The Kingsmen Shakespeare Company will lead workshops for elementary and secondary teachers at California Lutheran University this August.   Participants will investigate a text and performance based approach to Shakespeare’s works adapted from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s “Shakespeare Set Free” book series. Sessions run Thursday, August 5 (elementary level) and Friday, August 6 (middle and...
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The Shakespeare Standard (http://theshakespearestandard.com) seeks volunteer editorial staff in the following areas: -Performance (Assistant/Associate Editors): review development, feature development, archiving, “Common Players” feature -Images (Assistant/Associate/Full Editors): production photo development, rights, etc. -Voices (Assistant/Associate/Full Editors): editorial content, podcasting, community interaction, discussion generation, polls, etc. -Publications (Assistant/Associate/Full Editors): books and journals -Special Projects (Assistant/Associate/Full Editors): special...
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Wayne Myers explores the themes and issues at work in Twelfth Night in his new book, The Book of “Twelfth Night, or What You Will.”  Check out his website at www.TheBookofTwelfthNight.com.  You can also read sample chapters on Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=FklxhVNFJ44C&pg=PP6&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false. About Wayne Myers (from his website): Wayne Myers was the features...
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Located in Paris, France, the Shakespeare and Company bookstore receives visitors of all preoccupations of life. Aspiring authors are welcome to stay for months at a time while reading and writing, visitors are invited to stay for hours and browse. To read more about this inspiring bookstore, visit the Book Blog article here.
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Author Ron Koertge has written a new book entitled Shakespeare Bats Cleanup, about a fourteen-year-old boy who picks up writing poetry as a hobby after contracting mono and being unable to play baseball. For a review on this witty book, visit YA Books’ blog here.
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On February 11, one of The New York Times’ main critics, Charles Isherwood, published this opinion/appeal regarding the state of Classical Theatre in New York City: Envisioning Shakespeare at Home in New York. The major buzz is that the Royal Shakespeare Company is already in the middle of a plan to erect a temporary...
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Mercurynews.com reports on the Orinda Library’s acquisition of theatre-related materials: From Aristophanes to David Zippel, David Mamet to Shakespeare, theater enthusiasts needn’t travel farther than the Orinda Library to find a classic or contemporary play. With the recent acquisition of more than 500 new books on a wide range of theater topics and plays,...
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UPDATED April 7, 2010 The Indy Star reports on Terri Bourus, associate professor of English Drama at Indiana Univeristy-Purdue University Indianapolis, who currently serves as one of three general editors, along with Gary Taylor (Florida State University) and John Jowett (University of Birmingham), for The New Oxford Shakespeare.  The print and online edition is...
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This month The Big Issue is running a special article about Shakespeare’s portrayal of King Lear. To read the article in full, please click here:  The Big Issue» Big Issue Magazine Current Issue » The Bard is Back.
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About the Project Artist Luke Jerram is working with us to create My RSC Gallery, a unique art project for the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST), which will allow everyone to play their part in its transformation. My RSC Gallery will consist of 50 glass-fronted boxes embedded into the theatre’s walls. Each box will contain...
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