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Tag Archives: Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene
Over the past few weeks a lively discussion has been going on at the Shakespeare noticeboard SHAKSPER under the title “Balcony”. The so-called balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet is probably Shakespeare’s most famous single scene, and no wonder as … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage, Sources
Tagged balcony, Brooke, Juliet Club, Lois Leveen, Peter Holland, Romeo and Juliet, Romeus and Juliet, SHAKSPER, Verona
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Sadness and the four humours in Shakespeare
The February 2014 meeting of the Stratford Shakespeare Club featured Dr Erin Sullivan, Lecturer and Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, speaking on Beyond Melancholy – Sadness and Selfhood in Renaissance England. Even her title was a reminder of how much … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World
Tagged As You Like it, emotion, Erin Sullivan, Hamlet, humors, humours, melancholy, Romeo and Juliet, sadness, The Merchant of Venice
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Juliet’s birthday: Shakespeare and Lammas-tide
Lammas Day, 1 August, was an important day in the calendar, but for Shakespeare-lovers Lammas Eve, 31 July, is the more significant because it was the day of Juliet’s birth. Juliet is one of the few Shakespearean characters whose age and … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged August, Lammas, Nicholas Breton, Romeo and Juliet, Thomas Tusser
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Shakespeare on film: Joss Whedon’s Much Ado
It is I suppose possible that you won’t have heard about the latest Shakespeare film to be released in the US that is due to be screened in the UK from 14 June 2013. Its director is Joss Whedon, best known for … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Plays and Poems
Tagged BBC, film, Henry V, John Wyver, Joss Whedon, Kenneth Branagh, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, television
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A Shakespeare miscellany
One of the most delightful results of writing this blog is receiving responses from people who are using Shakespeare creatively to build a project of their own. I’m always happy to share these projects with other readers. Here are some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged art, book, exhibition, film, game, Globe, Hamlet, Henry V, music, mystery, online, Ophelia, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night
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Peter Brook: from enfant terrible to grand old man of the theatre
Nobody has been more influential in the world of the theatre in the last 70 years than Peter Brook. And at the age of 88, he’s still involved, setting out his ideas about why theatre is so important. Shakespeare has … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare on Stage
Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, John Gielgud, Love's Labour's Lost, Marat-Sade, Measure for Measure, Peter Brook, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Theatre of Cruelty
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Celebrating Barry Jackson at the Birmingham Rep and the Shakespeare Memorial
This year the Birmingham Repertory Theatre celebrates its centenary, and over the weekend of 23 and 24 March there is to be a series of talks, discussions and an exhibition to be held at the original theatre in Station Street. … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare on Stage, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged Barry Jackson, Birmingham Rep, Fordham Flower, John Harrison, Love's Labour's Lost, Paul Scofield, Peter Brook, Romeo and Juliet
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Shakespeare and the power of music
22 November is Saint Cecilia’s day, when we should be celebrating music in all its forms, yet on Tuesday morning BBC Radio 4’s Today programme broadcast a piece criticising the fact that only a small minority of people attend ballet, opera … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy
Tagged Arts Council England, Baccalaureate, Hip-hop, music, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet
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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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The mysterious Passionate Pilgrim and Shakespeare
I’ve been spending some time just recently re-reading James Shapiro’s great book 1599, which I strongly recommend if you haven’t already read it. It focuses on a single year, decisive in Shakespeare’s creative life as well being as the year … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World
Tagged 1599, Adam G Hooks, James Shapiro, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Sonnets, The Passionate Pilgrim
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