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“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 We Mortal Be…For Shakespeare | Foolery News for the Week of Oct 21, 2011

Kim — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:28:27 +0000

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!

O, what learning is! | Education News for the Week of October 11

Claire — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:30:14 +0000

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.

Oberon’s Orb | Multimedia News for the Week of September 19, 2011

Tue — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:12:27 +0000

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 [...]

Part One of The Tragedy of Arthur, a Review

Francis — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:11:35 +0000

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 [...]

Shakespeare scenes and a train ride

Claire — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:10:05 +0000

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). [...]

Teacher fired for using modern King Lear

Claire — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:04:54 +0000

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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Sex offender found sleeping behind Shakespearean theatre

Jessica — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:33:42 +0000

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.

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Jessica is a Senior at Waldorf College in Iowa. She is currently [...]

F. Murray Abraham is theatre crime stopper!

Caroline — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:19:45 +0000

F. Murray Abraham single-handedly thwarted a thief attempting to rob the Classic Stage Company’s dressing rooms during rehearsals for Much Ado About Nothing. Martha Plimpton is also in the show. Lucky for the thief she wasn’t with Abraham at the time because that surely would have ended in an old-fashioned beat down. Seriously. Martha Plimpton is [...]

Book + video + sonnets = a vook of love

Caroline — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:01:40 +0000

Alright, I admit it, I’m just not up on this whole “vook” thing. A vook? Yesterday I would have thought that was something in Star Wars.

Well, I would have been wrong. You see, when a book and a video or other multi-media item love each other very much, they combine and make a [...]