Ludlow Festival


His plays and adaptations have been performed in many countries and in many languages. Among the many adaptations Berkoff has created for the stage, directed and toured, are Kafka's Metamorphosis and The Trial, Agamemnon after Aeschylus, and Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. He has directed and toured productions of Shakespeare's Coriolanus also playing the title role, Richard II, Hamlet and Macbeth, as well as Oscar Wilde's Salome.

To quote Steven Berkoff, "Richard II is one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, in that although Richard is a terrible king he is, conversely, a marvellous poet. As for so many of Shakespeare's villains, their poetry improves as their fortunes decline. Richard is less a villain than a vain, greedy and self-obsessed king, who sees himself as England and exiles Bolingbroke his cousin as a potential threat. Like so much in recent history, merely being powerful would seem tantamount to demanding mindless worship and endless genuflecting. But kingship cannot be just given without a commensurate effort to be worthy of the office., which Richard obviously is not. His corruption eventually brings his downfall, as Bolingbroke returns with his followers to rid England of this weak and vainglorious parasite."

Don't miss this rare opportnity to see Shakespeare performed at it's absolute best.

Jackie Miller

Just a reminder for anyone wishing to see Richard II directed by one of the leading figures in British theatre since the sixties, Steven Berkoff, to make contact with the festival box office as soon as possible on +44 (0) 1584 872150. Email: mailto:admin@ludlowfestival.co.uk

Colliers Hill (http://www.colliershill.co.uk)is the ideal venue for your conference, off-site meeting, product launches or just somewhere to meet away from the madding crowd. If you are planning an up-coming event that you want to base around a particular theme, then contact Jackie at Colliers Hill on 0044 (0)1299 832 247 ? she will be delighted to help you with your planning.







Related News



Nevada Humanities accepting nominations and applications for board ... - UNR NevadaNews

UNR NevadaNews

Nevada Humanities accepting nominations and applications for board ...
UNR NevadaNews, NV -Jul 17, 2008
Nevada Humanities is a statewide organization, and board members are selected for geographic and occupational diversity, their skills and talents, ...

Humanities Cyberinfrastructure: Project Bamboo - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

Humanities Cyberinfrastructure: Project Bamboo
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) -Jul 17, 2008
The term was put into play by the Atkins report on cyberinfrastructure for science and engineering, and extended to the humanities a couple of years ago by ...

Hi-tech deluge - Hindu

Hindu

Hi-tech deluge
Hindu, India -18 hours ago
Another academic year has started in the senior secondary schools and junior colleges in Andhra Pradesh without the humanities stream being offered to ...


MHS humanities students cross the pond - Star Community Newspapers

Star Community Newspapers

MHS humanities students cross the pond
Star Community Newspapers, TX -13 hours ago
By Lynne Weinberger, Special to the Courier-Gazette Several of Kacie Krug’s humanities students took the plunge and began their long-awaited adventure ...

Moahi is dean of faculty of humanities - Mmegi Online

Moahi is dean of faculty of humanities
Mmegi Online, Botswana -Jul 15, 2008
The University of Botswana has appointed Dr Kgomotso Moahi as the new Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. Dr Moahi who has been Head of the Department of ...

The Princeton Bamboo Workshop - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

The Princeton Bamboo Workshop
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) -Jul 18, 2008
It was a diverse and quite remarkable group of humanities scholars, librarians, IT specialists, and others concerned with arts and humanities research (and, ...

Overuse of metrics to judge research criticised - guardian.co.uk

Overuse of metrics to judge research criticised
guardian.co.uk, UK -Jul 18, 2008
She said there was "widespread concern" among academics over the proposals, especially in humanities and social science disciplines. ...
Surrey Professor named Fellow of the British AcademyBallard Communications Management (press release)
all 3 news articles

Logan's humanities chairman dead at 62 - The Southern

Logan's humanities chairman dead at 62
The Southern, IL -Jul 17, 2008
Montaño, John A. Logan College professor and chairman of the Humanities Department, died in his home Tuesday. Montaño, 62, was born in Tumaco, Colombia. ...

Birnbaum named to Foundation for Humanities board - Brookline TAB

Birnbaum named to Foundation for Humanities board
Brookline TAB, MA -Jul 19, 2008
Ben Birnbaum of Brookline was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities by Gov. Deval Patrick. ...

Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture renames its Summer ... - Dallas Morning News

Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture renames its Summer ...
Dallas Morning News, TX -Jul 18, 2008
The Teachers Academy of The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture has renamed its Summer Institute for Teachers, now 25 years old, the Sue Rose Summer ...