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Asides | Shakespeare and Access

By Jeremy
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August 28, 2010

Editor’s note: This is the first foray into our new Asides series, occasional discussion starters about current issues in Shakespeare studies.  We invite your input using our comments feature.  If you have an idea for Asides, please contact voices@theshakespearestandard.com. Last week, we came across Matt Kubus’ account of the International Shakespeare Conference (ISC) in...
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Sir Frank Kermode dies at the age of 90

By Caroline
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August 19, 2010

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An Interview with Utah Shakespearean Festival’s David Ivers

By David
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July 11, 2010
An Interview with Utah Shakespearean Festival’s David Ivers

New Utah Shakespearean Festival Artistic Director David Ivers talks about their current summer season and his plans for the future.
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Renowned Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells is recipient of Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Award 2010

By tdomf_a40b1
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June 15, 2010

Leading Shakespeare scholar Professor Stanley Wells, CBE, has accepted Shakespeare’s Globe’s prestigious Sam Wanamaker Award, given annually in the name of the Globe’s founder to celebrate work which has increased the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare. Author and editor of over 40 books, Professor Wells spent ten years editing the Oxford Complete Works of...
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Call for Editors

By Jeremy
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June 1, 2010

The Shakespeare Standard (http://theshakespearestandard.com) seeks volunteer editorial staff in the following areas: -Performance (Assistant/Associate Editors): review development, feature development, archiving, “Common Players” feature -Images (Assistant/Associate/Full Editors): production photo development, rights, etc. -Voices (Assistant/Associate/Full Editors): editorial content, podcasting, community interaction, discussion generation, polls, etc. -Publications (Assistant/Associate/Full Editors): books and journals -Special Projects (Assistant/Associate/Full Editors): special...
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Introducing The Shakespeare Wave

By Jeremy
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June 1, 2010

The Shakespeare Wave: The Shakespeare Standard is host to the first (known) Shakespeare-centered Wave (http://theshakespearestandard.com/wave/).  Google Wave (http://wave.google.com/about.html) is a real-time communication/document application that has been used to host electronic conferences, academic course work, and other real-time events.  The Wave can be used to share documents, host discussions, conduct informal polls, share photos and...
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Introducing the Production Hub and Event Calendar

By Jeremy
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June 1, 2010

The Production Hub and Event Calendar (http://theshakespearestandard/production-hub/): The Shakespeare Standard hosts an online event calendar for all manner of Shakespeare-related events, including conferences, productions, lectures, etc. Users can schedule events themselves; events are broadcast site-wide so all readers will encounter the events regardless of the page they’re on. Users can also submit original reviews...
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Common Players | Shrew | Theatre Company class at Waldorf College

By Jeremy
May 13, 2010

Since we launched The Shakespeare Standard in January, our focus has been on collecting Shakespeare-related news and reviews from across the web.  Mostly, this has meant creating little stubs of articles that point to much bigger source articles with the full story.  And we’ve done pretty well, if I’m allowed to say so, considering...
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An interview with Austin Shakespeare Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella

By David
May 11, 2010
An interview with Austin Shakespeare Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella

Austin Shakespeare Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella talks about their '60s musical adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Actress Lynn Redgrave dies at the age of 67

By Caroline
May 3, 2010

I had the immense pleasure of meeting Lynn Redgrave when I was a young starry-eyed undergraduate studying abroad in London (though I certainly would have been starry-eyed meeting Lynn Redgrave at any age).   She was starring in Noises Off at the time.  Two friends and I waited by the stage door, clutching our...
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