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Tag Archives: Pericles
Donald Trump and Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s fascination with politics can be seen in many of his plays, not only those directly based on British history. The Roman plays too examine the workings of power, looking at how countries have been governed and how those who … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Bad Quarto, covfefe, Donald Trump, Hamlet, New York, Pericles, twitter
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The making of the First Folio
I wrote a week or so ago about Emma Smith’s new book The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio, published by Bodleian Library Publishing, and the stories relating to the Bodleian Library’s own copy. One of the books I inherited from … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged Bodleian Library, Emma Smith, First Folio, Pericles, R Compton Rhodes
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A heart that even cracks for woe
This week has been full of heartbreaking stories, including the coverage of repeated bouts of flooding in Cumbria, one of my favourite places. I can’t imagine what it must be like to find treasured possessions ruined and one’s home uninhabitable … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Ali Alsaho, Christmas, Cumbria, flooding, Pericles, refugees, Syria
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Pericles onstage
On 13 November 2015, for the first time since its opening in 1992, Pericles is to be staged at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC. The production premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in February 2015 and after its season … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Folget Theatre, John Coleman, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pericles, Sarah Flower, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Ben Jonson, Shakespeare and Burbage: Volpone on stage
When Ben Jonson delivered his new comedy Volpone to the King’s Men in early 1606, Richard Burbage must have cheered. Jonson would have written the leading role with Burbage in mind, as Shakespeare also wrote roles for his most popular … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World
Tagged beds, Ben Jonson, Henry Goodman, Pericles, Trevor Nunn, Volpone
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Measure for Measure, Pericles and Leveson
O place and greatness … millions of false eyes Are stuck upon thee: volumes of report Run with these false and most contrarious quests Upon thy doings: thousand escapes of wit Make thee the father of their idle dream, And … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Duncan Salkeld, Leveson Inquiry, Measure for Measure, Pericles, prostitution
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Putting a girdle round about the globe: Shakespeare clubs and societies
What makes a group of like-minded Shakespeare-lovers turn themselves into a formal club or society? According to Nick Walton, it’s when the provision of refreshments, particularly biscuits, becomes an issue. Is the occupation of discussing or reading Shakespeare so exhausting that … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Clubs, Courtyard Theatre, Pericles, Royal Shakespeare Company, Societies
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Shakespeare’s shipwrecks
Last week on Twitter, someone drily pointed out in response to the RSC’s new season, that Shakespeare never wrote a shipwreck trilogy. The What country friends is this? season is certainly unusual, and the cynical might say it’s a marketing … Continue reading
Health and illness in Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s interest in all things medical is well known, and Sujata Iyengar’s recent book Shakespeare’s medical language – a dictionary, published by Continuum, is a successful addition to the literature on the subject, both a fascinating read and a valuable reference … Continue reading
The mysteries of emblems, mottoes, and Shakespeare’s own chair
In my last post I looked at how Shakespeare acquired his family’s coat of arms. It is set down in two drafts made on 20 October 1596, described as follows: The arms are blazoned. “Gold, on a bend sable, a spear of … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Ann Donnelly, coat of arms, Courting chair, heraldry, Pericles, Shakespeare, Victor Chinnery, William Collins
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