If you aren’t too tired after all the excitement of April 23rd, join us for some education news. We’ve got info on World Book Day, open source textbooks, and iPads in the Shakespeare classroom, plus some interesting links to some great education projects around the world. Join in on the conversation and catch up with the latest in education news with all of us at The Shakespeare Standard.
Read further anon →Up this week: Shakespeare’s birthday and ways NOT to celebrate it, if Shakespeare had written ________, Meatloaf practicing Shakespeare, and more!
Read further anon →On bended knee, your humble columnist bids you welcome to Oberon’s Orb once again. On this fine Monday in the spring-time (“the only pretty ring-time”, as per As You Like It), I shall regale you with news, news and more news.
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Didn’t the figure of the court jester always seem weird to [...]
Up this week: it’s Friday the 13th and we want to keep our Shakespeare luck. So, we’re talking about Shakespeare and cute furry animals. That should keep the bad luck at bay!
Read further anon →Hello All and welcome to another edition of O What Learning Is, your place for all things Education and Shakespeare. This week was a little sparse for news but here is what I have for you:
Canadian Shakespeare Festival Cancelled:
Read further anon →The Film Thailand Doesn’t Want Thailand To See:
This week, the Thai Film Censorship Board decided to ban “Shakespeare Must Die”, Ing Kanjanavanit’s latest film. What’s wrong with it? The film is based on Macbeth, and it depicts his rise through a bloody revolt that mirrors Thailand’s woes since at least 2006.
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Read further anon →Greetings from the SAA convention in Boston! It has been a fabulous few days of papers, plenaries and conversations, and the Scrivener is here to report on some of the latest news in Shakespeare scholarship.
There were a number of plenary sessions covering a range of topics, from primatology to the Romantics to representation of [...]
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