SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD
This tour offers the chance to attend three Royal Shakespeare Company performances. At the recently transformed Royal Shakespeare Theatre we will see Twelfth Night, directed by RSC Associate Director David Farr, and at the Swan Theatre we will see two historical plays exploring the struggle for power and the right to lead a nation: King John and Richard III, the former directed by Maria Aberg and the latter by RSC Associate Director Roxana Silbert.
There will be a handful of formal and informal talks by our tour director and guest speakers, with the hope that, as in previous years, an actor of the calibre of Greg Hicks and Jonathan Slinger will address our group.
An excursion to admire the splendours of Compton Verney, a Robert Adam mansion set in a Capability Brown landscape, and a visit to view a display of archive material at the Shakespeare Library conclude our four day tour.
We stay in the heart of Stratford upon Avon, at the historic Mercure Shakespeare Hotel.
This tour will be led by Vivien Heilbron, Shakespearean actress, Emmy nominee and honorary fellow of Stratford’s Shakespeare Institute.
Itinerary
Day 1Check-in 1400 onwards at the Mercure Shakespeare Hotel, Stratford, in time for 1515 introduction to King John. Evening: King John at the Swan Theatre.
Day 2Morning: walking tour of Stratford and post-performance discussion on King John. Afternoon: an introduction to Richard III. Evening: Richard III at the Swan Theatre.
Day 3Morning: by coach to Compton Varney (Rpbert Adam mansion in Capability Brown landscape). Afternoon: post-performance discussion on Richard III and introduction to Twelfth Night. Evening: Twelfth Night at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Day 4Morning: post-performance discussion on Twelfth Night followed by visit to the Shakespeare Library. Tour disperses 1200.
