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The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has been the home to such starry actors as Christopher Plummer, Brian Bedford and, more recently, Colm Feore — each a superb performer able to negotiate major classical roles with astonishing dexterity.
A funny thing happened on the way to the two musicals on view at the 2009 Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
They may call it the Stratford Shakespeare Festival but it is one of the Bard's contemporaries — Ben Jonson — who gets the most unexpected and satisfying showcase during the first half of the renown repertory theater's 2009 season.
I was actually upstairs in the study when the fire in Stratford, London started. I had the news on downstairs on the TV but I didn't get to see it until the immediate effects of the blaze had become dramatically obvious.
Toxic fume fears as massive fire at Olympic site shrouds London in smokePolice have issued an asbestos warning after a massive blaze broke out on the edge of the Olympic Village in east London. Firefighters rushed to the scene, a disued bus depot, in Stratford, shortly after 12pm after receiving dozens of emergency calls from terrified witnesses.
Reports are emerging of a huge fire at an abandoned bus depot in Stratford, East London, England. A vast, black plume of smoke, visible from as far afield as Fulham and Shepherds Bush in the West of the city.
A huge pall of black smoke can be seen rising up into the sky over the City of London today. It is thought to originate in the Stratford area. There are no official statements yet. Fire crews have been seen racing to the area.
Radioactive poison found on Olympic Games site Olympic chiefs have discovered radioactive contamination on the Games site. Hotspots of the highly poisonous heavy metal radium-226 were discovered near Stratford.
Renowned Canadian Actor William Hutt Dies at 87William Hutt, widely considered one of the finest Shakespearean actors of the 20th century, has died at the age of 87. The announcement came Wednesday from the Stratford Festival, where the stage legend spent 39 seasons captivating audiences.
The debate over Shakespeare's authorship is one that stems back to the 18th century, when anit-Stratfordians first claimed Bacon was the true author. Realizing all the fallacies in their choice they redirected their argument to Robert De Vere, Earl of Oxford.
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