#shakespeare

#shakespeare

Queen Elizabeth II's death in September ended the longest reign in Britain's history and began a seismic shift for the majority of Britons who have never known life under any other monarch.Her son Charles III, who will be crowned in the new year, has inherited a number of scandals, including the sexual-abuse allegations against Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages in 2022; and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's self-imposed exile from royal life, which has been dramatically re-litigated in the couple's Netflix docuseries.

The acting artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) says she is proud to have made the organisation more inclusive of the voices we serve and represent.Erica Whyman said that over the past 10 years she had cared very passionately about having promoted the RSC as a truly national theatre company.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Dame Judi Dench has described Ada Salter as a heroic woman as a blue plaque was unveiled to the former green space campaigner.The Oscar-winning actress, 88, is patron of the Salter Centenary, which last year celebrated the 100th anniversary of the year the social reformer became London's first female mayor and Britain's first female Labour mayor when she was elected mayor of Bermondsey in 1922.

The 17th century rector of St Alban's College in Valladolid, Spain, must have rolled his eyes at the size of the book he had to review for the library.The Jesuit seminary, known as the English College because it produced missionaries committed to the reconversion of England to Catholicism, had received a 900-page volume of Shakespeare's plays.

A book about a pivotal year in William Shakespeare's life has been named the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners in a special announcement to mark the 25th anniversary of the prestigious nonfiction prize.James Shapiro's 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare originally won the award in 2006, when it was known as the Samuel Johnson prize.

The key to being a good writer?It's being a good reader, authors including Carol Ann Duffy and Alan Moore have said this World Book Day.However, commonly doled-out advice such as write what you know is dreadful, says Lee Child.Sharing advice and tips for budding writers, former poet laureate Duffy says that one of the most important things you can do if you want to write a poem is read a poem.

Cush Jumbo is to play Lady Macbeth this winter in a production at London's Donmar Warehouse that reunites her with David Tennant, her co-star in the Channel 4 TV series Deadwater Fell.Earlier this month it was announced that Tennant would take on the title role in Max Webster's production of Macbeth, expected to be one of this year's hottest tickets.

The Queen Consort's literary charity has revealed the line-up for its first ever festival.Dame Judi Dench, Gyles Brandreth, Dame Harriet Walter, Philippa Gregory, David Olusoga, Ben Macintyre, Kate Mosse, David Harewood, Robert Harris and Ken Follett will be among the actors and authors appearing at Hampton Court Palace on June 11.

The important thing: The Mets actually won.The less important thing: The Mets barely won a thoroughly strange, confounding game against the Nationals, one that left you without much confidence that any kind of worm has turned in any direction one would want a worm to turn.(If you've ever wondered, that strange turn [ahem] of phrase turns out [ahem again] to be a modern version of a medieval expression popularized by Shakespeare.)

Monsoon Wedding, which came out in 2001, was an indie darling turned international box office success.Director Mira Nair has been working on a musical adaptation for nearly 15 years.Milan Moudgill Monsoon Wedding, the 2001 film, was set on the eve of a big fat Indian wedding messy relatives arrive amid monsoon rains and painful revelations.

This discussion with Ashley Hope Perez is part of a series of interviews with  and essays by  authors who are finding their books being challenged and banned in the U.S. Ashley Hope Perez is the author of the award-winning Out of Darkness, a young adult novel that has faced challenges and bans in the U.S. in recent years.

At the film's beginning, Harrelson's Marcus is arrogant, combative, and every other cliche you'd expect for this kind of character.In 2023, it's hard to see why we should want to spend two hours watching this guy, even with the signature charm Harrelson brings to every role he plays.His one-night-stand-turned-love-interest Alex ( Kaitlin Olson) doesn't fare much better with characterization, uttering abysmal lines like "I'm a woman over 40.

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!Good Morning, Portland: How you gonna pray the gay away when the pray is okay with gay? I'll see myself out and INTO THE NEWS:
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I am truly excited to be giving away a copy of Café Society -Time Suspended: The Cafés & Bistros of Paris by Joanie Osburn.I have received dozens of books in the past 17 years to giveaway on Eye Prefer Paris, and Café Society is one of my favorites.The comprehensive, coffee table book is divided into 14 Parts along with hundreds of glorious photos the author, Joanie Osburn took in the 30 plus years she has been coming to Paris.

Artificial intelligence isn't just making inroads in technology.Soon, AI may replace human beings in jobs as evidenced by one company that has created two AI interns.Kyle Monson, co-founder of the digital marketing company Codeword, appeared on ABC News' daily podcast "Start Here" to talk about the creation of AI interns Aiden and Aiko, who will be assisting in editorial and engineering.

All the world's a stage and the letterforms merely players.Typography designers often delve back into the annals of history for inspiration, but this project makes its historic influences the star of the show.A new custom-made typeface for Shakespeare's The Globe features a "peculiar cast of characters" inspired by the first published collection of the playwright's work on its 400th anniversary.

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 50 books of fiction, poetry and essays.Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin.Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which shared the Booker prize.Old Babes in the Wood is her first collection of stories since then and since the death of her partner, Graeme Gibson, the same year.

The Bruins have their siblings on their two-game road trip and they're starting to dish some secrets.Brothers, sisters and best friends traveled with Boston to its game against the Dallas Stars - which ended in thrilling fashion with a 3-2 overtime win for the Bruins - and will be in attendance Thursday night when they take on the Nashville Predators.

London, the city where ancient and modern seamlessly blend to create an urban wonderland that captivates the senses.From the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street to the serene tranquillity of the Thames, London is a city that beckons the curious and the adventurous.Today, we'll take you through a journey of breathtaking experiences in London that are simply unforgettable.

James Watson, 85, and Francis Crick figured out DNA has a double helix structure Watson and Crick shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for the discovery Watson was also the first director of the Human Genome Project Cold Spring Harbor, New York CNN At 85, James Watson still plays tennis every week.His hips and knees haven't given out yet, he says, and he likes grass courts.

What is love?Easy: if you're Haddaway, the answer is baby don't hurt me.If you're Shakespeare it's a smoke made with the fume of sighs, and also blind, and like a child, and looks with the mind, and is a madness most discreet, and that it's too young to know what conscience is, and that if music is the food of it, then play on!

The sentences were short.Crisp.Like his shirt.Spare.Propulsive.See what I did there?Italics.Random.Italics.And.Punctuation.Why was my heart beating so fast?Was this what Meg really wanted?Why hadn't I brought a coat?Why at Grandpa's funeral?Why so many questions?Relax, I told myself.I'm in the hands of a pro.

The storm over arts funding in England moved from opera to theatre this week, when the artistic director of one of London's leading new writing houses resigned in response to the withdrawal of its Arts Council England grant.Its outgoing director, Roxana Silbert, said that the loss of its state subsidy of 766,455 a year meant it could no longer continue to function as a hub for new writing.

Another year has come and gone, and colleges and universities are once again sending holiday greetings to students, alumni and other members of their community.From comedic sketches to parody songs to heartfelt ruminations on the past year, each video offers a glimpse into its institution's campus and community.

I'm a 50-year-old cis straight female writing with a question about my son.He's 19 and in college.I'm a single mom and we are very close.When he was eight, I found him on my laptop looking at videos of "strong women" wrestling with men.Since then, that's all he looks at online and fantasizes about.

From left: Ro Boddie as Ferdinand, Eric Hissom as the sorcerer Prospero and Megan Graves as Miranda in "The Tempest: at Round House Theatre.(Scott Suchman) The magic tricks in Round House Theatre's "The Tempest" are not, to steal Prospero's phrase, an insubstantial pageant.Rather, say co-adaptors and co-directors Aaron Posner and the magician Teller (of Penn & Teller), the show's many conjuring effects serve a substantial purpose: They pull the audience into the story.