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Tag Archives: Coriolanus
Shakespeare and the White House
President Obama is about to hand over to the incoming President Trump, and in the last few days an interview with Obama about the books that are important to him has been published in the New York Times. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged Barack Obama, belly, Coriolanus, Inauguration, President of the United States of America, Washington D C, White House
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Live relays and encore showings: representing the live event
A week or so ago I attended the live relay for Vikings: life and legend, the British Museum’s current blockbuster exhibition. I expected it to consist mostly of TV historians Bettany Hughes and Michael Wood walking us round the exhibition showing … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Bettany Hughes, British Museum, Coriolanus, Digital Shakespeares, Donmar, Erin Sullivan, Gareth Williams, Henry IV, Illuminations, John Wyver, Michael Wood, Vikings life and legend
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T S Eliot and Shakespeare
Listening to Jeremy Irons’ reading of T S Eliot’s Four Quartets on Radio 4 last weekend reminded me of the power of Eliot’s poetry. The Poetry Foundation’s website includes some information about the reading, and here is an article about Irons’ … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Four Quartets, Hamlet, T S Eliot, The Tempest, The Waste Land
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Shakespeare’s heroes on stage and screen
Shakespeare is never short of media attention, but just at the moment some of his heroes or at least his leading men, are much in the news. This week King Lear begins its previews at the National Theatre, featuring probably … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Henry V, Jude Law, King Lear, MOOC, Shakespeare Institute, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Hiddleston
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Shakespeare’s mulberries: trees of history and legend
Last Sunday, 4 August 2013, one of Stratford’s mulberry trees split in two. There are many ancient mulberries in the town, principally in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s gardens, and they’re mostly propped up by metal or brick supports, making them look … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Buckingham Palace, Coriolanus, Great Garden, Hall's Croft, mulberries, mythology, National Collection, New Place, Pyramus and Thisbe, Royal Horticultural Society
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Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and the bawdy court of Stratford
After reading about the government of the town in Shakespeare’s day as revealed in Mulryne’s book The Guild and Guild Buildings of Shakespeare’s Stratford I decided to find out more about a related subject, the Ecclesiastical Court which was held … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Bawdy Court, Coriolanus, E R C Brinkworth, Ecclesiastical Court, J R Mulryne, Judith Shakespeare, Quiney, Susannah Shakespeare, will
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Shakespeare and the staff of life
Drought, crop failure, disease. The TV shows pictures of helpless people trying to dig in soil as dry as dust: unless international action is taken to help they will soon become heart-wrenching images of starving children. In Kenya alone there … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged belly, bread, Coriolanus, famine, grain, starvation, The Assise of Bread, Troilus and Cressida, wheat
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Coriolanus on the big screen: Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut
Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus is an extraordinary achievement. Not only is it Fiennes’ first attempt at directing a film, but he also takes the leading role, in effect directing himself too. He’s breaking new ground: it’s the first feature film version … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged Coriolanus, film, John Logan, Ralph Fiennes, Shakespeare
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Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus: noble warrior or boy of tears?
The new film version of Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes has been awaited impatiently for months. We’ve been tantalised by stills, by trailers and interviews with the stars, and now it’s finally on release. It’s Fiennes’ first attempt at … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Coriolanus, Deborah Warner, Ralph Fiennes, Royal Shakespeare Company, Sam Mendes, Trevor Nunn
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Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus and Shakespeare on screen
Shakespeare-lovers are eagerly awaiting the release of the film of Coriolanus directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes. Fiennes may be better known to film audiences as Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, but theatre audiences know that his Shakespeare credentials are … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged BBC, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, John Wyver, Ralph Fiennes, Screenplay, Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
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