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O What Fools | Foolery news for the week of February 2, 2012

Caroline — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:17:56 +0000

Up this week: Valentine's gift ideas (as promised), more celebrity impressions, Shakespeare in Bits, weigh in on the worst Shakespeare play, and want to know what the 2012 Olympics has to do with The Tempest? Read on.

Speak the Speech Performance news for the week of February 2, 2012

marycandler — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:26 +0000

Welcome back to Speak the Speech, and Happy February.

The Public Theater announced its 50th Shakespeare in the Park season including As You Like It and Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim.

A bit of extra drama during Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s opening night of Romeo and Juliet: Johnny Lee Davenport, a favorite [...]

Portia’s Casket | Review of PETA’s Haring Lear (King Lear)

Portia — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:10:19 +0000

I rarely go on opening nights. I have good reason for this. Don’t get me wrong, opening nights are fun, exciting. You get to see everyone involved in the production as well as the theatre’s most avid supporters. For Haring Lear‘s opening night some of the people I [...]

O What Learning Is| Education News for the Week of January 31

Steven — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:43:49 +0000

Hello All and welcome to another edition of O What Learning Is. Your place for all things Shakespeare and Education related for the week of January 31. What does this week have in store for you all? Well lets see Eight grader’s learning how to sew for Shakespeare, Students getting by art and Shakespeare, Shakespeare [...]

Oberon’s Orb | Multimedia News for the week of January 30th

Francis — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:49:52 +0000

Great Caesar’s ghost, it’s Monday! Time to roll out a number of juicy tidbits we’ve culled from the world of Bard.

I am tame, sir. Pronounce!

Our first bit of online smorgasbord comes from the good folks at the Open University, fast becoming one of my “go to” sources. In this ten minute clip you [...]

Notes from the Breach | A Tale of Unmoderated Grief

Tony Tambasco — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:41:14 +0000

There’s a regular Trojan Spring underway in Staunton right now; in addition to the ASC’s upcoming production of Christopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage, two MFA projects from Mary Baldwin College’s program in Shakespeare and performance will treat on the subject; both of them new works. My own Ballad of Dido opens later in the spring, [...]

Speak the Speech Performance News for the week of January 27, 2012

marycandler — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:30 +0000

Welcome to Thursday. What am I most excited about this week in Performance News? The possibility of seeing Cate Blanchett opposite Richard Roxbugh in Anthony and Cleopatra. These two powerhouse actors tried on the roles this week in a two-day workshop at the Sydney Theater Company with hopes of an eventual full run [...]

O What Learning Is| Education News for the Week of January 24. 2012

Steven — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:06:23 +0000

Hello all, Steven here and welcome to another edition of O What Learning Is. This is your weekly place for all things Education and Shakespeare. What have we got this week for you? Well let’s see: Teachers learning how to teach Shakespeare, A lecture on Shakespeare and Verdi in Chicago, and much more.

Teachers getting taught [...]

“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.

Speak the Speech | Performance News for the week of January 19, 2012

marycandler — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:12 +0000

Welcome back to Performance News. This week’s trend is audience participation so get out of that squeaky theater seat and jump on stage.

This past week, Surprise Party Theater hosted “Shakespeare Karaoke” to the tune of Measure for Measure. Audience members arrived, were handed scripts, grabbed some liquid courage, and prepared to grace the [...]