May 26 - June 1, 2024
The jerkins of invention
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If anyone knows why this beef jerky company uses an almost-quote from Caesar to sell their wares, I would be love to know! Replacing “carve him as a dish” with “carve them a dish” is a choice.
Jodi, Jodi
Tell me [why are we still doing this?]
She believes there is plenty of evidence that Shakespeare did not write the works - most damningly, she says, a man who did not secure education for his daughters could not possibly have written “proto-feminist” characters.
Titus at San Quentin
…“Some of the actors were having a lot of trouble with their roles because they had to dig into things they thought they had covered up,” he said before mentioning issues of hatred and anger. “That’s what drama therapy is about, that’s why we do this class.”
Pop Musical ‘Verona’s Romeo & Juliet’
Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, Verona’s Romeo & Juliet finds our most famous star-crossed lovers turning the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as they reveal the truth to the very future of the Empire. But the biggest twist in this most beloved of tales is leaving the poetry of Iambic Pentameter in the past to tell the story with the help of original pop music.
Don’t know why “Iambic Pentameter” is in caps but go off.
August Wilson’s Two Trains Running and Christina Anderson’s The Comedy of Errors Will Tour in Rep for The Acting Company
Anderson's translation was originally commissioned by Play On Shakespeare. Additional support for The Comedy of Errors is provided by the Hitz Foundation and Play On Shakespeare.
Announcing the 2024-25 Shakespeare in American Communities Grantees
Celebrating its 21st year in 2024, Shakespeare in American Communities is a theater program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The program supports high-quality productions and educational activities exploring the work of William Shakespeare in middle schools, high schools, and juvenile justice facilities throughout the United States.
Theater companies are able to choose to either perform a play by Shakespeare or conduct performances that use the works of William Shakespeare as an inspiration. Paired with these performances, each company will host educational activities with students to creatively explore Shakespeare’s work and its context. These performances and educational events will take place between August 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025.
Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be…
Second, Third and Fourth folios that were “lent” to the British Library have been returned to Lambeth Archives after almost 75 years.
I was researching something completely different in Lambeth newspapers, starting from 1900 and came across a December 1, 1950 South London Press story showing the Mayor of Lambeth handing over the Shakespeare folios to the British Library.
I cross-checked the Council records for the date and it clearly read ‘Lambeth will retain ownership’ of the books.
“After many emails, Lambeth Archives went in person to the British Library. They asked, “Do you want to borrow them?”.
We said, “No, you borrowed them from us…”