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Tag Archives: First Folio
The men who gave us Shakespeare
While visiting London recently we went in search of a relatively little-known Shakespeare monument. It’s the memorial to John Heminges and Henry Condell just around the back of the Guild Hall. It stands in what used to be the churchyard … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Charles Connell, First Folio, Henry Condell, John Heminge, John Heminges, Sarah Werner, St Mary Aldermanbury
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Plays and performances in Shakespeare’s theatres
I recently wrote about how Shakespeare leaves gaps within the text which actors are able to fill using their own imaginations. I’ve been reading a book that describes how theatres themselves contributed to the writing and performance of plays, an … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged effects, Farah Karim-Cooper, First Folio, Gwilym Jones, Lucy Munro, Nathalie Rivere de Carles, Shakespeare's Globe, The Tempest, theatre, Tiffany Stern
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Shakespeare in France: the St Omer First Folio
There was good news for those interested in the history of Shakespeare’s plays last week. On Tuesday 25 November, it was announced that a First Folio had been discovered in a public library in Northern France. Many libraries must be … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged catholicism, Eric Rasmussen, First Folio, forgery, France, Gutenberg, Martin Wiggins, printing, St Omer
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The Secret Life of Shakespeare’s First Folio
Shakespeare’s First Folio is back in the news again, with a documentary presented by actor Simon Russell Beale having been broadcast on 9 September. It’s part of the series The Secret Life of Books, a fascinating look at the process of creative … Continue reading
Much Ado About Shakespeare at Easter
For Easter, a round-up of some of the many current Shakespeare-related events. First of all, on Easter Sunday BBC Radio 3 is celebrating Shakespeare’s imminent 450th birthday with two programmes. At 6.45pm, in Shakespeare: For and Against, playwright Mark Ravenhill … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Alex Kingston, animation, Antony and Cleopatra, First Folio, Guildhall, Kenneth Branagh, lego, Mark Ravenhill, Michael Billington, Rory Kinnear, Shakespeare versus Shatner
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Shakespeare, collaboration and the apocryphal plays
The question “how many plays did Shakespeare write?” is not an easy one to answer. The First Folio includes 36 plays, but I’ve always been intrigued by the list of additional plays on the title page of the Third Folio … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged apocrypha, attribution, Collaborative Plays, editions, Eric Rasmussen, First Folio, Jonathan Bate, Peter Kirwan, stylometry, Third Folio, Will Sharpe
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Shakespeare and the two William Jaggards
William Jaggard is well known as the printer of Shakespeare’s First Folio, along with his son Isaac. He was a member of the Stationers’ Company in London, but has got a name for unethical practices, at least in regard to … Continue reading
To sell or not to sell: Shakespeare folios in the news
At the beginning of last week I started hearing rumours that a set of the four Shakespeare folios (complete works published in the seventeenth century) was to be sold. A spokesman from the Library attempted to justify the decision: “We … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged First Folio, University of London
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Shakespeare’s early reputation
Shakespeare is now so universally known, his reputation so unassailable, we naturally wonder how he was received during his own lifetime. Did his contemporaries realise that he would be remembered and celebrated centuries afterwards? This was the question, subtitled “What did … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Ben Jonson, First Folio, reputation, Roger Pringle, Shakespeare Club
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Acting companies and the ensemble
A couple of weeks ago Gregory Doran, the new Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, was “In conversation” with Michael Dobson, the head of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. The session was recorded on video and is now generously … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Charles Dickens, David Tennant, First Folio, Frank Benson, Gregory Doran, Henry Irving, Julius Caesar, Saxe-Meiningen, Shakespeare Institute
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