Andrea Watson, Express March 16, 2014 Do not be surprised if you catch sight of some children sporting ruffs and codpieces this week, or if your eight-year-old shouts: “What bloody man is this?” when father arrives home, for this is the first Shakespeare Week, marking 450 years since the birth of the Bard. Primary schools throughout Britain will celebrate the […]
BBW News Desk, Broadway World March 7, 2014 Award-winning director Julie Taymor will join the Drama Desk’s “Why Shakespeare? Why Now?” panel discussion at Sardi’s on Friday, April 4 (11:45 AM-2:30 PM), it was announced by Isa Goldberg, president of Drama Desk. Taymor will join previously announced panelists-actors Michael Pennington and Scott Shepherd and director Daniel Sullivan-in the lively discussion exploring the reasons why New York’s current theater […]
Angus Montgomery, Design Week March 4, 2014 Real Studios is working on a permanent exhibition at Shakespeare’s Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, which will aim to show how Shakespeare is still ‘all around us’. The exhibition will be at the entrance to the house and gardens where Shakespeare was born and brought up. It will aim to introduced visitors to the key […]
Dan Falk, The Telegraph 27 Jan 2014 Shakespeare spoke of “the inaudible and noiseless foot of time” – but the revelry will likely be quite audible indeed when the playwright’s 450th birthday arrives in April. A major anniversary is a good excuse (as if we needed one) to celebrate his life and legacy. But we may also wonder: after four […]
SASHA BELANI, Daily Titan (Fullerton, CA) FEBRUARY 25, 2014 Dost the “thou” and “thee” make you squirm-eth? Does talk about roses and names make your head go round? Does reading Shakespeare in English class make you wonder ‘What the heck is he talking about?’ Well, do not fear, the library is here. A new streaming service at the Pollak Library […]
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