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 [...]
Read further anon →This week’s Shakespeare news has an international focus, with reports on controversial productions in both London and Sydney and a group of exciting Asian adaptations presented at the Edinburgh International Festival. Meanwhile, stateside, some regional companies received good financial news this week and another new regional festival is set to debut next year.
The Edinburgh [...]
Read further anon →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” [...]
Read further anon →La Musique Magnifique
Early Music Masterpieces from France
May 24 – June 26
Welcome to the fifth season of the Washington Early Music Festival! This year the Festival visits the music of French composers from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, exploring the rich cultural history of France with concerts, lectures and workshops.
This [...]
Read further anon →The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.,will present a series of Hamlet-oriented performances and talks in the coming months. From the Folger website:
HAMFEST is a series of programs presented in conjunction with Folger Theatre’s production of Hamlet, on stage April 21 – June 6, 2010.
Hamlet: Now I Am Alone
Mondays, May [...]
The Ave Maria University choir of Naples, Florida, will present “Shakespeare in Tune: A Night of Shakespeare and Opera” at the Ave Maria Student Union Ballroom March 27, from 5 to 9 pm. Tickets are $50 per person and must be reserved.
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Claire Kimball is an Editor of The [...]
Read further anon →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!
An opera of Hamlet and an elderly Juliet? It seems that expressionism in the current fad. Sounds fun! Now, if the alignment of images versus [...]
Read further anon →Seattle Opera’s production of Verdi’s final opera, Falstaff, is one that has been three years in the making. The opera, much like the play, has arguably little substance, but centers around one of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters. Reported to be a “fine production,” I would urge anyone who has not seen a production of this piece [...]
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