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Speak the Speech: Shakespeare Performance News for the Week of October 27

David — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:20:56 +0000

There is a lot of interesting Shakespeare performance news happening this week, if you’re willing to sift through all of the stories about the Film that Shall Not Be Named in your Google news feed. Fortunately, I did that so you don’t have to.

Choreographer David Gordon presents his dance piece “Dancing Henry V” [...]

Speak the Speech: Shakespeare Performance News for the Week of October 20, 2011

David — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:03:02 +0000

The great thing about Shakespeare is the strange and varied company he keeps. This week’s performance roundup features appearances from a Nobel Prize winner and former First Daughter, as well as Radiohead and Quentin Tarantino.

Director Peter Sellars and writer Toni Morrison bring their new production Desdemona, a follow-up to Sellars’ controversial 2009 Broadway [...]

The Scrivener

Emily — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:00:01 +0000

Greetings! Emily here with your weekly dose of Shakespeare scholarship news. There is much to cover this week, so let us get to it.

Greenblatt and the NBA

The Chronicle of Higher Education put out this list of academics whose works are in the running for this year’s National Book Awards. Among the nominees is [...]

To Some Ears Unrecounted 4/30/10 (This Week in Performance Reviews)

Joel — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:08:35 +0000

Every Friday, the Shakespeare Standard will post a comprehensive list of performance reviews for the week. Below you will find this week’s list, including review and theatre company links. Enjoy!

Tennant’s Hamlet is available for free to watch on pbs.com. If anyone watches it and wants to write a review, please contact this editor and [...]

Events: Shakespeare’s Birthday

Claire — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:42:45 +0000

In addition to the Folger Shakespeare Library lecture, the Shakespeare’s Globe, and the Actor’s Shakespeare Project events, here are some upcoming celebrations taking place in honor of Shakespeare’s birthday, April 23:

In the United States –

The American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virgina, offers a free birthday party to all ages as well as a reading [...]

To Some Ears Unrecounted 3/26/10 (This Week in Performance Reviews)

Joel — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:35:00 +0000

Every Friday, the Shakespeare Standard will post a comprehensive list of performance reviews for the week. Below you will find this week’s list, including review and theatre company links. Enjoy!

Other than a ballet of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it seems this week’s list of reviews run the gamet of Shakespeare’s works. Everything from Twelfth [...]

The Met hosts early music celebration, includes Shakespearean dance

Claire — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:38:04 +0000

Early Music Exposed, A Daylong Exploration of Early Music, Celebrates the Reopening of The André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments with Presentations by Six Major Early Music Ensembles Saturday, March 13, 2010

Frederick Renz Hosts Lecture-Demonstrations by the New York Historical Dance Company, Parthenia, Lionheart, Asteria, ARTEK, and Members of the Grand Tour Orchestra

To [...]

Rojo embodies Juliet

Anna — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:15:27 +0000

The Royal Ballet’s Tamara Rojo danced splendidly as Juliet in a company production of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. According to Judith Mackrell, Rojo completely transformed herself into Juliet to tell the story of a young girl who rapidly faces overwhelming challenges to end up a complex woman able to make the most difficult of choices. With growing awareness [...]