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Prospero’s Costumes on Display: In Stitches with the RSC

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

The RSC’s Costume Exhibition Into the Wild features three costumes for different Prosperos in The Tempest. It’s the play in which the designer can let his imagination run riot as he or she attempts to create a suitable setting for … Continue reading →

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Macbeth from stage to film

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

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 →

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Simon Schama and The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare and history

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Among the must-see television shows for Shakespeare fans this summer has been Simon Schama’s Shakespeare. Love him or hate him, he’s the UK’s highest-profile historian. His style is individual, even eccentric, one minute generalising about the broad sweep of history, … Continue reading →

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Picturing Shakespeare: Alan O’Cain’s The Tempest

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

  Responses to Shakespeare’s plays come in many forms, and his influence on other art forms such as music, painting and design was explored as part of the British Shakespeare Association’s Lancaster University conference last weekend.  Picturing Shakespeare was one … Continue reading →

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