2012 Arundel Festival - Shakespeare
in The Collector Earl's Garden
Open air theatre at Arundel Castle, West Sussex
Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th & Saturday 25th August
GB Theatre Company are delighted to be performing William Shakespeare's
epic play The Tempest and
the hilarious comedy The
Taming of the Shrew and The Collector Earl's Garden at Arundel
Castle, West Sussex. Starring a cast of the finest professional actors
(cast names will be announced early spring).
Arundel Castle
Set high on a hill in West Sussex, this great Castle commands the landscape
with magnificent views across the South Downs and the River Arun. Built
at the end of the 11th Century it has been the family home of the Dukes
of Norfolk and their ancestors for over 900 years.
The Collector Earl’s Garden
The garden has been conceived as a light-hearted tribute to Thomas Howard,
14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), known as 'The Collector'. The grand
centrepiece is the rock work 'mountain' planted with palms and rare ferns
to represent another world, and supporting a green oak version of 'Oberon's
Palace', a fantastic spectacle designed by Inigo Jones for Prince Henry's
Masque on New Year's Day 1611 - only five years after A Midsummer Night's
Dream was first presented. The garden is an evocation of a Jacobean garden,
not a re-creation. In the words of its brilliant and original designers
'it aims to stand alone, to be pleasing, timeless and memorable'.
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