The Shakespeare Standard » Performance Reviews http://theshakespearestandard.com Fri, 18 May 2012 04:06:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Copyright © 2011 theshakespearestandard@gmail.com (The Shakespeare Standard) theshakespearestandard@gmail.com (The Shakespeare Standard) 1440 http://theshakespearestandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/shakespop.jpgThe Shakespeare Standardhttp://theshakespearestandard.com 144 144 An occasional podcast on Shakespeare & popular culture. An occasional podcast on Shakespeare & popular culture. Rob & Jeremy explore the lasting impact of the London poet & playwright (and friends, too) in film, music, literature, language, food, and culture. William, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, pop, culture The Shakespeare Standard The Shakespeare Standard theshakespearestandard@gmail.com no no Shakespeare’s Bejewelled Tongue: Language News for the Week of 12 Mayhttp://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/05/12/shakespeares-bejewelled-tongue-language-news-for-the-week-of-12-may/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/05/12/shakespeares-bejewelled-tongue-language-news-for-the-week-of-12-may/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 10:36:23 +0000 Annie http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=11801 God ye good day! Our language news for the week fast gone. We shall go awry a bit and peruse some untonguely news, yet passing good news.

Six New Titles on Shakespeare baking in publishing houses. I would first open “Shakespeare: Staging the World” it being co-authored by the gracious Jonathan Bate. [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/05/12/shakespeares-bejewelled-tongue-language-news-for-the-week-of-12-may/feed/ 0 Notes from the Breach | Eating Sweet Comfitshttp://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/04/01/notes-from-the-breach-eating-sweet-comfits/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/04/01/notes-from-the-breach-eating-sweet-comfits/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:49:00 +0000 Tony Tambasco http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=11336 My deepest apologies, dear readers, for the tardiness of this latest entry, but I was occupied polishing up a conference paper for the College English Association this weekend in addition to continuing a busy rehearsal schedule for the premier of my upcoming musical, The Ballad of Dido. With one weekend left for you to make [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/04/01/notes-from-the-breach-eating-sweet-comfits/feed/ 0 Speak the Speech | Performance News for the Week of March 8, 2012http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/03/08/speak-the-speech-performance-news-for-the-week-of-march-8-2012/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/03/08/speak-the-speech-performance-news-for-the-week-of-march-8-2012/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:00:20 +0000 marycandler http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=11041 Welcome back to Speak the Speech!  Just a reminder to keep in touch and let us know what you want to see in Performance News.  Do you have a production coming up?

Four plays. One month. Three days of rehearsal each.  The Maryland Shakespeare Festival brings the Bare Bard series back—this season with four [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/03/08/speak-the-speech-performance-news-for-the-week-of-march-8-2012/feed/ 0 Notes from the Breach | Middleton Our Contemporaryhttp://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/02/23/notes-from-the-breach-middleton-our-contemporary/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/02/23/notes-from-the-breach-middleton-our-contemporary/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:43:49 +0000 Tony Tambasco http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=10894 Thomas Middleton’s A Mad World, My Masters opens at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA, on Friday, and judging by the preview performance I saw tonight, it’s a refreshing addition to their current season. Middleton’s plays have a freshness to them that makes them feel like distinctly modern pieces of writing. As Gary Taylor noted while [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/02/23/notes-from-the-breach-middleton-our-contemporary/feed/ 0 O What Learning is| Education News for the week of January 3rdhttp://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/01/02/o-what-learning-is-education-news-for-the-week-of-january-3rd/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/01/02/o-what-learning-is-education-news-for-the-week-of-january-3rd/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:16:30 +0000 Steven http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=10334 Hello All, Steven here to give you all the 411 on all things education and Shakespeare related for the week of January 3rd while Claire is on hiatus.So what have got going on this week as we begin the new year: Scandal rocking The GCSE, Court Mandated Shakespeare, A Finalist for The Royal Shakespeare Company’s [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2012/01/02/o-what-learning-is-education-news-for-the-week-of-january-3rd/feed/ 0 Speak the Speech: Shakespeare Performance News for the Week of November 10http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/11/10/speak-the-speech-shakespeare-performance-news-for-the-week-of-november-10/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/11/10/speak-the-speech-shakespeare-performance-news-for-the-week-of-november-10/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:50:11 +0000 David http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=10142 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 [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/11/10/speak-the-speech-shakespeare-performance-news-for-the-week-of-november-10/feed/ 0 Oberon’s Orb | Multimedia News for the Week of October 31, 2011http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/31/oberons-orb-multimedia-news-for-the-week-of-october-31-2011/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/31/oberons-orb-multimedia-news-for-the-week-of-october-31-2011/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:31:54 +0000 Tue http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=10080 Hello there and welcome once again to Oberon’s Orb. Today I have two items for you; a denouncement and a review. So, without further adieu:

 

Vulgar Scandal

Something is rotten in Hollywood, and to be specific it is Roland Emmerich’s anti-Shakespearean film Anonymous (of which the reviewer in New York [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/31/oberons-orb-multimedia-news-for-the-week-of-october-31-2011/feed/ 0 The Scrivener – Scholarship News for the Week of October 30thhttp://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/30/the-scrivener-scholarship-news-for-the-week-of-october-30th/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/30/the-scrivener-scholarship-news-for-the-week-of-october-30th/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:01:52 +0000 Emily http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=10058 Greetings from a very chilly (and snowy!) Staunton, Virginia, where a number of Shakespeare Standard editors have gathered for the 6th Blackfriar’s Conference. It has been a fantastic couple of days full of interesting scholarship, exciting theater, beautiful fall foliage, and, of course, bears. Lots of bears. Yours truly was but one of its [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/30/the-scrivener-scholarship-news-for-the-week-of-october-30th/feed/ 0 Portia’s Caskets (Beyond Anonymous): Voices News for the Week of October 26http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/26/portia%e2%80%99s-caskets-beyond-anonymous-voices-news-for-the-week-of-october-26/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/26/portia%e2%80%99s-caskets-beyond-anonymous-voices-news-for-the-week-of-october-26/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:46:00 +0000 Portia http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=10040 A sunny day to everyone! I am on vacation right now and had to jump to the mall to get some internet access and get some time to write this week’s Portia’s Caskets.

What is up for this week? My newsfeed is still abuzz over Anonymous. But honestly, are you as over this [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/26/portia%e2%80%99s-caskets-beyond-anonymous-voices-news-for-the-week-of-october-26/feed/ 0 The Scrivenerhttp://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/16/the-scrivener-2/ http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/16/the-scrivener-2/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:00:01 +0000 Emily http://theshakespearestandard.com/?p=9928 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 [...]]]> http://theshakespearestandard.com/2011/10/16/the-scrivener-2/feed/ 0