Globe Education Online

Directed by Jacqueline Somerville

A recital of the King James Bible

Written in 1611, the King James Bible was the work of many hands, and has proved over the last four hundred years the undying power of the written and the spoken word. The Globe celebrates that achievement, and that long oral tradition, by reciting one of the great masterpieces of world literature from Palm Sunday to Easter Monday.

A team of actors will present these texts clear and simple, in a theatre which is constantly working to make Jacobean words become flesh.

Palm Sunday, 17 April
10am – 4pm
Genesis, Exodus
4.30pm – Midnight
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Monday 18 April
6pm – Midnight
Joshua to 1 Samuel

Tuesday 19 April
6pm – Midnight
2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings

Wednesday 20 April
6pm – Midnight
1 Chronicles – Nehemiah

Maundy Thursday, 21 April
6pm – Midnight
Esther, Job, Psalms

Good Friday, 22 April
9am – 4pm
Proverbs to Lamentations
4.30pm – Midnight
Ezekiel to the end of the Old Testament

Easter Sunday, 24 April
9am – 12.30pm
Matthew, Mark
1pm – 5pm
Luke, John

Easter Monday, 25 April
10am – 2.30pm
Acts to 2 Corinthians
3pm – 7.30pm
Galatians to the end of the New Testament

 Creative Team

Director: Jaqueline Somerville
Composer: Akintayo Akinbode

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Cast

Gareth Armstrong, Keith Bartlett, Jason Baughan, Nicholas Beveney, Michael Brophy, Serena Evans, Louise Ford, Miranda Foster, Dana Gartland, Andrew Havill, Daniel Hawksford, Daniel Langley, Barbara Marten, Bill Nash, Rhiannon Oliver, Hugh O'Shea, Golda Roshuevel, Nadia Shash, Bethan Walker, Leon Williams.

Discover the Performance

Blogging the Bible - We'll be covering the run up to our epic readthrough of the King James Bible with blog posts from practitioners and scholars.