Hunting Folios: Eric Rasmussen’s “The Shakespeare Thefts”
October 30, 2011
Title: The Shakespeare Thefts: In Search of the First Folios Author: Eric Rasmussen ISBN: 0230109411 Rating: Not rated One of the relatively unknown problems in scholarly research is – what do you do with the stories? Inevitably, as we research, we turn up anecdotes, gossip, juicy titbits which are simply inappropriate to go in the …
Hamlet (Ketterer’s Men) @ The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford–upon–Avon
October 16, 2011
I’ve recently been reading Marvin Carlson’s The Haunted Stage (2001), which deals with a phenomenon in watching and making theatre that Carlson calls "ghosting". This is, effectively, the outer frame which shapes what an audience experiences in the process of attending a theatrical event, the collective resonances carried by actors, buildings, texts, scenery, everything that …
Edward II @ Manchester Royal Exchange
October 9, 2011
Writing about web page http://www.royalexchange.org.uk/event.aspx?id=435 It’s rare to see a history play specifically relocated in time. While it’s common to see a production that incorporates elements of costume and resonance drawn from across the ages, in order to suggest that the issues presented transcend their historical setting, few directors are prepared to fix a specific …
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