The Shakespeare Globe Trust Annual Review 2009-10 1 2009 2010 November December January February March April 1 First of over 2,500 6 Staged reading of William 6 Shakespeare Theatre 13 First Heaven to Hell 5 Playing Shakespeare with 17 Annual Sonnet Walk schools workshops presented Smeaton’s The Return from Association of America 3-day backstage tour for Friends Deutsche Bank performance 23 Shakespeare’s Birthday by Globe Education Parnassus conference opens at the Globe and Patrons of Macbeth Celebrations; 2010 theatre throughout the year 9 ‘Some Little Account of 9 First of eleven 21 Staged reading of George 10 Qualifications and season, ‘Kings and Rogues’, 12 ‘Shakespeare’s Sonnets the Man’: a lecture by Charles undergraduate courses at the Granville’s The Jew of Venice Curriculum Development opens with Macbeth & Sex’: a lecture by Professor Nicholl Globe begins 22 Half-term events begin agency launch the new ‘Active 26 Annual Comedy Store Stanley Wells 10 Southwark Schools’ in Shakespeare’s Globe Shakespeare’ learning Players show at the Globe 18 ‘Sounding the Sonnets Concert for Winter Exhibition materials at the Globe 27 First ‘Setting the Scene’ that Shakespeare Spoke’: 22 Footsbarn’s A Christmas 18 Our Theatre production lecture a lecture by Professor David Cracker opens of A Midsummer Night’s Dream 29 The touring production Crystal 21 Sam Wanamaker Festival of A Midsummer Night’s Dream 28 Shakespeare Symposium: for drama schools opens in Greenwich ‘From Rowe to Shapiro’ 26 Rutgers University concludes its annual semester programme with a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream May June July August September OCTOber 1 First Childsplay workshop 6 Henry IV Part 1 opens 3 Henry IV Part 2 opens 14 Revival of the 2008 5 World premiere of Nell 7 ‘Shakespeare is German’ 9 Staged reading of Thomas 12 Sam’s Day: the Globe’s 18 Staged reading of John production of The Merry Wives Leyshon’s Bedlam season launches with the Betterton’s King Henry IV annual celebration of the life Banks’ Virtue Betrayed of Windsor opens 10 Issue 46 of Around the launch of Goethe on 15 Henry VIII opens and work of Sam Wanamaker 24 World premiere of 15 Staged reading of John Globe published Shakespeare 25 Presentation of Globe- 17 The touring production of Howard Brenton’s Anne Boleyn Fletcher and Philip 16 Teaching begins for the 11 Neil Constable starts as conceived As You Like It The Comedy of Errors opens in Massinger’s The Sea Voyage MA in Shakespeare Studies, the new Chief Executive of installation at Evelina Portsmouth 28 Eighteenth ‘Talking ‘Text and Playhouse’, with Shakespeare’s Globe Children’s Hospital, Lambeth 24 Sam Wanamaker Theatre’ event King’s College London 14 ‘Shakespeare – A German Fellowship Lecture delivered 19 Staged reading of John Writer’: a celebration with by Professor Peter Holland Fletcher’s The Chances Sebastian Koch 28 The Merry Wives of Windsor opens at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts, New York Contents Chairman’s Statement 6 Chief Executive’s Statement 8 Theatre 10 Education 12 Exhibition & Commercial Activities 14 Auditor’s Statement 16 Financial Commentary 18 Summarised Financial Statements 22 Income & Expenditure Charts 24 Supporters 25 Governance 26 Chairman’s Statement It seemed unlikely that the Globe’s 2010 a more handsome collection of spaces season could better last-year’s recession- in which to teach, learn and rehearse? busting performance, but it did! I’m The realisation of the Sackler Studios is delighted to report that in just about every a cause for double celebration, for it has area under review we’ve managed to go ushered in the next phase of our Second one better than 2008/9. At a time in which Stage Campaign – namely the completion the country at large has been fastening its of the Indoor Jacobean Theatre. The shell belt even tighter, the Globe has grown in of this building, so long divided up into the breadth, depth and popularity of all its provisional rehearsal and teaching spaces, activities. In addition, we have made a huge can now be vacated in readiness for its advance in the facilities the Globe can now conversion into the most exciting theatre offer our theatre companies and students. reconstruction in the country. When the This advance is the building now new auditorium opens in 2013, we shall containing the superb new Sackler Studios, be able to offer something approaching which was opened by HRH Prince Philip the kind of year-round programme of in November, just after the reported 12- productions that would have been familiar month period came to an end. The elegant to Shakespeare’s own company in the early exterior, preserving much of the character 1600s. It’s an exciting prospect. of the old premises once occupied by Sam In the meantime, as the reports in this Wanamaker in this project’s early years, review testify, we can look back on a year and the brilliantly conceived interior, of terrific artistic and educational complete with oak walls and state-of-the- achievement. It is always invidious to pick art audio equipment, are a credit to the out highlights – and particularly in such a architects and, more fundamentally, to rich and varied year – but I must mention the faith of all those supporters who the marvellous Henry IV plays, our first understand the value of our work and production of these masterpieces at the could see how much more we might Globe. This gave our audiences not just achieve given the resources to do so. Does a wonderful ensemble performance but any theatre in the country now possess 6 also, in Roger Allam, a truly unforgettable, of Peter Kyle, who, after leading the Olivier-award-winning Falstaff. And I must Globe through twelve exciting, sometimes also mention the world premiere of Howard turbulent years, stepped down as Chief Brenton’s gripping Anne Boleyn – richly Executive at the close of the year. He well deserving of the whatsonstage award for deserved the OBE given him in the recent best new play and further proof, if it was New Year’s Honours. I join all the Trustees needed, of the wonderful contribution and indeed everyone involved in the contemporary playwrights are making running of the Globe in thanking Peter to the artistic life of the Globe. On the for his wonderful work and in welcoming education side, the Playing Shakespeare his successor, Neil Constable. production of Macbeth marked the fourth I extend thanks, too, to my fellow Trustees year of our collaboration with Deutsche and in particular to Professor Sue Robertson Bank and brought over 14,000 students to and Lord Howell, who stepped down from see a play at the Globe at no cost, courtesy the Trust just before and during the period of Deutsche Bank’s generous sponsorship. under review. It is difficult to think of a more inspiring (or straightforward) way of bringing Founded on one man’s vision, driven by Shakespeare to so many young people. a small team of enthusiastic and committed Very different, but equally exciting, was professionals, supported by an army of ‘Shakespeare is German’, the mischievously devoted volunteers and over 6000 loyal titled series of imaginative public events Friends, sponsored by the generosity of which began towards the end of the year. individual donors and corporations, serving It was a season of which our late founder, a broad audience with a wide range of devoted as he was to the international services and run without a penny of public importance of Shakespeare, would have subsidy, Shakespeare’s Globe has been been proud. for many years an exemplar of what an energetic coalition of professionals and All these things and – as the following volunteers can deliver. Long may it continue. reports suggest – far, far more have been accomplished under difficult economic conditions, for which congratulations are Roger Parry due to the Globe’s hugely dedicated and Chairman skilled staff. And here I must also pay tribute to the magnificent stewardship 7 CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S STATEMENT It is a rare thing indeed to inherit a miracle has presented its most successful year ever, and to be charged with the task of looking not only in financial terms, but also in the after it, but that is precisely what happened extraordinary breadth and quality of its to me in 1998 when I was appointed the artistic and educational work. Globe’s first General Director. The Exhibition was completed in 2000 and Writing in September 1997, at the close of the Education and Rehearsal Centre was the Globe’s opening season of plays in the completed this year. Attention now turns completed theatre, Sir Michael Perry, then to the creation of the Indoor Jacobean Chairman of the Shakespeare Globe Trust, Theatre, which will provide a glorious new wrote, ‘I believe that achievement is one of addition to London’s theatrical landscape, the artistic and educational miracles of our and the completion of a Library and time’. He also cautioned, however, that, Research Centre in which to house the ‘The completion of this remarkable theatre remarkable collection of books gifted and the wonderful success of the Globe to the Globe by John Wolfson. The Trust’s Company’s 1997 season, though, must not fundraising task still has some way to go! be allowed to obscure the fact that the It has been my privilege and pleasure over Shakespeare Globe Trust still has a long the past twelve years to be the Globe’s distance to go. Plans for the Exhibition and Chief Executive and to work with a the Education Centre are not yet realized.