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Tag Archives: Macbeth
Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth: an interpretation for our times?
Sir Kenneth Branagh’s “electrifying” and “immersive” production of Macbeth is the current hot Shakespeare ticket, playing for just a month in a disused church in Manchester that seats only 250 people. It’s ensured that Manchester’s International Festival has received worldwide … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Kenneth Branagh, Macbeth, Manchester, Old Vic
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Sir William Davenant and adapting Shakespeare, Restoration-style
In April the Painted Room in what used to be the Crown Tavern, at 3, Cornmarket, Oxford was temporarily re-opened. It’s remarkable that this room has survived, but even more astonishing is the coincidence that it is thought that Shakespeare … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged adaptation, Macbeth, Oxford, painted room, restoration, William Davenant
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Shakespeare and Hallowe’en: not just Macbeth
The Elizabethan and Jacobeans had superstitions covering almost every area of life. Supernatural explanations for natural phenomena were widely accepted: the appearance of a comet in 1577 caused public alarm, and even historian John Stow believed the story that the striking … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World
Tagged conjuration, Duchess of Gloucester, Hallowe''en, Henry VI Part 2, Macbeth, magic, supernatural, superstition
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Macbeth from stage to film
Macbeth is one of the most-filmed of Shakespeare’s plays, and no wonder. According to Daniel Rosenthal in his book Shakespeare on Screen, “From its supernatural opening to its gruesome climax, Macbeth is the Shakespeare play that reads most like a … Continue reading
Sight and blindness in Shakespeare
One of the most striking items discussed in the BBC’s radio series Shakespeare’s Restless World earlier this year is the reliquary containing the eye of an executed Jesuit priest. It appealed in a number of ways: its gruesome history, the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged blindness, British Museum, execution, eyes, Gunpowder Plot, Jesuit, King Lear, Macbeth, Shakespeare's restless world, Shakespeare: staging the world
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Opening the Olympics: Danny Boyle’s debt to William Blake
Danny Boyle’s Olympic opening ceremony has set off so much discussion that John Wyver of Illuminations has now posted three blog posts each listing ten different pieces that have appeared in the press looking at the event from different viewpoints. Here’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Arlington Court, Chariots of Fire, Danny Boyle, Henry IV Part 1, Isles of Wonder, John Wyver, Kenneth Branagh, Macbeth, Olympic Opening Ceremony, Siri Vevle, The Tempest, William Blake
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Robert Southwell
While browsing in Michael Wood’s book In Search of Shakespeare I found one of those possible Shakespeare references that you’d just love to be true. It relates to the Jesuit Robert Southwell. Born and brought up in England, he first … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World
Tagged Baddesley Clinton, Burning Babe, Catholic, Jesuit, Macbeth, Robert Southwell
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Peter O’Toole’s Shakespeare
The actor Peter O’Toole has recently announced his retirement from stage and screen, shortly before his 80th birthday. His reason? “The heart for it has gone out of me: it won’t come back.” It occurred to me that it’s unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Edmund Kean, Hamlet, Henry Irving, John Gielgud, Lawrence of Arabia, Macbeth, National Theatre, Old Vic, Peter O'Toole, retirement, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Sonnet 18, Sonnets, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Troilus and Cressida, William Macready
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Playing the Macbeths
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are two of Shakespeare’s most intriguing inventions. No matter how many times you see the play or read it, you are always left with questions. Which of them is more to blame for Duncan’s murder? Are the … Continue reading
Telling a book by its cover
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll have noticed that among my interests are early books and internet resources as well as Shakespeare. I’ve just become aware of a group of linked resources which bring together people who spend their lives … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged bloggers of the world unite, book binding, early printed books, Folger Shakespeare Library, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, University of St Andrews, Yale University
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