Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Bottom
Dr Peg Katritzky (Lecturer, English Dept) will be giving a talk titled, ‘Shakespeare’s Bottom: Printed Sources for Monsters and Marvels in A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ as part of the ‘Documents of Shakespearean Performance: Stage, Page, and Manuscript in Early Modern England’ seminar series, run by Dr Edmund King of the English Department’s Book History Research Group. Continue reading
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Tagged English, IES, Peg Katritzky, seminar, Senate House, Shakespeare
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The Robben Island ‘Bible’
The British Museum is displaying The Robben Island Bible, actually the illicit Complete Works of Shakespeare studied by the inmates over decades. The bible is discussed by Sonny Venkatrathnam, the original owner, and Greg Doran, the director of the ground-breaking production of Julius Caesar, set in a modern African republic, for which Dr Edmund King was academic consultant. Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, british museum, Edmund King, Robben Island, Shakespeare
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Julius Caesar on OpenLearn: exclusive video on the making of the BBC film
BBC Four recently showed the OU/BBC film production of Julius Caesar. OpenLearn has an exclusive video about the making of the film: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/literature-and-creative-writing/literature/julius-caesar-exclusive-video Julius Caesar on stage and page: The histories of people reading, performing and witnessing Julius Caesar are … Continue reading