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White Hart Red Lion: The England of Shakespeare´s Histories
Nick Asbury
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Description for White Hart Red Lion: The England of Shakespeare´s Histories
Paperback.
To this day The White Hart and The Red Lion are two of the most popular names for a public house in England – both talismans that served as the insignia for Richard II and the banished Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, who usurped the throne in 1399. Nick Asbury acted in the Royal Shakespeare Company's famed Histories cycle which staged Shakespeare's vision of the deposition of Richard II through to the notorious Battle of Bosworth in 1485. With fellow RSC actors for company,Nick travels the country visiting the buildings, landscapes and former sites of war and intrigue that ... Read more
To this day The White Hart and The Red Lion are two of the most popular names for a public house in England – both talismans that served as the insignia for Richard II and the banished Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, who usurped the throne in 1399. Nick Asbury acted in the Royal Shakespeare Company's famed Histories cycle which staged Shakespeare's vision of the deposition of Richard II through to the notorious Battle of Bosworth in 1485. With fellow RSC actors for company,Nick travels the country visiting the buildings, landscapes and former sites of war and intrigue that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849432412
SKU
V9781849432412
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Nick Asbury
Nick Asbury has performed on stage and screen all over the world as an actor, professional pianist and guitarist. He played various characters in the famed RSC Histories cycle of plays, and was the official Royal Shakespeare Company ‘behind the scenes blogger’ that gave rise to his successful book Exit Pursued by a Badger.
Reviews for White Hart Red Lion: The England of Shakespeare´s Histories
'[An] enjoyable and sincere grand tour - fortified with pork pies and pinot grigio, accompanied on occasion by fellow Royal Shakespeare Company actors, and alternating between a campervan named Bongo and an open-topped MG, Asbury combines theatrical reminiscence and historical narrative.' The Times