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British
Shakespeare Company
The British Shakespeare
Company is the best known and most successful open-air Shakespeare
company in Great Britain. As a performer of Shakespeare's works,
it is second in size and reputation only to the RSC. Since its inception
the British Shakespeare Company has achieved critical acclaim for
its productions throughout Great Britain and internationally.
The
British Shakespeare Company has performed over 1500 shows entertained
hundreds of thousands of people, employed hundreds of actors – from movie stars to
the finest classically-trained verse-speakers – and has toured
all around England and beyond. In addition to remaining an active
and vibrant touring company, The British Shakespeare Company will
be building a replica-Elizabethan Playhouse in the North of England.
The Rose Theatre will be a National Landmark, a living history and
educational centre, a major tourist attraction and, most importantly,
home to wonderful open-air theatre.
The
tradition of open-air theatre is deeply rooted in British culture
and it is this tradition that has always inspired the British Shakespeare
Company. Fifteen years ago, actor-manager Robert
J Williamson set
about creating a festival in his home town of Leeds. This festival
is now one of the largest professional Shakespeare festivals in the
UK, attracting 15,000 people annually.
As
well as being "Britain's
largest and best loved open-air Shakespeare Company" (the BBC),
The British Shakespeare Company has performed in London's West End,
at major repertory theatres and even at Royal Palaces.
The
British Shakespeare Company has just completed its first film Sweet
Swan of Avon, filming across England and Norway, which will be released
internationally at the end of 2009. This includes scenes from 15
of Shakespeare’s
plays, which means the BSC has visited more of the cannon on film
than any other company.
The
British Shakespeare Company also put forward the idea of a National
Shakespeare Day to be held on 23 April which received cross-party
support and widespread news coverage. The company’s suggestion
to send out 'Shakespeare Packs' to schools for children of all ages
to give them an early and fun introduction to Shakespeare has now
been taken up as government policy.
The
British Shakespeare Company aims to capture the imagination of the
public by presenting the Bard’s greatest works in a clear,
engaging and dynamic style. |
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