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Tag Archives: Measure for Measure
Cheek by Jowl’s Measure for Measure coming to your laptop!
Cheek by Jowl’s Russian-language production of Measure for Measure, currently at the Barbican Theatre in London until 25 April, has received fantastic reviews. It’s been sold out for over a month, astonishing considering it’s being performed in Russian with surtitles. … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Barbican, Cheek by Jowl, Measure for Measure, Russian
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Cheek by Jowl and Shakespeare’s Globe in the news
Two theatre companies which have made their mark by performing Shakespeare have recently made announcements about future programming and projects. First, Cheek by Jowl. Since they were formed in 1981 by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod the company has done … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged archives, As You Like it, Cheek by Jowl, Dominic Dromgoole, King John, Magna Carta, Measure for Measure, National Video Archive of Stage Performance, Russia, Shakespeare's Globe, Victoria and Albert Museum
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Revisiting Shakespeare’s restless world: an era in objects
Most books on the subject of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods include chapters on seafaring and exploration, religious change, war, medicine and government, supported by illustrations of maps, religious paintings, contemporary buildings, portraits and printed works. The head of the … Continue reading
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Tagged British Museum, Measure for Measure, Neil MacGregor, objects, Robben Island
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Peter Brook: from enfant terrible to grand old man of the theatre
Nobody has been more influential in the world of the theatre in the last 70 years than Peter Brook. And at the age of 88, he’s still involved, setting out his ideas about why theatre is so important. Shakespeare has … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, John Gielgud, Love's Labour's Lost, Marat-Sade, Measure for Measure, Peter Brook, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Theatre of Cruelty
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Measure for Measure, Pericles and Leveson
O place and greatness … millions of false eyes Are stuck upon thee: volumes of report Run with these false and most contrarious quests Upon thy doings: thousand escapes of wit Make thee the father of their idle dream, And … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Duncan Salkeld, Leveson Inquiry, Measure for Measure, Pericles, prostitution
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Shakespeare among the Courtesans
Since Eric Partridge’s 1968 book Shakespeare’s Bawdy the subject of sex in Shakespeare has been commonplace. With titles including words like “desire”, “eroticism”, and “sexuality” the reader knows what to expect, but both the jacket image and the title of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridewell, courtesans, Duncan Salkeld, Measure for Measure, prostitution, The Spanish Tragedy
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The Taming of the Shrew and Measure for Measure: two of a kind?
The Royal Shakespeare Company is currently offering audiences the chance to see both The Taming of the Shrew and Measure for Measure back to back. These plays are unlikely bedfellows, but they have in fact a lot in common. Both … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Carol Rutter, disguise, justice, Measure for Measure, prison, punishment, Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, women
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Very like a whale: Adventures in the far North, Part 2
In Part 1 I looked at some of Shakespeare’s references to whales, and the history of whaling in Spitsbergen. This time I’m looking at the stories of adventurers who headed north. The very first English trading company was established by … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World
Tagged hunting, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare, Spitsbergen, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Troilus and Cressida, whaling, William Barents
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#Shakespeare4Murdoch #Hackgate
For a time on Saturday afternoon the hashtag #Shakespeare4Murdoch was the leading trend on twitter. Tweeters quoted appropriate bits of Shakespeare or adjusted a line or two to suit what’s become known as Hackgate. Here are a few examples: Remorse, … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Brooks, Hackgate, Measure for Measure, Murdoch, News International, News of the World, Richard III, Shakespeare, twitter
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The corruption of power
Political corruption was one of Shakespeare’s favourite subjects. You would expect to find it in tragedies like Hamlet and Richard III where power and its abuse are at the heart of the plot, but Shakespeare puts the subject of the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged Angelo, corruption, Dominiqe Strauss-Kahn, France, Measure for Measure, politics, power, Shakespeare
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