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O What Fools | Foolery news for the week of February 2, 2012

Caroline — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:17:56 +0000

Up this week: Valentine's gift ideas (as promised), more celebrity impressions, Shakespeare in Bits, weigh in on the worst Shakespeare play, and want to know what the 2012 Olympics has to do with The Tempest? Read on.

O What Learning Is| Education News for the Week of January 31

Steven — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:43:49 +0000

Hello All and welcome to another edition of O What Learning Is. Your place for all things Shakespeare and Education related for the week of January 31. What does this week have in store for you all? Well lets see Eight grader’s learning how to sew for Shakespeare, Students getting by art and Shakespeare, Shakespeare [...]

O What Fools | Foolery news for the week of January 26, 2012

Caroline — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:03:54 +0000

Up this week: Cliff Notes Shakespeare shorts, Shakespeare the Swedenborgian, and Shakespearean light bulb jokes. Next week: suggestions for Valentine's gifts for the Shakespeare lover in your life.

O What Learning Is| Education News for the Week of January 24. 2012

Steven — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:06:23 +0000

Hello all, Steven here and welcome to another edition of O What Learning Is. This is your weekly place for all things Education and Shakespeare. What have we got this week for you? Well let’s see: Teachers learning how to teach Shakespeare, A lecture on Shakespeare and Verdi in Chicago, and much more.

Teachers getting taught [...]

Oberon’s Orb | Multimedia News for the Week of January 23, 2012

Tue — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:06:36 +0000

Good day, Sirs and Madams. Just when you least expect it, it turns out to be Monday again, which means it’s time for another round of Oberon’s Orb. Let’s see what we can see…

Whoa!
If you love recorded Shakespeare performances, you’ll love this news (and personally, I have to restrain myself not to put [...]

“O What Fools” | Foolery news for the week of 1/19/12

Caroline — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:09:26 +0000

Caroline returns to bring you this week's Foolery news - cat names, a Shakespeare social network, Shakespeare bling, cooking with Shakespeare, and more.

O What Fools | Friday Foolery News for the Week of Jan 13, 2012

Kim — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:08:33 +0000

On this Friday the 13th, we explore Shakespeare and this date, stamps showing the Bard, plus some jewelry, Klingon, and other fun. As usual, we let our hair down and look at the lighter side of Shakespeare for the end of your week.

The Scrivener-Scholarship News for the Week of January 8

Emily — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:01:41 +0000

Greetings! Welcome to the Scrivener, your source for news in Shakespeare scholarship. We have been away for a few weeks, and news in scholarship seems to have taken a bit of a break as well, but there are a few pieces of note so let’s get to it!

Call for Papers

The Early Modern Research [...]

O What Learning is| Education News for the week of January 3rd

Steven — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:16:30 +0000

Hello All, Steven here to give you all the 411 on all things education and Shakespeare related for the week of January 3rd while Claire is on hiatus.So what have got going on this week as we begin the new year: Scandal rocking The GCSE, Court Mandated Shakespeare, A Finalist for The Royal Shakespeare Company’s [...]

Oberon’s Orb | Multimedia News for the Week of January 2nd

Francis — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:24:47 +0000

A Christmas gift.

When St. John of the Cross wrote his famous phrase “The Dark Night of the Soul,” he might well have envisioned the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and the works of William Shakespeare.

Throughout his life, the self-taught, self-made man enjoyed the theatre. Venturing far from his home, he attained [...]