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  Year of Shakespeare: Henry VIIIHistoryYear of Shakespeare

  June 7, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   Henry VIII, Rakatá/Fundación Siglo de Oro (Castilian Spanish), 29 May, 2012 at The Globe, London By Juan F. Cerdá, University of Murcia I presume the organizers of the festival […]

  • Juan F. Cerdá
  • abridged Shakespeare, Alejandra Mayo, Castilian Spanish, Catalina de Aragón, culture, Elena Gonzalez, Enrique VIII, Ernesto Arias, exile, Federico Trillo, Fletcher, Globe to Globe, Henry VIII, Jesús Teyssiere, John Fletcher, Juan F. Cerdá, La Carbonera, London, Madrid, Rakata, rewriting, Spanish, Spanishness, Sympathy, Textual cuts, The Globe, The Tragedy of Katherine of Aragon, translation, University of Murcia, William Shakespeare, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare
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  Year of Shakespeare: The Comedy of ErrorsComedyYear of Shakespeare

  June 7, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   The Comedy of Errors, Roy-e-Sabs, dir.  Corinne Jaber, 31 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Stephen Purcell, University of Warwick At the beginning of Roy-e-Sabs’ production of The Comedy of Errors, the Afghan […]

  • Stephen Purcell
  • Abdul Haq, Abida Frotan, Afghan, Ariane Mnouchkine, Arlecchino, Basir Haider, British Council, commedia dell’arte, Corinne Jaber, Daoud Lodin, Dari Persian, Farzana Sayed Ahmad, Ghulamnabi Tanha, Globe to Globe, Kabul, Love's Labour's Lost, Monika Pagneux, Parwin Mushtahel, Paul Edmondson, Peter Brook, Philippe Gaulier, Qais Akbar Omar, Roy-e-Sabs, Samarqand, Shah Mamnoon Maqsudi, Shah Mohammad, Shakespeare in Kabul, Soviets, Stephen Landrigan, Stephen Purcell, Taliban, The Comedy of Errors, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, University of Warwick, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare
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  Year of Shakespeare: Cymbeline at the BarbicanTragedyYear of Shakespeare

  June 6, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   Cymbeline, The Ninagawa Company, dir. by Yukio Ninagawa, 2 June 2012 at the Barbican Theatre, London By John Lavagnino, King’s College London Ninagawa directs Cymbeline as though there’s nothing much […]

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  • acting styles, class, costume, culture, Cymbeline, Hiroshi Abe, historical dress, international Shakespeare, Japan, John Lavagnino, Kings College London, Ninagawa Company, physical comedy, physical theatre, Shinobu Otake, staging, Textual cuts, The Barbican, translation, visual theatre, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare, Yu Umemiya, Yukio Ninagawa
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  Year of Shakespeare: Timon of AthensTragedyYear of Shakespeare

  June 3, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Timon of Athens, bremer shakespeare company, Dir. Sebastian Kautz, 1 June 2012 at The Globe, London By Emily Oliver, Shakespeare Institute “WARNING: THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS MALE NUDITY.” The sign, greeting visitors on their […]

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  • “Ein Freund, “I Will Survive”, bremer shakespeare company, ein guter Freund”, Emily Oliver, Erika Spalke, Germany, Globe to Globe, Gloria Gaynor, Gunnar Haberland, Michael Meyer, Peter Lüchinger, Renate Heitmann, Sebastian Kautz, Shakespeare Institute, Timon of Athens, Weimar Republic, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare
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  Year of Shakespeare: Two Roses for Richard IIIAdaptationHistoryYear of Shakespeare

  June 1, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   Two Roses for Richard III, Companhia Bufomecânica (in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company), dir. Cláudio Baltar and Fabio Ferreira, 23 May 2012 at the Roundhouse Theatre, London By Sonia Massai, […]

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  • 'Why Shakespeare Is... Brazilian', 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Brazil, Cláudio Baltar, Companhia Bufomecânica, Emma Thompson, Fabio Ferreira, Henry V, Kenneth Branagh, Kings College London, Meta-theatricality, Much Ado About Nothing, Pirandello, Portuguese, Renato Rocha, Richard III, Roundhouse Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Sonia Massai, The Guardian, Two Roses for Richard III, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare
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  Year of Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra – Two PerspectivesAdaptationTragedyYear of Shakespeare

  May 29, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   Antony and Cleopatra (Antonius ile Kleopatra), Oyun Atölyesi, Dir. Kemal Aydoğan, 26 & 27 May 2012 at The Globe, London, reviewed by Michael Dobson & Adele Lee Saturday 26 May 2012 By […]

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  • Adele Lee, Antonius ile Kleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Aşk-ı Memnu, Bernard Shaw, EastEnders, Globe to Globe, Haluk Bilginer, Istanbul, Kadiköy, Kemal Aydoğan, Mademoiselle Deniz, Mehmet Osman, Michael Dobson, Oyun Atölyesi, Shakespeare Institute, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, University of Greenwich, William Shakespeare, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare, Zerrin Tekindor
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  Year of Shakespeare: In Praise of TranslationFestivalsYear of Shakespeare

  May 28, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   In Praise of Translation: On Watching Shakespeare in a Foreign Language By Margherita Laera, Queen Mary University of London You might not agree with me but, in recent years, I […]

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  • afterlife, back-translation, Cheek by Jowl, Denton Chikura, Dutch, Eimuntas Nekrosius, full side-titles, German, Giulio Cesare, Globe to Globe, hamlet, Italian, Ivo Van Hove, Lithuanian, Macbetas, Māori, Margherita Laera, Otelas, Piccolo Teatro, Queen Mary University of London, Roman Tragedies, Romeo Castellucci, Russian, scene summaries, Shakespeare in A Foreign Language, Shona, The Task of the Translator, The Tempest, Thomas Osthermeier, Tom Bird, translation, Troilus and Cressida, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Two Gents Productions, Walter Benjamin, Wimbledon effect, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare
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  Year of Shakespeare: FalstaffOpera, Ballet & MusicalsYear of Shakespeare

  May 28, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   Falstaff, by Guiseppe Verdi, dir. Robert Carson, 23 May 2012, 7.30PM, at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. By Dave Paxton, Shakespeare Institute After an absence of about three years, I returned […]

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  • ‘ensemble’ opera, Britten, Cosi Fan Tutte, Covent Garden, Dave Paxton, Falstaff, Guiseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore, James Levine, La Traviata, Le Nozze di Figaro, Midsummer nights dream, Mozart, opera, Otello, Rigoletto, Robert Carson, Royal Opera House, Shakespeare Institute, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Wagner, Wagnerian aesthetic, Wagnerian philosophy, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare
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  Year of Shakespeare: The Winter’s TaleAdaptationComedyYear of Shakespeare

  May 28, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   The Winter’s Tale or Ìtàn Ògìnìntìn, Renegade Theatre (Nigeria), dir. Olúwǫlé Ogúntókun, 25 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Julie Sanders, University of Nottingham There are no bears in Nigeria, […]

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  • Adékúnlé Smart Adéjùmǫ, African reboot, Apidán theatre practice, audience participation, bears, Egungan tradition, formal Yoruban, Globe to Gloe, Ìtàn Ògìnìntìn, Joshua Adémólá Àlàbì, Julie Sanders, Lagos, Motúnràyò Oròbíyi, Nigeria, Nobel Prize, Nollywood, Ǫlásúnkànmi Adébàyǫ, Olúwatóyĩn Alli-Hakeem, Olúwǫlé Ogúntókun, possession, presence, Renegade Theatre, the winters tale, University of Nottingham, Wole Soyinka, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare, Yoruban
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  Year of Shakespeare: All’s Well that Ends WellAdaptationComedyOpera, Ballet & MusicalsYear of Shakespeare

  May 26, 2012

  This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.   All’s Well that Ends Well, Arpana, dir. Sunil Shanbag, 25 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Sarah Olive, University of York I came to this performance of All’s Well fresh […]

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  • A Suitable Boy, All's Well That Ends Well, Arpana, Bend it like Beckham, Bollywood, Bombay, Brick Lane, Burma, capitalist, East is East, Globe to Globe, Guajarati, Gujarat, Kunti, opium trafficking, Sarah Olive, Sunil Shanbag, traditional Thai dance, University of York, Western India, World Shakespeare Festival, Year of Shakespeare
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