23 Feb 2010
RSC & Westminster Abbey present Shakespeare’s Kings & Westminster Abbey
Tuesdays evenings in Westminster Abbey
13 April – 11 May 2010 7.00pm-8.30pm
(SOLD OUT)
Members of the RSC Histories Ensemble will perform at Westminster Abbey this Spring when the Abbey joins forces with the Royal Shakespeare Company for a unique collaboration inspired by Shakespeare’s History Plays. Shakespeare’s Kings and Westminster Abbey will tell the story of six kings of England, all linked with Westminster Abbey as they battled for crown and kingdom in the turbulent times of medieval England.
Actors from the award-winning RSC Histories Ensemble will perform excerpts from the History Plays. Music from the period will be sung by Lay Vicars of The Westminster Abbey Choir. Nicholas Sagovksy, Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey will explain the historic context of the Plays.
Audiences will be seated in the historic setting of the coronation ‘theatre’- the place in Westminster Abbey where kings and queens of England have been crowned since 1066 and just metres away from the tombs of four kings: Edward III, Richard II, Henry V and Henry VII who will be featured in these special evenings of performance, music and interpretation.
Dates:
Edward III 13 April (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT)
Richard II 20 April (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT)
Henry IV 27 April (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT)
Henry V 4 May (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT)
Richard III and Henry VII 11 May (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT)