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White Hart Red Lion Nick Asbury

White Hart Red Lion By Nick Asbury

White Hart Red Lion by Nick Asbury


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Summary

Shakespearean actor Nick Asbury travel across England, visiting the locations that feature in the famed History cycle of plays, written by the worlds greatest playwright. Giving a unique insight into British history, Asbury also sheds light on the life of an actor revisiting the lands and haunts of the characters he once played.

White Hart Red Lion Summary

White Hart Red Lion: The England of Shakespeare's Histories by Nick Asbury

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 feature in the plays, and asks the question: what is it about the England of Shakespeare's Histories that continues to fascinate? From Alnwick to Eastcheap, Windsor Castle to a Leicester car park, this is his snapshot of England and its people, then and now.

White Hart Red Lion Reviews

'[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

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.

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GOR007948107
9781849432412
1849432414
White Hart Red Lion: The England of Shakespeare's Histories by Nick Asbury
Used - Like New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20130607
136
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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