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Tony Danza teaches Julius Caesar to Philly students

By Claire
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September 1, 2010

Philly.com reports on Tony Danza’s upcoming reality show, “Teach,” in which the TV star spends  a year teaching tenth-grade students at Northeast High School in Philadelphia.  The curriculum included a unit on Julius Caesar and a field trip to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The show is set to premiere on A&E...
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Sir Frank Kermode dies at the age of 90

By Caroline
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August 19, 2010

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Kevin Kline and Stephen Colbert’s Shakespeare Showdown

By David
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July 28, 2010

Kevin Kline appeared on The Colbert Report on Tuesday to perform Shakespeare using only facial expressions and grunts.
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Folger Director Gail Kern Paster announces retirement

By Claire
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June 16, 2010

Gail Kern Paster, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library since 2002, has announced her decision to retire on July 1, 2011. As Director—only the fifth in the Folger’s 78-year history—Paster has emphasized four goals: increasing access and outreach, particularly through digital initiatives; strengthening the educational mission; modernizing the library’s physical infrastructure; and building on the...
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Shakespeare in the dugout

By Caroline
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May 23, 2010

I’m more of a hockey fan myself, but for those of you who long to sit in the stands with a hot dog and a beer singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” while considering your paper submission for the SAA on games on the Early Modern stage, this article is for you.
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Shakespeare scenes and a train ride

By Claire
May 21, 2010

Scenes from Shakespeare’s plays will be performed on New Mexico Rail Runner Express trains every Saturday this summer.  The University of New Mexico Department of Theatre Education and Outreach will perform during the afternoon and evening on northbound train No. 506 (from Albuquerque to Santa Fe) and southbound train No. 509 (from Santa Fe to...
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Barry Edelstein steps in for Lynn Redgrave at Ten Chimneys

By Claire
May 19, 2010
Barry Edelstein steps in for Lynn Redgrave at Ten Chimneys

Barry Edelstein, Director of The Public Theater’s Shakespeare Initiative in New York , has been selected to fill the role of the 2010 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Master Teacher at the Ten Chimneys Foundation. Edelstein’s book, Thinking Shakespeare, was published in 2007.  An Oxford University graduate, he has taught at the Juilliard School, NYU’s Graduate Acting Program,...
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Teacher fired for using modern King Lear

By Claire
May 10, 2010

A New Zealand teacher, Suzette Martin, was dismissed from the private Westmount School in Kerikeri for using a modern version of King Lear with her Year 13 students. The New Zealand Herald reports that the Christian school’s committee found the text to be ”embarrassing, corrupting and morally defiling.” Read the full New Zealand Herald article.
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Actress Lynn Redgrave dies at the age of 67

By Caroline
May 3, 2010

I had the immense pleasure of meeting Lynn Redgrave when I was a young starry-eyed undergraduate studying abroad in London (though I certainly would have been starry-eyed meeting Lynn Redgrave at any age).   She was starring in Noises Off at the time.  Two friends and I waited by the stage door, clutching our...
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ASC posts Top Ten Sexiest Romeo & Juliet Quotes

By Jessica
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May 3, 2010

After votes and help from Facebook fans, the American Shakespeare Center located in Staunton, Virginia, has finally posted their Top Ten Sexiest Quotes from R&J. Some of these quotes include favorites such as, “You kiss by the book”  (Act I, Scene V) and “Give me my sin again” (Act I, Scene V). To read...
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