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Tag Archives: Michael Wood
Ovid and Shakespeare: the world’s greatest storytellers
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
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World, Sources, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Fiona Shaw, MayaVision, Michael Wood, Ovid, Rome, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, Simon Russell Beale, The Tempest
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Influences on Shakespeare
The source books from which Shakespeare took the main stories of his plays are well-known, sometimes so important that he quoted almost word for word, as in Enobarbus’s description of Cleopatra from Plutarch’s Lives. Other sources seem to have been … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World, Sources
Tagged Christopher Marlowe, Dido Queen of Carthage, Hamlet, Metamorphoses, Michael Wood, Ovid, Plutarch, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, The Aeneid, Trojan War
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Announcing the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon’s new season
With summer turning to autumn, it’s time to think about the many enjoyable ways to fill the longer evenings. Shakespeare-lovers can now look forward to the new season of meetings of the Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club. The Club is the oldest … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Gary Watt, Jerry Brotton, Michael Wood, Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon
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Celebrating Ovid 2000 years on
2017 marks the 2000th anniversary of the death of the Roman writer Ovid, whose Metamorphoses has continued to be one of the most influential of literary works. As Shakespeare’s favourite writer, the RSC, and its current Artistic Director Gregory Doran … Continue reading
Late summer in Stratford-upon-Avon
The summer holidays are coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that Shakespeare-related attractions are winding down. In fact Stratford-upon-Avon is a destination that thrives all year round and in all weathers. In the year marking the 400th anniversary … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s ring
On 16 March 1810 “Shakespeare’s ring” was discovered near the Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. The story is told by Stratford historian and solicitor Robert Bell Wheler. “Upon Friday, the 16th day of March, 1810, this ancient gold seal ring, weighing 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Benjamin Haydon, In Search of Shakespeare, Michael Wood, ring, Robert Bell Wheler, The Shakespeare Circle
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The Great Annual Sheep Drive: a reminder of Shakespeare’s London
I wrote a few weeks ago about my visit to London’s Guildhall to attend the ceremony by which my niece was made a Freeman of the City of London. The best-known privilege to which Freemen are entitled is that of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Guildhall, John Shakespeare, London, Michael Wood, sheep, Sheep Drive, shepherd, The worshipful Company of Woolmen, wool
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Michael Wood and “Mary Arden: a Tudor Life”
The BBC’s serialisation of Hilary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies is proving grippingly good. To complement these programmes about “the glittering –though at times terrifying- world of the Tudor court” a new documentary on more ordinary … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Mary Arden, Michael Wood, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Tudor, Wolf Hall
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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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Black History month: communities and visitors in Tudor England
October is Black History month, and this year’s focus on Shakespeare has included a number of discussions of the presence of non-white people in England in the early modern period. Historian Michael Wood’s piece suggests there was a black community in London, … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World
Tagged Bideford, Black History Month, blacks, British Museum, Michael Wood, Othello, Shakespeare Institute, Sir Richard Grenville, Sir Walter Raleigh
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