More Shakespeare and Halloween, editing Shakespeare, some Twitter fools to follow, plus some other fun stuff to look at in this week’s Foolery. Be a fool and join us for some fun!
Read further anon →This week, school groups participating in the Utah competition receive the spotlight, the Las Vegas Shakespeare Company celebrates an anniversary, and Shakespeare goes internet meme.
Read further anon →Top o’ the Monday morning to you. This week’s Shakespearean multimedia news begins with a grave consideration of the question on everyone’s mind: Did Shakespeare write his own plays, or are they in fact the product of an alien culture from beyond the stars? The scholarly community is divided. On one [...]
Read further anon →The Work: The Tragedy of Arthur, a Novel, by Arthur Phillips
Part One: The Introductory “Novel”
4 of 5 Stars: Strongly Recommended.
“You will tell the truth. You will write a little non-fiction for once in your life, and you will learn its lessons in public, where everyone can see you and judge you… Because [...]
Read further anon →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 Albuquerque). [...]
Read further anon →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.
Claire [...]
Read further anon →In early March in Ashland, Oregon, a sex offender was found by police. Mark Lee McSweeney was found sleeping underneath stairs to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Elizabethan theatre. For further information on the man’s arrest, visit KMTR’s article here.
Jessica is a Senior at Waldorf College in Iowa. She is currently [...]
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