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Thomas Cromwell on stage
By Joan Redmond Next month sees the London opening of the theatrical productions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the two hugely successful novels by Hilary Mantel that focus on the life of Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell rose to become Henry VIII’s chief minister during the tumultuous 1530s, which witnessed the rise and fall…
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‘Come From Away’: Can historical methodology and theatre co-exist?
By Charlotte Coyne (@charlottecoyne_) Recently, there has been a rise in the number of musical theatre productions which choose to depict historical events. Many even delve into discussing historiography and the process of creating history as a major theme of the show. Most lauded among these is, of course, Hamilton: An American Musical, to which…
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4. The History of Pantomime
By Zara Kesterton (@ZaraKesterton) In 1728, the English dancer and writer John Weaver published The History of the Mimes and Pantomimes. Weaver has been widely credited with introducing the pantomime to England – although his pantomime of the eighteenth century is not what we would recognise today. Audiences at a modern British pantomime expect a…
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