2021 Summer School Schedule

Date Session 1 Session 2 Green Room Production film available 10 – 11am 12 – 1pm conversation between 6 – 10pm 2.30 – 3.30pm Monday 23 August Henry VI Part 1 (2021)

Watch our rehearsal room run through of the play. Tuesday 24 August Making History at the RSC Discovering Henry VI and his Join other Summer Queen, Margaret Schoolers in Focus: Henry VI and The staging of Shakespeare’s conversation on the Histories History Cycle can be a defining RSC actors Mark Quartley, Zoom. moment in an Artistic Director’s Mariah Gale and Katy Stephens tenure at the RSC. In discussion discuss their approaches and with actor Andrew French, experiences of playing one of theatre critic Michael Billington Shakespeare’s most conflicted will reflect on some of the RSC’s kings, Henry VI, and his strong seminal productions and ask if queen, Margaret, in this live the History Cycle is Shakespeare’s webinar. masterwork. Wednesday 25 August How Do You Solve a Problem Shakespeare Now: A Join other Summer (1964) Like Shakespeare? Conversation Across Time Schoolers in Focus: Challenging (NB this session will be 1-2pm) conversation on A multi-camera recording Shakespeare In this lecture, Dr Andy Kesson Zoom. made at the Aldwych will ask what Shakespeare meant Erica Whyman, Iqbal Khan and Theatre of Clifford Williams’ in his own time and what he Charlotte Arrowsmith talk with staging, starring Ian means today, exploring the early Jacqui O’Hanlon about how to Richardson, Alec McCowen, theatres that the playwright ensure we can all see ourselves , Janet Suzman joined to ask how Shakespeare reflected in the staging and and . fitted in to that community and casting of Shakespeare plays in how he has come to represent this period of accelerated them today. change. 2021 Summer School Schedule

Thursday 26 August Insight: Staging The Comedy of The Comedy of Errors, Farce, Join other Summer Richard III (1964) Errors in 2021 and the RSC Schoolers in Focus: The Comedy of conversation on The third part of the Wars of Errors Members of the company discuss Professor Michael Dobson Zoom. the Roses trilogy created by the current production and prac- explores how Clifford Williams' Peter Hall and John Barton tically explore key scenes, live production of Shakespeare's and recorded on the stage of from the Ashcroft Room. most farcical comedy turned the Royal Shakespeare out to be one of the RSC's most Theatre. Starring , popular and long-lived Janet Suzman and Peggy productions of the 1960s. Ashcroft.

Friday 27 August Richard III: Tyranny International Was ever woman in this Join other Summer humour wooed? Schoolers in Focus: Richard III Of all Shakespeare's history plays, conversation on Actors Pippa Nixon, Aidan Richard III is the one which has Zoom. McArdle and Jonathan Slinger enjoyed most attention outside share their memories and the Anglophone world. In this il- experiences of playing the grief- lustrated lecture Dr Jessica Chiba stricken widow, Lady Anne, and places Ian Holm's classic RSC per- the murderous King Richard at formance in the title role in the the RSC in this live webinar. context of the play's continuing

appeal and influence worldwide.

Please note: sessions and speakers are subject to change. Any changes will be reflected on the links sent through nearer the time. Webinars and Green Room conversations will take place over Zoom, while the filmed productions and live recordings will be broadcast using Vimeo. To find out more about the technical requirements for the Summer School, please visit our Technical FAQs page. Other resources, including production images and recorded content from leading academics and The Mirror and the Light author Hilary Mantel, will also be available to access during the Summer School. These, and links to all the sessions, will be sent out closer to the time.