Linda Barnard, Toronto Star April 24, 2014 Sitting in a hotel room listening to British actor Tom Hiddleston recite Hamlet is not a bad way to start a day. The 33-year-old star of Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, opening Friday in Toronto after successful runs at Cannes and TIFF 2013, was musing on the inspiration for his character in the film, […]
Eleanor Kagan and Anabel Bacon, NPR April 23, 2014 What hath the Bard wrought? William Shakespeare was a word-nerd if we ever saw one, and he’s left a legacy of terms and idioms that have since diffused throughout pop culture, writing and colloquial speech. You’ve probably been quoting language Shakespeare helped popularize (“eyeball”, “lonely”, “gossip”), without even knowing it. Though […]
Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, Today April 23, 2014 To be based on Shakespeare, or not to be based on Shakespeare? William Shakespeare would reportedly have turned 450 years old on Wednesday (his exact birthday is debated), and even if you think you stopped thinking about his work when you graduated, you’re wrong. His plays still exhibit a strong influence on our […]
Marina Watts and Malcolm Jones, The Daily Beast April 23, 2014 He’s 450 years old, but Shakespeare lives on, most splashily on the big screen—where his most famous words have been given life by stars like Emma Thompson, Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Ian McKellen. We select our favorite big-screen Shakespeare moments. “What’s past is prologue,” Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest. […]
Tango Macbeth follows the creation of a new dance theater which brings together Shakespeare, dance, and world music! A theater company rehearses Macbeth. A film crew documents their every move. The drama of the play intertwines with the drama of making the film. It’s unlike any version of Macbeth you have ever seen. Since the days of Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) […]
Comments