Tag Archives: Fiona Shaw

Ovid and Shakespeare: the world’s greatest storytellers

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

Anyone who’s interested in Shakespeare will have heard the name Ovid, but how much do we really know about him? I’ve written a couple of posts on Ovid myself, but I have never really investigated the story of this great … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Shakespearean stage actors

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

On 27 April 2017 Dame Judi Dench unveiled a blue plaque on 16 Cowley Street in Westminster where Sir John Gielgud had lived from 1945 to 1976. It has taken a long time to appear since Gielgud died in 2000 … Continue reading →

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Rosalinds in Arden

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

Michelle Terry is blasting her way through Shakespeare’s forthright heroines. Having spent the winter playing Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, both for the RSC in Stratford, she is now taking on Shakespeare’s most … Continue reading →

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