustus, Marlowe puts some of the finest poetry ever written for the stage and a good deal of anarchic comedy at the service of a mythic tale illustrating mankind’s insatiable desire for knowledge and power. Paul Hilton was last seen at the Globe in 1998 as Orlando in As You Like It. Other credits include Rosmersholm (Almeida Theatre) and The Daughter-in-Law (Young Vic). D
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PAUL HILTON as Doctor Faustus
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From 18 June Midnight matinee 23 July
Christopher Marlowe Matthew Dunster Paul Wills
Jules Maxwell
ANNE BOLEYN
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celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn leaps between generations to reveal the debt the outrageous but scholarly James I owed to Anne when he shrewdly reconciled England’s religious factions by creating his common ‘authorised’ Bible. Anne Boleyn returns to the Globe after a sell-out run in 2010. Award-winning playwright Howard Brenton’s previous work at the Globe includes In Extremis. B
WRITTEN by
Howard Brenton
directed by
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William Lyons
JAMES GARNON as
John Dove
King James I
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From 8 July
Michael Taylor
THE GLOBE MYSTERIES
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eginning with the creation and ending with the last judgement, the English Mystery Cycles introduced aspects of medieval life into theatrical representations of the Bible. Lavish costumes, ballad singers and musicians bring a rich theatricality to Southwark this summer. The Globe Mysteries celebrate the spirit of street theatre and processional performance and take a fresh and contemporary look at The Mystery Plays as one of the most important influences on theatre. M A new version by Tony Harrison
directed by
Deborah Bruce
designed by
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Composed by
Olly Fox
From 5 August
THE GOD OF SOHO
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thief in heaven steals the divinity of the gods. Meanwhile down on earth some fetish items have been nicked from a reality TV star and she’s facing exposure in the tabloids. Sex shops and comedy, gods and homeless people all collide in a fierce, hectic and hilarious story about people looking for the divine. In Essex. As bracingly modern as Che Walker’s The Frontline, which thrilled Globe audiences in 2008 and 2009, The God of Soho is not for the faint-hearted. S
Bursting with dirty language and filthy content. WRITTEN by
Chris Hannan
Directed by Raz Shaw
Designed by
Hannah Clark From 27 August
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