Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare

Love of Love

A violent street brawl between their rival families is the prelude to Romeo¡¯s first encounter with Juliet. Despite this, and the fact that Juliet has been promised to another man in marriage, they fall in love. But any plans for their future happiness are cruelly destroyed by renewed violence between the two families ¨C and while the adults remain almost comically preoccupied with their own affairs, among their children a hidden tragedy begins to unfold. With its wonderful combination of lyricism, suspense and dramatic changes of mood, Shakespeare¡¯s heartbreaking tale is one of the greatest of all love stories.

23 April - 23 August 2009

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Love of Life

'Che Walker's ambitious new drama is the first piece to be set in modern times at this address, and what an exhilarating night it proves' Daily Telegraph

**** 'Lively, funny, extremely well written' The Times

'What better tribute to the Globe¡¯s history than a frank and funny London play?' Observer

**** 'Walker's play spills joyfully across the Globe stage; bawdy and Chaucerian¡­ big-hearted and amusingly philosophical' Daily Mail

**** 'A great laugh, fast-paced and buoyantly acted' Sunday Times

God, strip bars, weed, crack, lost old men, unemployed actors and vegans all collide in a riptide of chaos on the streets of London. Ch¨¦ Walker brings back to the Globe stage his 2008 panorama of contemporary London, encompassing the cruel and the tender, the gutter and the stars.

Contains filthy language and strong content.

05 May - 23 May 2009

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As You Like It
by William Shakespeare

Love in Disguise

Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke, falls in love with Orlando at a wrestling match. Her usurping uncle, jealous of her popularity banishes her from court. Disguised as a boy she leaves with her cousin Celia and the jester Touchstone, to seek out her father in the Forest of Arden. Here she meets Orlando again and, under the guise of a young man, counsels him in the art of love and wooing.

A firm favourite among Shakespeare¡¯s comedies, and including some of his bestloved characters, As You Like It runs the glorious gamut of pastoral romance: cross-dressing and love-notes; poetry and brilliant conversation; gentle satire, slapstick and passion.

30 May - 10 October 2009

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Love and War

Seven years have passed since the Greeks first began their siege of Troy, and on the Trojan side of the walls the beautiful Cressida, aided and abetted by her hilariously intriguing uncle Pandarus, has embarked upon a passionate love affair with Prince Troilus. When Cressida is forced to join her treacherous father in the Greek camp, can their love survive a difficult separation or will it join the other casualties of war?

Shakespeare fills his ancient tale with savage comedy, great passion, vivid characters and all the heat and sweat of a long and painful campaign. He seems never more modern than in dealing with the subject of a tragic love pursued in the midst of a pointless war.

12 July - 20 September 2009

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Love and Loss

Seven years have passed since the end of the Trojan War and Menelaus, King of Sparta and husband to Helen, is making his slow and painful way home. When his ship is wrecked on the coast of Egypt he stumbles upon what seems to be his wife lingering outside the royal palace. But if this is the real Helen, who was the beautiful woman stolen by Paris, for whom all Greece took up arms? Did Troy fall for nothing? Has it all been some god¡¯s idea of a joke?

The renowned playwright Frank McGuinness (Someone Who¡¯ll Watch Over Me) follows his acclaimed version of Oedipus at the National Theatre with a funny and sparkling treatment of Euripides¡¯ strange, comic, fairy-tale-like romance ¨C the Globe¡¯s first excursion into full-scale Greek drama.

02 - 23 August 2009

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Love and truth

It is the late eighteenth century and on both sides of the Atlantic the world seems filled with exciting new possibilities for humanity: old yokes can at last be cast off, ancient hierarchies dissolved. Chief among those lighting the fire is the English radical Thomas Paine, a man of great compassion, brutal honesty and a political writer of genius. Whether answering the call of an America chafing under the tyranny of the British Crown, riding the storm of revolutionary France, or challenging a conservative backlash in Britain, Paine is at the heart of things, ardent in his search for love, passionate in his pursuit of liberty.

The much loved and greatly respected writer Trevor Griffiths (Comedians, Reds) fills this moving story of the life and loves of the author of The Rights of Man with songs, music and the huge carnival spirit of a world turned upside down.

In association with Richard Attenborough.

29 August - 09 October 2009

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