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Portia’s Casket | Review of PETA’s Haring Lear (King Lear)

Portia — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:10:19 +0000

I rarely go on opening nights. I have good reason for this. Don’t get me wrong, opening nights are fun, exciting. You get to see everyone involved in the production as well as the theatre’s most avid supporters. For Haring Lear‘s opening night some of the people I [...]

Notes from the Breach | A Tale of Unmoderated Grief

Tony Tambasco — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:41:14 +0000

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, [...]

O What Fools | Foolery news for the week of January 26, 2012

Caroline — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:03:54 +0000

Up this week: Cliff Notes Shakespeare shorts, Shakespeare the Swedenborgian, and Shakespearean light bulb jokes. Next week: suggestions for Valentine's gifts for the Shakespeare lover in your life.

Portia’s Casket (Beyond Races) | Voices News for January 25

Portia — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:10:08 +0000

Hi! I’m back! Sorry for last week’s absence, I was overrun by work. For this week, I found some really nice caskets to open.

1 Exhibit. Jackie Mantey asks, “How will Shakespeare’s legacy transform in the 21st century? That is the question.” To be perfectly honest, that is the question for most of us. Mantey reports [...]

“O What Fools” | Foolery news for the week of 1/19/12

Caroline — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:09:26 +0000

Caroline returns to bring you this week's Foolery news - cat names, a Shakespeare social network, Shakespeare bling, cooking with Shakespeare, and more.

Notes from the Breach | The Winter of Our Discontent

Tony Tambasco — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:59:20 +0000

The hot ticket for the American Shakespeare Center’s 2012 Actor’s Renaissance Season promises to be their production of Richard III, which concludes their four year long history series: “The Rise and Fall of Kings.” The cast literally had audiences on the edges of their seats and on their feet for their 2011 production of [...]

Portia’s Casket | Voices News for January 11

Portia — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:14:43 +0000

Shakespeare’s voice is often invoked in everyday life. It makes banal conversations more colorful. We just can’t escape that. Here are some caskets that I found for this week…

At Home. Sylvia Morris of The Shakespeare Blog wrote on taming the falcon and a wife. It may seem offensive to some but who has [...]

Portia’s Casket | Voices News for January 4

Portia — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:00:41 +0000

Hi everyone! It’s good to be back for Portia’s Casket. I hope you all had a good holiday season. It’s time to hear the Bard’s voice again.

We might have enjoyed the holidays, but according to Sylvia Morris, it was unlikely that Shakespeare got to spend his Christmases with his family, “Victorians shared [...]

Portia’s Casket (Smaller and Smaller Worlds) | Voices News for December 7

Portia — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:12:18 +0000

There is never a lack of Shakespeare’s voice anywhere. As long as you listen, then you will hear the Bard and his stories. Whether in the larger perspective of the world, or into smaller and smaller circles, down to the self, Shakespeare’s voice resonates.

World. Cody Calamaio reports on the Middle Eastern treatment given [...]

Portia’s Casket | Voices News for November 30

Portia — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:19:02 +0000

Everybody is back from the Thanksgiving hiatus. Its good to be back. How did Shakespeare speak to us this week?

Relevance. Ralph Fienne’s performances are mostly rewarding to watch and his directorial debut of Coriolanus was no exception. Newsweek Magazine reports, “His main aim for the film was to be relevant and accessible today, [...]