As the holidays roll around, many festivals and companies are planning their 2012 seasons, so this week we have several announcements about next year’s offerings.
Star Kevin Spacey and Director Sam Mendes are trotting the globe with their production of Richard III. They recently opened in Beijing and announced two shows in Qatar [...]
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 →Hello all, Steven here this week and welcome to another edition of the Scrivener your weekly place for all things news related to Scholarship and Shakespeare. So without further ado let’s just jump right in shall we:
Shakespeare and the Arabic World:
This week Boston University held an informal roundtable on Shakespeare and his current impact [...]
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 →Hello All and welcome once again to another weekly edition of The Scrivener, your place for all things Shakespeare and Scholarship related. This week we have Conferences, Calls for Papers and a couple more interesting tidbits. So without further ado let’s get to it.
Wells talks Shakespeare and Anonymous-
Stanley Wells, President of the Shakespeare [...]
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