"Cardiff Shakespeare Readers" is a group for people to get together and experience ALL the great playwright's works as they were intended - spoken aloud!

PAST READINGS

Click below to see cast lists for each of the readings that have taken place so far. In addition many have articles relating to the plays and trace a sort of biography of William Shakespeare through the chronology of his plays and poems.

 

 

 

 
About Us
Forthcoming Readings
How to join us and Venue Information
Schedule
Past Readings and Information
Links

 

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (SEPT 2007)

Shakespeare's Beginnings

 

TAMING OF THE SHREW (OCT 2007)

Mrs Shakespeare

 

HENRY VI PART 2 (NOV 2007)

The Political Situation

 

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (DEC 2007)

 

HENRY VI PART 3 (JAN 2008)

 

TITUS ANDRONICUS (FEB 2008)

Shakespeare makes his mark

 

HENRY VI PART 1 (MARCH 2008)

Heat Magazine: 1592 Edition

 

COMEDY OF ERRORS (APRIL 2008)

Writing within constraints

 

RICHARD III (May 2008)

 

THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE, VENUS AND ADONIS (June 2008)

 

RICHARD II (July 2008)

1594: Events and the Lord Chamberlain's Men

 

ROMEO AND JULIET (August 2008)

Shakespeare and the Welsh

 

THE RAPE OF LUCRECE (September 2008)

Metre, Rhythm and Iambic Pentameter: What does it all mean?

 

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (October 2008)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – it’s all about Wales, is it?

 

KING JOHN (November 2008)

Or now you see it, now you don’t

 

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (December 2008)

Will Shakespeare: Proto Feminist?

 

HENRY IV PART 1 (JANUARY 2009)

Will's Dads

 

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (FEBRUARY 2009)

Mischievous Shakespeare

 

HENRY IV PART 2 (MARCH 2009)

The many faces of Will

 

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (APRIL 2009)

Verse and Prose

 

THE SONNETS (MAY 2009)

Rhyming in Shakespeare

 

HENRY V (JUNE 2009)

 

JULIUS CAESAR (JULY 2009)

 

A LOVER'S COMPLAINT (AUGUST 2009)

 

AS YOU LIKE IT (SEPTEMBER 2009)

Seven Ages of Antithesis

 

HAMLET (OCTOBER 2009)

 

Email: info@cardiffshakespearereaders.co.uk