People will point to the fact that London has Shakespeare's Globe which, against the view of sceptics like myself, has turned out to be a roaring success. Without wishing to go over old ground, however, I still think there is something sentimental about this urge to rebuild the past. The Elizabethan theatre was not a perfect model: simply a stage in the evolution of the playhouse. Even when it was first built in , audiences complained that the Globe's massive pillars obstructed sightlines; and it's worth noting that Shakespeare's company, the King's Men , moved to the indoor, all-seated Blackfriars theatre at the first opportunity.
Recreating the Rose, with all its primitive inconvenience, is rather like building a terraced football-stadium as a pious gesture towards soccer history. I am all for studying the past; but I think we should learn from it and move on. What I am really against is replica culture. That would include Prince Charles's attempts to fill our streets and avenues with mock-Georgian architecture or the efforts of Sarah Waters and others to write pastiche Victorian thrillers: the simple truth is that the copies are never as good as the originals.
Even period-instrument orchestras leave me with mixed feelings: I can see that they provide a leaner, more authentic sound but they can also suffer from an anaemic academicism. We live, believe it or not, in the 21st century. And I would rather new buildings, theatres especially, answered our own needs rather than strove to imitate the past.
So let the north, by all means, have a Shakespeare centre for performance and study. But, speaking as a southern interloper, I'd say the logical base should be Halifax, where Barrie Rutter has turned Northern Broadsides into a going concern. He has also proved that there is a public hunger not just for Shakespeare but for Greek tragedy and period comedy played with gusto and vigour.
For all the generosity of Judi Dench, I'm not sure that I see a transplanted Rose as a similarly viable proposition: for a start, it might find it hard to tap into the massive tourist audience that helps keep the Bankside Globe filled night after night. One of her breakout roles was playing Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. Due to her involvement in various causes, Dench advanced to Dame in She continued to play the role in Bond films through Spectre in Throughout her prolific film career, Dench never left her love for theater behind.
Coming up later in , Dench will be seen in Belfast, where she stars alongside Jamie Dornan. A lifelong philanthropist, Dench supports wildlife conservation causes like Fauna and Flora International and Explorers Against Extinction.
Dench took on the role of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. She earned rave reviews for the long-running role. The British drama Mrs Brown saw success worldwide. The drama Iris told the story of novelist Iris Murdoch. In Mrs.
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