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, [...]
Read further anon →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 in education, Shakespeare’s school prepares to make admission changes, the Conservatory at Shakespeare & Co stages “Cymbeline” with young actors, and PETA’s “William” continues to garner praise.
Read further anon →This week in education, The Independent revisits the Joseph Reynolds campaign against The Simpsons, The Royal College of Art displays Shakespeare-inspired prints, and The Stratford Shakespeare Festival promotes various competition challenges for students.
Read further anon →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 [...]
Read further anon →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 [...]
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