A blog entry to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare (which was officially yesterday-I was busy) from NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan, who talks about the universal impact of Shakespeare, not just the global. Check it out! http://blogs.nasa.gov/leadership/2016/04/21/where-shakespeare-meets-science/
Read more "Shakespeare the Universal"My mom (in her fantastic attempt to send me everything related to Shakespeare and the world, thanks mom!) sent me this podcast from the Folger’s Shakespeare Unlimited series. http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-1 South Africa’s famous anti-apartheid revolutionary, Nelson Mandela, managed to keep a copy of Shakespeare’s complete works when he was incarcerated at Robben Island, passing it […]
Read more "The Robben Island Bible"Farce and Theatrical Artifice: Interpreting Taming of the Shrew When stripped down to its barest bones, The Taming of the Shrew is disturbing: a barbaric, misogynist, and offensive celebration of an abusive relationship. Why, then, is it staged again and again? Theatregoers laugh at the abuse of a strong-willed, intelligent woman because it is hidden […]
Read more "A Defense of Shrew: It’s not misogynist!"This is a great Guardian piece. It’s an article by Andrew Dickenson, the author of the upcoming Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare’s Globe. It’ll be out next month from Bodley Head. To order a copy for £16 (RRP £20) go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/25/shakespeare-world-anti-apartheid-hero-nazi-favourite-bollywood?CMP=twt_books_b-gdnbooks In other news, I just bought Shakespeare in Kabul, which […]
Read more "Global Shakespeare, a New Book"“In Taiwan, Tokyo and Nanjing, in a verdant corner of the Villa Borghese gardens in Rome and in an ancient garden in Kabul, in Berlin and Bangkok and Bangalore, his plays continue to find new and unexpected ways to enchant.” A very interesting article by Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt. Check it out!
Read more "A Different Shakespeare"At the behest of my good friend Chloe, I write this blog post about the prevalence of swapping clothes as an integral plot device and comedic bit in Shakespeare’s comedies. DISCLAIMER: I am not an expert in this field (yet!), so some of this information may be oversimplified or slightly faulty. I recommend that you […]
Read more "Swapping Clothes: the Original Bit"Hi all (all three maybe). I got super busy during the latter weeks in London, so I wasn’t able to post things. But I just came across this on Facebook and I thought I might share it. I think it’s pretty interesting. http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-27 To add to this blog about Shakespeare in Asia: The Globe exhibition […]
Read more "Hong Kong and Shakespeare"This isn’t really a big post, because I’m still in the States, but I thought, since the title of the blog is Global Shakespeare, that my official second post (short applause) should be about the existence of a Global Shakespeare program. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/iatl/activities/projects/globalshakespeare It’s a two year MA program created in a new partnership between Queen […]
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Global Shakespeare 