13 April 2010 at 7:00 pm
THIS EVENT IS NOW 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 Sagovsky, 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.
£15.00.
£8.00 (students/schools)
There are a limited number of tickets available for this event which can purchased at the Westminster Abbey shop and Chapter Office, Dean’s Yard.
If you wish to pay by cheque, please download the following booking form and return it together with a stamped addressed envelope to: Shakespeare’s Kings & Westminster Abbey: Room 2010; The Chapter Office, 20 Dean’s Yard, Westminster Abbey, LONDON SW1P 3PA
Booking Form (WORD DOC, 168 KB)
Please allow 10 working days for your booking to be processed. Applications received after five working days before the relevant evening of Shakespeare’s Kings will be for collection only on the night.
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