![]() ![]() ‘These six fascinating and wonderfully different plays explore political power, the crumbling of imperial power, the power of young people, especially young women, to free themselves from expectation and find new ways of living, and the terrible psychological destruction of the murderous desire for power. Our young company have chosen to explore Hamlet, as it speaks so vividly of the fragility of the world we live in. The Folio invested enormous lasting power in one playwright, who was himself fascinated by how power is apportioned according to race, gender, class and birth right and how rarely the smartest and the bravest people are afforded power. ‘I have chosen five plays that would have been lost forever if we didn’t have the First Folio, published in an act of remarkable conviction in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death. Who has it, who doesn’t, how does it change a human being, when does it corrupt, and how might it disrupt and liberate? ‘ As the RSC embarks on a new chapter, with a fresh and fearless determination to look at ourselves and our world through the lens of Shakespeare’s plays, all of our creative activity in 2023 will address questions of power. The RSC will also mark the official opening of submissions for its nationwide playwriting project 37 Plays which will create a living folio of bold new work which captures the stories of our nation now.Įrica Whyman, Acting Artistic Director, said: ![]() Tickets for As You Like It and Macbethwill be available from early 2023. Public booking for The Tempest, Julius Caesar and Cymbeline opens on Monday 17 October. The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Cymbeline, As You Like It and Macbeth will run consecutively from January to October 2023 in a break from the Company’s usual repertory model. The season includes five titles that would have been lost forever if the First Folio had not been published in 1623 and a new production of Hamlet, chosen by Next Generation Act, the RSC’s young company for talented young people from backgrounds under-represented in the arts. The season will feature ambitious re-imaginings of six Shakespeare titles led by a fresh slate of directors, four of whom will present work in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for the first time. In the year which marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the RSC will present a series of new artistic commissions which address the question of power, who holds it, who should, how does it change human beings, how might power shift and what could be transformed in our world as a result. Hamlet presented by the RSC’s Next Generation Act young company directed by Paul AinsworthĮrica Whyman, Acting Artistic Director, today announced details of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s artistic programme for 2023.As You Like It directed by Omar Elerian.Julius Caesar directed by Atri Banerjee.The Tempest directed by Elizabeth Freestone with Alex Kingston as Prospero and introducing Jessica Rhodes as Miranda. ![]() POWER SHIFTS – A NEW SEASON OF SHAKESPEARE COMING TO THE RSC IN 2023Ī SEASON OF SHAKESPEARE EXPLORING SHIFTING LINES OF POWERįIVE PLAYS WE WOULD NOT HAVE TODAY WITHOUT THE 1623 FIRST FOLIOĪ NEW PRODUCTION OF HAMLET BY THE RSC’S YOUNG COMPANY ![]()
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