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Category Archives: Legacy
Shakespeare and the referendum
The knives have certainly been out since the Referendum vote on 23 June, and in the last week the Shakespearean references have been flying thick and fast, though the whole concept of a referendum would have been completely alien to … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, European Union, Julius Caesar, Michael Gove, politics, Referendum, Richard II, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida
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Russ McDonald
On Friday 1 July the Shakespeare academic Professor Russ McDonald died after suffering a major stroke on 29 June, his birthday. Although I didn’t know him at all well, I liked him very much, and he was very dear to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedford Shakespeare, Lena Orlin, Russ Mcdonald
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The Thomas Dekker Marathon
On Friday evening, 10 June, I was sitting on the sofa reading the chapter in Stanley Wells book Shakespeare & Co on Thomas Dekker, when the news came on the TV that Wells had been granted a Knighthood in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Martin Wiggins, Shakespeare Institute, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Dekker
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Arise, Sir Stanley!
Shakespeareans will be delighted to hear that Professor Stanley Wells has received a (long-overdue) knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. His books alone would take up several shelves, covering a wide variety of Shakespeare-related subjects: my own tally is … Continue reading
Commemorating Shakespeare in metal and print
Whenever we come to commemorating a Shakespeare anniversary, the question is always about how this should be done, that perhaps comes down to what exactly we are celebrating. This year we are marking 400 years since Shakespeare died, but should … Continue reading
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Tagged David Garrick, Jubilee, Michael Dobson, River Avon, Shakespeare's Celebrations
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Theatre Before Shakespeare
A few weeks ago a new website launched, the public face of a project run by academics Andy Kesson and Lucy Munro with the aim of “rethinking the start of the public theatre in Britain”, that is “the playhouses that … Continue reading
The Gibraltar Stone: Shakespeare and the Royal Marines
Shakespeare is so pervasive that no matter where you go you are likely to find reference to him or his works. I was surprised, though, to find one on a piece of heathland in Devon, known as Woodbury Common. Here, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gibraltar Stone, Lympstone, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Woodbury Common
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Stratford’s Shakespeare Club celebrates
Saturday 7 May 2016 was a special day for Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Club: a double celebration of Shakespeare’s Birthday/ 400th anniversary of his death, and the 192nd anniversary of the foundation of the Club in 1824. If we used the Old … Continue reading
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Tagged Shakesepeare's Birthday Celebrations, Shakespeare Club, Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club
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Shakespeare 400 continues
Following the fabulously successful but exhausting weekend celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and his 452nd birthday, I’ve had a few days rest from the blog, but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy researching and writing a book … Continue reading
Shakespeare 400 continues in Stratford-upon-Avon
As I’m writing Radio 4’s Sunday Worship is coming from Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, just one of the many special events that are marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death on 23 April 1616. I took part in the … Continue reading
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