Tag Archives: Jane Austen

Shakespeare and Jane Austen

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

Before 2017 comes to an end, it’s appropriate to mark it as the two-hundredth anniversary of the death of literary giant and Shakespeare-lover Jane Austen. She died, aged only 41, in 1817, in Winchester. Her admiration of Shakespeare is well-known … Continue reading →

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The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery reincarnated online

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

The clever people at the University of Texas at Austin have got in ahead of the mass of Shakespeare-related projects to be released in 2016 by launching an online resource that’s designed to appeal to the more serious Shakespeare fan. And the … Continue reading →

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Is King John Shakespeare’s most unloved play?

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

This weekend the Globe’s production of King John (co-produced with Royal & Derngate, Northampton, directed by James Dacre), closes. It’s the very last play in the canon to be produced by the Globe (though it has been staged there).  This … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen and Shakespeare “blotting their papers”

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Sylvia Morris

It’s been an exciting few days for anyone interested in manuscript versions of literary works. At Sotheby’s on 14 July a large number of magnificent manuscripts written by some of the most famous names of English literature was auctioned. Items … Continue reading →

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