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MC Lars on King Lear
Rapper MC Lars has launched a new youtube series in which he summarizes classic literary works. This week he addresses William Shakespeare’s 1608 tragedy “King Lear”, engaging with plot, themes ...
Stephen H. Grant on “Collecting Shakespeare”
Stephen H. Grant, distinguished member of and longtime contributor to the Blogging Shakespeare community talks about Henry and Emily Folger, and their lifelong engagement of collecting Shakespeare. The views expressed ...
#YouToo, Helena?: All’s Well That Ends Well and Sexual Consent
By Kelsey Ridge, The Shakespeare Institute There are many questions inspired by Shakespeare’s problem play of dubious decision-making, All’s Well That End’s Well, but foremost among them must be, “What ...
Layla Moallem, ‘Sonnet 130’ (featuring Jah-Zee)
By Layla Moallem Sonnet 130 This single is the outcome of a beautiful encounter between Layla and the highly acclaimed musical producer and Balkan Beat Box founding member Tamir Muskat. ...
Shakespeare, costume, and the Royal Shakespeare Company: an insight into the work of designer Ann Curtis
By Ella Hawkins The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s Archive features an impressive collection of original costume designs. Covering a period of approximately 70 years, the collection contains approximately 1,250 individual designs ...
Shakespeare for Freedom: Why the Plays Matter
Kiernan Ryan and Ewan Fernie in conversation. We are happy to share CUP’s recording of Ewan Fernie’s and Kiernan Ryan’s conversation on Shakespeare for Freedom. CUP states that: Shakespeare for Freedom presents ...
SPEAKING THE SHAKESPEARE
By Yang Yu ‘To speak, or not to speak?’ This is the title of my first Shakespeare-themed poem, written in 2014. The poem, which focused on the civil struggle for ...
The Legal Connection – Shakespeare, Law, and Middle Temple Hall.
By Lucy Nordberg An interview with Professor Jessica Winston, Professor of English and Chair of the History Department at Idaho State University, and author of Lawyers at Play: Literature, Law, ...
“speak like an ancient and most quiet watchman”: Much Ado About Nothing in the Summer of Love
By Kelsey Ridge, University of Birmingham This year, the Globe theatre flourishes its Summer of Love with Matthew Dunster’s Much Ado About Nothing set in 1914 Mexico during the first ...
