Shakespeare Improved | He's got it wrong
About the Show
Shakespeare Improved 1st May, 5:00pm - York St John University Creative Centre Auditorium Free to attend, donations gratefully accepted For the last 450 years, hordes of critics, scholars and jealous writers have been energetically doing their best to show exactly why and where Shakespeare has got it wrong. Whether because he is too long, too hard to understand, too posh, too violent, too bawdy, too rough, too unstructured, too wordy, too unpoetic, or too rude 'to read to your servants without embarrassment', there has never been a shortage of those eager to point out his shortcomings. Two globetrotting Shakespeare enthusiasts, Ryuta Minami, one of Japan's leading scholars, and Irish actor and director Ronan Paterson, with the help of some of our actors, demonstrate a few of the improvements suggested to Shakespeare 'purely for his own good'. With contributors from a man named Looney to Thomas Bowdler, from Nahum Tate and David Garrick to Mark Twain, Norma Shearer and John Gilbert, these generous souls offer a repair kit for the poor, misguided Bard.
Booking Information
On each of our events we offer a ticket option called Pass It On! If you purchase any number of these tickets, we will gratefully pass them on to people who otherwise would be unable to attend due to financial barriers, with a special focus on refugees and asylum seekers. Would you like to be considered for a Pass It On! ticket? Contact us at info@yorkshakes.co.uk --- All tickets for our events have an added 10% to help cover our ticket processing surcharge. Tickets purchased in person are not subject to this charge, but we cannot guarantee availability without booking in advance. --- There is a hearing loop and a limited number of wheelchair spaces available at this venue. Please contact us via phone call at 07784819412 or email at skylar@parrabbola.co.uk to discuss accessibility measures or to request a wheelchair ticket. --- No longer able to attend? We understand - things happen. If you are no longer able to attend we ask that you let us know as far in advance as possible so we can re-sell your ticket. We will offer refunds and aim to process these within 30 days. Contact us at info@yorkshakes.co.uk for more information and to request a cancellation.
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In 2024, your donations will go towards...
-the creation of an original performance by actors from Ukraine and artists from York
-storytelling workshops in schools and libraries across Yorkshire
-identity building workshops for secondary students delivered by renowned international artists
-university students receiving hands-on work experience in event management and international literature
And so much more!
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