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Category Archives: Legacy
The British Shakespeare Association, Education and reality TV
Almost every Shakespeare-related cultural organisation puts education high on its agenda, in particular offering to help teachers engage their students. While many are in effect promoting their own services, the British Shakespeare Association “is a professional association and registered charity … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Bailey Gleason, BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, British Shakespeare Association, David Harewood, education, learning, reality TV, Sarah Olive
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Celebrating Shakespeare and the Birthday Play
I recently wrote about the launch of Shakespeare’s Celebrations, a new organisation that is breathing new life into the celebration of Shakespeare’s Birthday in Stratford-upon-Avon. The story can be traced back to David Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee even though, taking place … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Arthur Miller, Birthday Play, Death of a Salesman, Shakespeare Birthday Performance, Shakespeare's Celebrations, Shakespearean Club
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#LoveTheatre day: celebrating creativity with Twitter
On Wednesday 19 November there’s going to be a real celebration of theatre as the first #LoveTheatre day takes off. Over 300 venues and organisations are taking part from places as far apart as Europe, Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka, Chile … Continue reading
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Tagged #LoveTheatre, Guardian Culture Professionals, Mar Dixon, twitter
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Remembering Richard Pasco, Shakespearian actor
On Wednesday 12 November Richard Pasco became the third eminent Shakespeare actor with close associations to Stratford-upon-Avon to die in 2014. Sadly there has been little immediate media interest, unlike that which met the death of Donald Sinden, and, … Continue reading
Printing and publishing in Shakespeare’s world
A couple of weeks go I heard an interview with an author who had tracked down the people who had pre-owned some of his books. It sparked a discussion about writing in books, from a simple signature of ownership, to … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Sources
Tagged Alvearie, dictionary, Durer, Folger Shakespeare Library, Gutenberg, Helen Smith, John Baret, marginalia, Neil MacGregor, printing, Richard Field, Shakespeare's Beehive, The Collation, University of Illinois, women
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Being Human: Shakespeare and the humanities
It was in 1998 that Harold Bloom’s book Shakespeare: the Invention of the Human was published. In the book “Bloom presents one of the boldest theses of Shakespearean scholarships: that Shakespeare not only invented the English language, but also created … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Being Human, Harold Bloom, humanities, University of Birmingham, University of Warwick
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Shakespearean dark ladies, George Bernard Shaw and the National Theatre
Everybody loves a mystery, and one of the most persistent is the identity of Shakespeare’s so-called Dark Lady. (It’s by no means certain that there ever was such a person).I wrote a couple of years ago about this story, particularly as … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Lady, Emilia Lanier, George Bernard Shaw, John Hudson, Mary Fitton, National Theatre
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Shakespeare projects round-up
Projects involving Shakespeare have, as ever, been coming thick and fast over the last couple of months. There are a tremendous variety of books, websites, and films (some still requiring help to get made). First up is a book I’ve … Continue reading
A new chapter in the history of Shakespeare’s Celebrations
I’ve spent much of the past year or so researching the history of the celebrations of Shakespeare’s birth in Stratford-upon-Avon. It’s a long and complicated story with its origins in the 1769 Garrick Jubilee, and I’m happy to report that after a few … Continue reading
Remembering the days of Empire: The Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball, 1911
The years leading up to the First World War saw interest in Shakespeare reaching a high. In Stratford there were events relating to the rise in folk traditions of singing and dancing, but in London the movement to found a … Continue reading
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Tagged Earl's Court, Edwin Lutyens, Marie Corelli, Michael Dobson, National Theatre, pageant, Royal Albert Hall, Shakespeare Exhibition, Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
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