tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882136809016719759.post5193520069823874474..comments2022-04-02T19:22:41.506+01:00Comments on Culture and the City: All Manner of Excitement from Shakespeare's GlobeZoe Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843525469299757484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882136809016719759.post-31951831356267679402012-05-01T02:24:17.041+01:002012-05-01T02:24:17.041+01:00As part of his research on the drawings, White dis...As part of his research on the drawings, White discovered that the Worcester College Archivist dates them to c.1650-60. This means they cannot possibly have been drawn by Inigo Jones, but are more likely by his successor, John Webb. They may show drawings for a private playhouse built by William Davenant or another Lord or knight of the realm. Certainly, it is interesting to compare them with Bristol's Old Vic because that theatre is known to have been modelled on the 1674 Theatre Royal Drury Lane. So, once more there is another link between these drawings and Drury Lane.mhowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499890392149013263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882136809016719759.post-24132504666807045802012-05-01T02:20:13.476+01:002012-05-01T02:20:13.476+01:00People really should notice how well Bristol's...People really should notice how well Bristol's Old Vic Theatre compares proportionally with the playhouse shown in these drawings, reputedly by "Inigo Jones". When Professor Martin White organised the construction of a replica of the theatre shown in these drawings (inside Bristol University Theatre Department's Glynne Wickham Studio Theatre), even he failed to notice how well it compares proportionally with the plan of Bristol's Old Vic Theatre. I also showed in "Around the Globe" (2010) how remarkably close the dimensions and geometry of the surviving Old Vic Theatre at Bristol compare with the Rose Theatre (1587). It's time everyone interested in Shakespeare started noticing Bristol's Old Vic - England's oldest working playhouse.mhowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499890392149013263noreply@blogger.com