RSC Music & Speeches : Timon of Athens
by Royal Shakespeare Company (Company), Richard Rodney Bennett (Music [1965 production]), Michael Bruce (Music), Kathryn Hunter (Actor [Timon of Athens]), William Shakespeare (Original play)
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From the 2018 Royal Shakespeare Company production directed by Simon Godwin.
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There cannot be another contemporary British composer with Richard Rodney Bennett's breadth of musical experience and interests or one whose music has been heard more widely throughout the world. Once a leading figure in the generation of 1960s avant gardistes and student of Pierre Boulez, whose writings he once translated, he has always been at show more the heart of British music making, creating works for all the major orchestras, the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet. The composer of a dozen concertos and a large body of orchestral and chamber works, he is also creator of classic scores for film and television, among them Far from the Madding Crowd, Nicholas and Alexandra and the unforgettable Murder on the Orient Express. Bennett is also a jazz composer and pianist possessed of a beguiling baritone voice. show less
William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616 Although there are many myths and mysteries surrounding William Shakespeare, a great deal is actually known about his life. He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, son of John Shakespeare, a prosperous merchant and local politician and Mary Arden, who had the wealth to send their oldest son to Stratford Grammar School. show more At 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the 27-year-old daughter of a local farmer, and they had their first daughter six months later. He probably developed an interest in theatre by watching plays performed by traveling players in Stratford while still in his youth. Some time before 1592, he left his family to take up residence in London, where he began acting and writing plays and poetry. By 1594 Shakespeare had become a member and part owner of an acting company called The Lord Chamberlain's Men, where he soon became the company's principal playwright. His plays enjoyed great popularity and high critical acclaim in the newly built Globe Theatre. It was through his popularity that the troupe gained the attention of the new king, James I, who appointed them the King's Players in 1603. Before retiring to Stratford in 1613, after the Globe burned down, he wrote more than three dozen plays (that we are sure of) and more than 150 sonnets. He was celebrated by Ben Jonson, one of the leading playwrights of the day, as a writer who would be "not for an age, but for all time," a prediction that has proved to be true. Today, Shakespeare towers over all other English writers and has few rivals in any language. His genius and creativity continue to astound scholars, and his plays continue to delight audiences. Many have served as the basis for operas, ballets, musical compositions, and films. While Jonson and other writers labored over their plays, Shakespeare seems to have had the ability to turn out work of exceptionally high caliber at an amazing speed. At the height of his career, he wrote an average of two plays a year as well as dozens of poems, songs, and possibly even verses for tombstones and heraldic shields, all while he continued to act in the plays performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men. This staggering output is even more impressive when one considers its variety. Except for the English history plays, he never wrote the same kind of play twice. He seems to have had a good deal of fun in trying his hand at every kind of play. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, all published on 1609, most of which were dedicated to his patron Henry Wriothsley, The Earl of Southhampton. He also wrote 13 comedies, 13 histories, 6 tragedies, and 4 tragecomedies. He died at Stratford-upon-Avon April 23, 1616, and was buried two days later on the grounds of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. His cause of death was unknown, but it is surmised that he knew he was dying. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- RSC Music & Speeches : Timon of Athens
- Original publication date
- 2018-12-13
- People/Characters
- Timon of Athens; Alcibiades; Apemantus; Flavius; Flaminius; Servilius (show all 17); Lucilius; Ventidius; Lucullus; Lucius; Sempronius; Titus; Hortensius; Philotus; Phrynia; Timandra; Cupid
- Important places
- Ancient Greece; Athens, Greece; Greece
- Important events
- Classical Antiquity; 5th century BCE
- Related movies
- Timon of Athens (2019 | IMDb)
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 781.5520942489
- Disambiguation notice
- Music by Michael Bruce from the 2018 production in the Swan Theatre production directed by Simon Godwin.
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- Music, Fiction and Literature
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- 781.5520942489 — Arts & recreation Music General principles and musical forms Kinds of music Music accompanying public entertainments Dramatic music modified standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Europe England & Wales Midlands of England Warwickshire Stratford-upon-Avon District
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