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Tag Archives: poetry
Wordsworth, Shakespeare and nature in time of crisis
7 April 2020 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Wordsworth. Since most of the world entered into lockdown, short walks have become our only distraction, and we have been taking more notice of the natural world. David … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World
Tagged April, birds, blossom, butterfly, David Attenborough, flowers, nature, poetry, Sonnet 98, spring, Tintern Abbey, William Wordsworth
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Walking with Simon Armitage and Shakespeare
Congratulations to Simon Armitage, who was appointed Poet Laureate on 11 May 2019. It’s a strange job, nominally the official court poet, though these days it isn’t important to write new poems for royal occasions. It’s definitely an honour to … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged In Praise of Air, National Walking Month, Poet Laureate, poetry, Simon Armitage, walking
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Speaking Shakespeare’s tragic verse
Last week Professor Tiffany Stern spoke at Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Club on the subject of tragic performances on Shakespeare’s stage. She was struck by the way that writers tended to describe tragedies differently from other dramatic genres. Her thoughts on tragic … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare on Stage, Shakespeare's World
Tagged Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Ben Crystal, David Crystal, original pronunciation, poetry, Richard Burbage, Shakespeare Club, The Tempest, Tiffany Stern
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If music and sweet poetry agree: Stratford-upon-Avon’s Festival
On Saturday morning Stratford-upon-Avon’s Music Festival began with a Festival Fanfare entitled Lend Me Your Ears, played by the brass ensemble from King Edward VI School. Performed on the steps of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre it was a reminder of … Continue reading
World Listening Day: Shakespeare in concert
Today is World Listening Day, and although it’s mostly focused on hearing music and the sounds of nature, there is also a link with Shakespeare. Earlier this week a journalist, Rupert Christiansen, wrote a piece in the Telegraph expressing his wish … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged concert, Hamlet, Henry VI, Ian McKellen, performance, poetry, Richard Burton, Richard III, Richard Pasco, Rupert Christiansen, verse
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Shakespeare’s rhyming couplets
We all know that in order to get to grips with Shakespeare’s writing, you have to understand blank verse, most crucially the unrhymed iambic pentameter. Students often struggle with the theory, though in practice it’s not so tough: one of … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Patrick Spottiswoode, poetry, rhyme, Shakespeare Club, Shakespeare's Globe
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Writing Britain at the British Library
When visiting other people’s houses, I always enjoy looking at their bookshelves to see what they like to read, and to keep. All my Shakespeare books are in the room where I work, while books on other favourite subjects are … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged As You Like it, British Library, competition, King Lear, manuscript, poetry, Richard II, writing, Writing Britain
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Shakespeare’s well-apparell’d April
Shakespeare loved spring, and April, with its freshness and optimism is the month of which he writes most fondly. I couldn’t let it go by without a post containing a few of his lines, together with a selection of photographs … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged April, May, poetry, spring, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Shakespeare and National Poetry Day
Thursday 6 October is National Poetry Day in the UK. With so much economic gloom in the news, and to mark the day, here are a couple of pieces of Shakespeare’s most beautiful poetry. The first one comes from near … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, National Poetry Day, poetry, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
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Michael Rosen and Shakespeare for children
I recently spent a day at the Cambridge Shakespeare Conference, its theme Shakespeare: sources and adaptations. It opened with a thought-provoking lecture by Michael Rosen, Children’s Laureate 2007-2009 and Shakespeare enthusiast. To an audience who needed no convincing of the … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged Cambridge, education, Michael Rosen, poetry, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Such Tweet Sorrow, Tim Crouch
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