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'''Brice Stratford''' (born February 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Brice Stratford |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/YpAFUa3R9xHZs6TqMghCvmph2qg/appointments |website=] |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref> is an English ], writer, and ]. He has focused on classical theatre, the ] area of ], and ] and ]. He founded the Owle Schreame theatre company, which focused on Renaissance plays. He has written two books on British mythology.
'''Brice Stratford''' is an English ] and ]. He is a descendant of the Wessex branch of the historic ], and a member of the ].<ref name="Genealogist2">"The Windsors Revisited" ''Genealogists' Magazine'', 2012</ref>


==Career==
He has worked primarily in classical and ] theatre,<ref>MacElvoy, Michael. "Editorial", The Marlowe Society Newsletter 42 (Spring 2014).</ref> particularly with the Owle Schreame theatre company, which he founded in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oxfordstudent.com/2013/09/05/old-theatres-new-radicalism-interview-with-brice-stratford/|title=Old Theatres New Radicalism: An Interview with Brice Stratford|work=The Oxford Student|publisher="Oxford University"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mouthlondon.com/arts/why-i-love-renaissance-theatre/|title=Why I Love Renaissance Theatre|work=Mouth London}}</ref> He received an Off-West End award in 2013,<ref name="Offies">{{cite web|url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156|title=Full List of the 2012 Winners of the Offies 2013|publisher="OffWestEnd.com"}}</ref> and established the ] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2014/07/new-awards-launched-honour-classical-theatre/|title=New Awards Launched to Honour Classical Theatre|date=30 July 2014|work='']''}}</ref><ref>"" OffWestEnd.com, (2014)</ref>
⚫ ===Theatre===
Stratford founded the Owle Schreame theatre company, which specialized in Mediaeval and Renaissance theatre, in Cambridge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oxfordstudent.com/2013/09/05/old-theatres-new-radicalism-interview-with-brice-stratford/|title=Old theatre's new radicalism: interview with Brice Stratford|work=The Oxford Student|date=5 September 2013 |publisher= Oxford University Student Union}}</ref> in 2008.<ref name="Owle Schreame Awards"/> In 2013 at ] in ] he produced, directed and performed in the company's '']'' (1640) by ], '']'' (1659) by ] and '']'' (1607) by ]; the three authors had all been interred in the churchyard, and two of the plays (''Honoria and Mammon'' and ''The Unfortunate Mother'') had apparently never previously been performed.<ref>Potter, Lois , The Times Literary Supplement, 29 November 2013</ref><ref>Osborne, Helen , ''Cahiers Élisabéthains: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies'' No 86, Autumn 2014</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://londonist.com/2013/09/bussy-dambois-jacobean-tragedy-in-st-giles-church.php|title=Bussy D'Ambois: Jacobean Tragedy in St Giles Church|last=Lawrence|first=Sandra|date=23 September 2013 |work=The Londonist}}</ref> In 2016 the company revived three ] ] plays at the ],<ref>Harding, James , Broadway Baby, 2016</ref> and later produced other drolls<ref>, English and Comparative Studies, University of Warwick, Accessed 24 April 2023</ref> – performing a selection of ] at the ] in 2017<ref>Loxton, Howard , The British Theatre Guide, 2017</ref> and reviving the obscure 1660 droll version of '']'' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018.<ref>Moyser, Tom, , Exeunt Magazine, 2018</ref>


In 2013, via online public vote, Stratford received the award for the People's Favourite Male Performance at ] for his 2012 performance as Lord Chamberlain in '']'' at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156|title=Full List of the 2012 Winners of the Offies 2013|publisher=OffWestEnd.com|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=6 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106032829/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/156}}</ref>
⚫ ==Historical Theatre==
Stratford founded the Owle Schreame theatre company in 2008.


In 2014 he held the Owle Schreame Awards, which were for innovation in classical theatre.<ref name="Owle Schreame Awards">Loxton, Howard , The British Theatre Guide, 19 September 2014</ref><ref>"" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020073255/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/199 |date=20 October 2014 }} OffWestEnd.com, (2014)</ref>
In 2011 he held the first ] on the site of the Elizabethan ] for over 400 years, as part of a production of '']'' that he produced, directed and performed in.<ref>Rigg, Katie '', The Culture Trip, March 2015</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ayoungertheatre.com/review-measure-for-measure-rose-theatre/|title=Review: Measure for Measure|last=Walpole|first=Elinor|date=11 November 2011|work=Measure for Measure review|publisher="A Younger Theatre"|accessdate=5 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/10013/shakespeares-first-acts-measure-for-measure/#.UowEAKp6kSk|title=Interview with Brice Stratford|last=Reynolds|first=Sophie|date=17 June 2013|work=Shakespeare's First Acts: Measure for Measure|publisher="Victoria & Albert Museum"}}</ref>


In December 2017 he founded The Owle Schreame Theatre Company Limited in ] in the ]; the company was dissolved in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Owle Schreame Theatre Company Limited |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11106002 |website=] |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
In 2012 he appeared in the London revival of ]'s ] as the ], for which he was awarded an Off West End Award the following year.<ref name="Offies"/><ref>Waygood, James. , ''Exeunt Magazine'' (2012)</ref>


===Historical research===
In 2013 he was responsible for the first recorded performances ("world premieres")<ref>Potter, Louis. "Better (very) late than never", ''Times Literary Supplement''. 29th November, 2013.</ref> of two ] ('']'' by ] , and '']'' by ] ), alongside a production of '']'' (by ]) in which he played the lead. The "Cannibal Valour Repertory Season" was held at the burial site of the three playwrights, ] in the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://londonist.com/2013/09/bussy-dambois-jacobean-tragedy-in-st-giles-church.php|title=Bussy D'Ambois: Jacobean Tragedy in St Giles Church|last=Lawrence|first=Sandra|date=23 September 2013|work=Bussy D'Ambois review|publisher="The Londonist"}}</ref><ref>Lawrence, Sandra. "Around Town", ''British Heritage''. March 2014.</ref>
In 2017, while researching the history of ] in ], Stratford discovered sketches in the ] archive which indicated that ] had been the architect of the 1912 redesign of the building, apparently as an example of ] architecture.<ref>Bird, Steve , Daily Telegraph, 20 March 2021</ref><ref>Victorian Society, "", 2017</ref><ref>Yandell, Chris. "", ''Bournemouth Echo'', 23 September 2017</ref><ref>"", BBC News, 21 December 2018</ref>


Stratford has written two books, both published in 2022. ''New Forest Myths and Folklore'', concerning the ] area of ], was published by ].<ref>Goater, Dan , New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times, 3 September 2022</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stratford |first1=Brice |title=New Forest Myths and Folklore |date=2022 |publisher=] |isbn=978-0-75-099870-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZ1NEAAAQBAJ}}</ref> ''Anglo-Saxon Myths: The Struggle for the Seven Kingdoms'', a collection of stories from the ], was published by ].<ref>Larman, Alexander , ], 27 November 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stratford |first1=Brice |title=Anglo-Saxon Myths: The Struggle for the Seven Kingdoms |date=2022 |publisher=] |isbn=978-1-84-994766-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRqUEAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
In 2015 the company gave '']'', written in 1553 by ] and thought to be the earliest surviving English comedy, at the Bread & Roses pub in ]; Stratford played the title role.<ref>Matthew Partridge, Remotegoat, 25 February 2015.</ref>

==The Owle Schreame Awards==
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The '''Owle Schreame Awards''' were established by Stratford in 2014 to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and are designed to honour innovation in historical theatre. They claim status as the only full awards of this type celebrating classical theatre in performance (as opposed to fringe or West-End theatre), and are the most recently established of the three British awards related to the sphere of classical theatre (alongside the ], 1990, and the ], 1994).<ref>Hemley, Matthew. . '']''. 30 July 2014.</ref><ref>Dickensen, Elinor. "New Awards for Ancient Theatre", Cambridge News. 11 July 2014.</ref>

==Family==
Brice Stratford is a member of both the historic ], and the ]. He is a cousin to the actress ], her daughter ], the former head of ] Sir ], the model and designer ], and the actor ].<ref name="Genealogist2"/>


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Latest revision as of 01:51, 18 December 2024

English theatre director and writer

Brice Stratford
BornFebruary 1987 (age 37)
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Theatre director, actor, writer
OrganizationOwle Schreame theatre company

Brice Stratford (born February 1987) is an English director, writer, and actor-manager. He has focused on classical theatre, the New Forest area of Southern England, and British folklore and mythology. He founded the Owle Schreame theatre company, which focused on Renaissance plays. He has written two books on British mythology.

Career

Theatre

Stratford founded the Owle Schreame theatre company, which specialized in Mediaeval and Renaissance theatre, in Cambridge in 2008. In 2013 at St Giles-in-the-Fields in Camden he produced, directed and performed in the company's The Unfortunate Mother (1640) by Thomas Nabbes, Honoria and Mammon (1659) by James Shirley and Bussy D'Ambois (1607) by George Chapman; the three authors had all been interred in the churchyard, and two of the plays (Honoria and Mammon and The Unfortunate Mother) had apparently never previously been performed. In 2016 the company revived three Interregnum Droll plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and later produced other drolls – performing a selection of Mummers plays at the Old Red Lion Theatre in 2017 and reviving the obscure 1660 droll version of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018.

In 2013, via online public vote, Stratford received the award for the People's Favourite Male Performance at The Offies for his 2012 performance as Lord Chamberlain in Ondine at The White Bear Theatre.

In 2014 he held the Owle Schreame Awards, which were for innovation in classical theatre.

In December 2017 he founded The Owle Schreame Theatre Company Limited in Lyndhurst, Hampshire in the New Forest; the company was dissolved in January 2020.

Historical research

In 2017, while researching the history of Glasshayes House in Lyndhurst, Stratford discovered sketches in the Richard Lancelyn Green archive which indicated that Arthur Conan Doyle had been the architect of the 1912 redesign of the building, apparently as an example of Spiritualist architecture.

Stratford has written two books, both published in 2022. New Forest Myths and Folklore, concerning the New Forest area of Southern England, was published by The History Press. Anglo-Saxon Myths: The Struggle for the Seven Kingdoms, a collection of stories from the Anglo-Saxon period, was published by Batsford Books.

References

  1. "Brice Stratford". Companies House. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. "Old theatre's new radicalism: interview with Brice Stratford". The Oxford Student. Oxford University Student Union. 5 September 2013.
  3. ^ Loxton, Howard The Owle Schreame Awards for Innovation in Classical Theatre, The British Theatre Guide, 19 September 2014
  4. Potter, Lois "Better (very) late than never.", The Times Literary Supplement, 29 November 2013
  5. Osborne, Helen Review: Bussy D'Ambois, Cahiers Élisabéthains: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies No 86, Autumn 2014
  6. Lawrence, Sandra (23 September 2013). "Bussy D'Ambois: Jacobean Tragedy in St Giles Church". The Londonist.
  7. Harding, James Drolls, the illegal comedies that time forgot, Broadway Baby, 2016
  8. Remaking Shakespeare Undergraduate Module Reading List, English and Comparative Studies, University of Warwick, Accessed 24 April 2023
  9. Loxton, Howard A Yuletide Droll, The British Theatre Guide, 2017
  10. Moyser, Tom, Edinburgh Review: A Midsummer Night’s Droll at theSpace on the Mile, Exeunt Magazine, 2018
  11. "Full List of the 2012 Winners of the Offies 2013". OffWestEnd.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  12. "Brice Stratford talks to us about the Owle Schreame Awards of engraved glass skulls..." Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine OffWestEnd.com, (2014)
  13. "The Owle Schreame Theatre Company Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  14. Bird, Steve Conan Doyle 'haunted hotel' under threat of demolition, Daily Telegraph, 20 March 2021
  15. Victorian Society, "Save Conan Doyle’s last building from demolition", 2017
  16. Yandell, Chris. "Historic hotel facing demolition was designed by Sherlock Homes creator", Bournemouth Echo, 23 September 2017
  17. "Lyndhurst 'Conan Doyle' hotel planning appeal withdrawn", BBC News, 21 December 2018
  18. Goater, Dan Lyndhurst councillor Brice Stratford pens book on New Forest folklore, New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times, 3 September 2022
  19. Stratford, Brice (2022). New Forest Myths and Folklore. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-75-099870-3.
  20. Larman, Alexander In brief: Courtiers; Anglo-Saxon Myths; Unmasking Our Leaders – review, The Observer, 27 November 2022.
  21. Stratford, Brice (2022). Anglo-Saxon Myths: The Struggle for the Seven Kingdoms. Batsford Books. ISBN 978-1-84-994766-4.
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