English theatre

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English theatre

• Elina September
• Kristiina Karu
• C. R. Jakobson Gymnasium
• 11c
• Supervisors T. Pukk
• M. Maasen
• Viljandi
  

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Most important theatres
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The Globe
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Important facts of The Globe

• The original Globe opened in 1599.
• It burned down in 1613 and was immediately
  rebuilt.
• On 12 December 1996, Shakespeare's Globe was
  voted the best attraction in Europe.

• It was awarded in 1997 the European Tourism
  Initiative Golden Star Award.
• The target opening date was 21 September 1999, to
  celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first
  record of a performance at the original Globe.

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The reconstructed Globe stage

• The stage wall, or Frons Scenae, is decorated
  with reference to astrology and Greco-Roman
  mythology.
• The three galleries offer benches and mostly good
  sightlines.

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Shakespeares Globe

• Was founded by Sam Wanamaker.
• It is dedicated to the experience and
  international understanding of Shakespeare in
  performance.

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2002 Theatre season in The Globe

• Twelfth Night by W. Shakespeare
• A Midsummer Nights Dream by W. Shakespeare
• The Golden Ass by P. Oswald

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Twelfth Night by W. Shakespeare

• It was opened 11 May 2002.
• The Master of the Play is Tim Carroll and he was
  also the Master of the Play for Augustines Oak
  1999, The Two Noble Kinsmen 2000, and Macbeth
  2001 at The Shakespeares Globe.

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Twelfth Night

• Viola who had survived a shipwreck entered the
  service of Duke Orsino.
• She disguised as a man.
• Viola realised her problems have only just begun.

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A Midsummer Nights Dream by W. Shakespeare

• It was opened 26 May 2002
• The Master of the Play is Mike Alfreds who was
  also the Master of the Play for Cymbeline 2001 at
  The Shakespeares Globe.

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A Midsummer Nights Dream

• Young lovers find themselves in a magical forest.
• Elsewhere in the forest, a motley group of
  artisans becomes unwittingly caught up in
  Oberons machinations.

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The Golden Ass by P.Oswald

• It opens 3 August 2002
• The Master of the Play is Tim Carroll and he was
  also the Master of the Play for Augustines Oak
  1999, The Two Noble Kinsmen 2000, and Macbeth
  2001 at The Shakespeares Globe.

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The Royal National Theatre
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Important Facts of The Royal National Theatre

• The National's first performance was given in
  1963.
• First 13 years, the Company worked at the Old Vic
  Theatre.
• The new building was opened by The Queen in 1976.
• Consists of 3 halls.

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First Director of The National Theatre
Laurence Oliver (on the right)
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Laurence Oliver

• He was born 22 May 1907.
• He was the outstanding British actor of the 20th
  century.
• Olivier was knighted in 1947 and was made a life
  peer in 1970.
• He appeared in Wuthering Heights (1939), Henry V
  (1945), Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1956).
• He won Best Film and Best Actor awards for Hamlet
  from the Academy.

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• Olivier fought cancer and other ailments while
  working at a furious pace.
• In America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
  and Sciences awarded him a special Oscar "for the
  full body of his work, for "Lord Larry" the
  unique achievement of his entire career and his
  lifetime of contribution to the art of film.
• He died in 1981.

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Oliver Theatre

• Named after the first Director Laurence Oliver.
• It is the largest of the three theatres at the
  National.
• Accommodates 1,150 people.

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Cottesloe Theatre

• It is the smallest, the barest.
• The most potentially flexible and (for some
  people) the most potentially influential of the
  National houses.

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Lyttelton Theatre

• You can see and hear almost equally well from
  each of its 890 seats.
• Unlike most traditional theatres, the Lyttelton
  has an adjustable proscenium.

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Summary

• Common people do not go to the famous theatres
  very often and when they go they choose the play
  depending on who the author is and the actors are.