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“Shakespeare in Print and Performance” Guides Visitors through 400 Years of the Bard on Paper and on Stage

“Shakespeare in Print and Performance” Guides Visitors through 400 Years of the Bard on Paper and on Stage

Press release at UT News, 14 September 2015 On the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616, the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, presents the exhibition “Shakespeare in Print and Performance,” commemorating the enduring legacy, longevity and relevance of the most frequently performed and most venerated English playwright. The exhibition draws on […]

September 24, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized
Horrible Histories’ take on “Bill” reaches the big screen

Horrible Histories’ take on “Bill” reaches the big screen

Silly Billy: the Horrible Histories team take Shakespeare to the movies By Jenny McCartney for The Guardian, 13 September 2015 “When you’re pitching stuff,” says Ben Willbond, pulling a narrow, inquisitorial face, “they ask, ‘Who is it for?’ They tell you, ‘We’re looking for comedies that are for people between 16 and 18.’” He relaxes his expression. “Well, good luck with that! […]

September 24, 2015 · 0 comments · Film, Popular Culture
Jonson and Shakespeare: friends reunited

Jonson and Shakespeare: friends reunited

By Telegraph reporters for The Telegraph, 7 September 2015 William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, friends and rivals in life, both have 400th anniversaries next year. For Shakespeare, it is the anniversary of his death on April 23, 1616, aged 52, following a bout of hard drinking and merry-making in Jonson’s company. For Jonson it is the anniversary of the 1616 folio edition of […]

September 10, 2015 · 0 comments · Theaters
Cannabis found in pipes from Shakespeare’s garden

Cannabis found in pipes from Shakespeare’s garden

Shakespeare, plants, and chemical analysis of early 17th century clay ‘tobacco’ pipes from Europe By Francis Thackeray In a recent issue of Country Life, Mark Griffiths1 renews interest in John Gerard’s Herbal2 , published in 1597 as a botanical book which includes engraved images of several people in the frontispiece. One of them (cited as ‘The Fourth Man’) is identified by […]

August 15, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized
To be or not to be: Is this the real face of the Bard of Avon?

To be or not to be: Is this the real face of the Bard of Avon?

By Bob Haywood for the Birmingham Mail, 2 August 2015 Is this the face of the author who really wrote the works of William Shakespeare ? One of the most intriguing puzzles of all-time is the continuing speculation over the true identity of the world’s greatest playwright. Most Shakespeare scholars believe there is no mystery at all: the Bard of Avon was indeed […]

August 6, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized
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