1976

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Centenary Production of Henry V

Foreword   HRH The Duke of Edinburgh The Centenary Season   Trevor Nunn, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company The Inheritance of Henry V   Sally Beauman An Introduction to the Play    Terry Hands, Director The Interviews Abdel Farrah (designer) Guy Woolfenden (composer) Alan Howard (Henry V) Emrys James (Chorus) Oliver Ford-Davies (Mountjoy) Trevor Peacock (Fluellen) Peter …

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In the Glassroom

“Dedicated to those who gaze out of windows when they should be paying attention”

Wagner and Nietzsche

Preface The Tristan Overture The Encounter Schopenhauer Tribschen: “Isle of the Blessed” Life with Friends Tragedy and Musical Drama Disrupting a Dream Worries and Doubts The First Festival Final Meeting The Apostasy Death in Venice Against Decadence Wahnfried Without Wagner The Summing Up Finale

Othello

English text is the Arden edition (edited by M. R. Ridley, 1958)