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Tag Archives: As You Like it
The end of a tradition: Charlecote’s deer and Nigel Playfair’s As You Like It
As You Like It was in the very first season of plays performed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in April-May 1879. With its references to the Forest of Arden the gently romantic comedy was bound to please. The other Shakespeares … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged As You Like it, Charlecote, deer, Frank Benson, Nigel Playfair, RSC archives, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
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Sadness and the four humours in Shakespeare
The February 2014 meeting of the Stratford Shakespeare Club featured Dr Erin Sullivan, Lecturer and Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, speaking on Beyond Melancholy – Sadness and Selfhood in Renaissance England. Even her title was a reminder of how much … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World
Tagged As You Like it, emotion, Erin Sullivan, Hamlet, humors, humours, melancholy, Romeo and Juliet, sadness, The Merchant of Venice
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Illuminating the seasons difference
On a miserable January afternoon I spent some time looking through some of the beautiful medieval illuminated manuscripts now available online. Just before the new year I had received a tweet including this calendar, each month represented by work done … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged As You Like it, Bologna, calendar, Pietro Crescenzi
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Shakespeare and the case for subsidy
I’ve only been away for a few days, but on return have found many Shakespeare-related stories to catch up on. There have been two major press nights, Othello at the National Theatre, As You Like It at the RSC. These … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged As You Like it, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Les Miserables, Maria Miller, Marianne Elliot, Matilda, National Theatre, New York, Nicholas Hytner, Olivier Awards, Othello, subsidy, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Shakespeare’s silly sheep: the royal connections
This week’s TV programme Countryfile was guest edited by the Prince of Wales, giving him the opportunity to explore issues about the countryside and farming that are close to his heart. The prince is also a great lover of Shakespeare, … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World
Tagged As You Like it, Countryfile, fleece, lamb, Prince Charles, royalty, sheep, The Winter's Tale
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Shakespeare and the Olympic arts of war
Although all sport is competitive, many of those which feature in the modern Olympics began as a way of training for warfare. Shakespeare brings several of them into his plays, including wrestling, archery and fencing. Self-defence sports wrestling and boxing date back to … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged archery, As You Like it, boxing, fencing, Hamlet, hunting, John Stow, Love's Labour's Lost, Olympic Games, Wallace Collection, wrestling
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Writing Britain at the British Library
When visiting other people’s houses, I always enjoy looking at their bookshelves to see what they like to read, and to keep. All my Shakespeare books are in the room where I work, while books on other favourite subjects are … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged As You Like it, British Library, competition, King Lear, manuscript, poetry, Richard II, writing, Writing Britain
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Shakespeare’s Christmas through the eyes of the Victorians
This year I’ve received a Christmas card featuring an engraving dating back to 1846, originally published to illustrate “A Story about a Christmas in the seventeenth century”*. It’s a charming picture, but one thing is certain: Christmas in the seventeenth … Continue reading
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Tagged As You Like it, Christmas, Christmas tree, holly, ivy, mistletoe, Queen Victoria, Shakespeare, Thomas Tusser, Victorian, Yule log
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Shakespeare and the first actresses
The National Portrait Gallery in London’s new exhibition celebrates the careers of the earliest English professional actresses. Entitled The First Actresses: Nell Gwynn to Sarah Siddons it neatly documents womens’ increasing respectability in the world of the theatre. In Shakespeare’s … Continue reading
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Tagged actresses, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like it, Cleopatra, exhibition, Juliet, National Portrait Gallery, Rosalind, Shakespeare, women
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Robin Hood and Shakespeare
A new play by David Farr, called The Heart of Robin Hood, is just about to open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The legend of Robin Hood is a great subject for the RSC as it was obviously a story … Continue reading