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- W. Scott Howard, U of Denver, has announced the publication of a new electronic, peer-reviewed, annual journal for studies in Renaissance and early modern literature and culture: APPOSITIONS: Studies in Renaissance / Early Modern Literature & Culture. Why blogger.com was chosen as the medium is unknown, but it is a welcome addition to new scholarship.
- "The Friends of Shakespeare's Church are currently looking for help
to raise in excess of £2.5 million for repair and renovation of this
ancient and historical church building; specifically the north nave
clerestory windows, the north chancel roof and the pointing of external
stonework" (Holy
Trinity Church web site). The press reported this story widely
because of the familiar curse recorded on the marker:
Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,
To digg the dust encloased heare,
Blese be y man y spares thes stones,
And curst be he y moves my bones.Click here for a BBC video.
- "A rare first folio of Shakespeare's plays...has sold for £435,250 at Christies... The book was bought by an unnamed buyer at a price comfortably exceeding the £400,000 forecast" (The Telegraph).
- The Folger summer exhibition features armor from the Higgins Armory Museum and military treatises, fencing manuals, and more from the Folger collection to capture an era when the nature of warfare was rapidly changing but the chivalric ideal still retained a powerful hold on the Renaissance imagination.
- Keira Knightley is to star in a new film adaptation of Shakespearean tragedy King Lear. She will play Cordelia, the youngest daughter of the King, who will be portrayed by Sir Anthony Hopkins. Gwyneth Paltrow is tipped to take the role of Regan, Lear's treacherous middle daughter. His eldest daughter, Goneril, is yet to be cast. Read more from The Telegraph...
- The latest on Shakespeare from Google News.
Current Events and Conferences
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The Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference is accepting abstracts for its annual conference to be held October 2-5, 2008, at Youngstown State University.
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Shakespeare's Globe and The American Shakespeare Center present "Outside In / Inside Out: Shakespeare, the Globe and the Blackfriars" Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 October 2008 will take place at Shakespeare's Globe. Both organizations are joining forces to present two conferences to celebrate the work of Professor Andrew Gurr, the first occuring as mentioned above in the UK, the second to occur in Staunton, autumn 2009. Scholars and theatre practitioners will explore: "Repertory and Space; Staging; and Reconstruction". Conference fees for 23/24/25/26 October 2008: £85.00 (£25.00 post-graduate concession). Tickets available from the Globe box office: 020 7401 9919 www.shakespeares-globe.org.
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Call for Papers for the ISA Prague Congress 2011. The deadline for submission of proposals from members of the International Shakespeare Association for the Prague Congress (2011) has been extended until 28th February 2009. The Congress will occur July 17-22, 2011. The Congress theme 'Renaissance Shakespeare / Shakespeare Renaissances' speaks to current debates about 'Shakespeare as Cultural Catalyst' and 'Global Shakespeare'. Proposals should be as detailed as possible and include a rationale as well as a list of problems or questions that the seminar, workshop or short paper session seeks to explore. They should include brief academic biographies of the proposed leaders and contributors of short papers. Preference will be given to proposals which, in their subject matter, reflect the international nature of the Congress. Geographical diversity in group leadership is actively encouraged so that the two leaders of a seminar, for example, may come from different countries or continents.
Links Most Recently Added to Mr. Shakespeare
See the Works, Editors and Contemporaries pages for new links.
- The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane (New Orleans): According to Brad Robbert, operations director, "the Shakespeare Festival at Tulane is a professional theatre company in residence at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Founded in 1993, it is the only professional theatre in the Gulf South region dedicated to performing the works of William Shakespeare."
- For the month of September Only: Shakespeare on the Rocks, in El Paso, Texas. "This season we are reprising our productions of the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the ever-popular A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the timeless political drama Julius Caesar, and magical The Tempest. The festival has now been rebuilt to its full complement of four shows, which are being performed in repertory from the outset. We will also host the Renaissance Fair on the final three nights, September 26-28."
- Stop now, and watch this brief video from Voice of America about a truly inspirational teacher whose 9-year old students at Hobart Elementary in Central L.A. learn and perform Shakespeare. Not to be missed! Pay special attention, school board members, to what Mr. Esquith has to say about music! "Children that play music, children that learn music, are learning about things that have nothing to do with music. They're learning about listening, practice, discipline, working as a collective team..." They are: the Hobart Shakespeareans!
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