We are celebrating everyone’s resilience and creativity during the Covid-19 pandemic through a contest for Canadian members which, in turn, celebrates King Richard III.
Details and contest rules have been sent out via email and will be repeated in our Bulletin, the RIII. Check your inbox!
Image of Walker & Son’s shop window, Leicester, 2015, by Catya Hynard
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Stratford Festival has cancelled its season and the programming which was to accompany it. The Meighan Forum talk, scheduled for June 5, at which the Society was scheduled to speak, will not go forward. If you bought tickets, please check here for your options. https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/FAQ/Tickets
On June 5, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Sheilah O’Connor from the Canadian branch will speak on the real Richard III, accompanied by Matt Lewis skyping in from the U.K.. Matt is an author and member of the Society’s Executive Committee. Other speakers will talk about the play. Stratford is presenting Shakespeare’s Richard III this year with Colm Feore in the title role and directed by Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino.
Details and tickets are available at https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/TheForum/Richard-III-Discovered-Uncovered
On February 10, 2019, members in Toronto met to discuss John Ashdown-Hill’s book The Dublin King, using John’s own slide show which he had made available to everyone. Here Catya gives us a brief description of the afternoon.