Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. A somewhat pessimistic quote for perhaps the loveliest month but true, nevertheless. Here in Sweden anyway. The sun is shining but that cold wind is still blowing.
And the rough winds still blow in the Ukraine. I repeat
what I wrote last time, and the time before:
‘O war! thou son of
hell’ O Putin! Thou son of hell! Our thoughts and support are still needed
to the people of Ukraine, and the people of Russian who hate this war. Protest
in any way you can! And don’t give up hope. ‘True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.’
In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book Shakespeare
calling – the book. Indie authors like myself always need support, even now when book
signings and lectures can again be scheduled. Only on the Internet can I reach
people like you, who are interested in Shakespeare would like to support the
Shakespeare Calling project. I do so hope you will help me by ordering the book
online. Any
sales I make of this book will go directly to Doctors without Borders for their
work in Ukraine as long as the war lasts. Just let me know and I’ll send the
money forthwith. Thank you.
The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:
Also
available on http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Calling-book-Ruby-Jand/dp/9163782626/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436073737&sr=1-1&keywords=Ruby+Jand+shakespeare+calling
Or
in Sweden
http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/
or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher info@vulkan.se
I would be thrilled to get an email from you if you bought
the book. rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com
Shakespeare sightings:
- In the overly wordy novel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell someone misquotes Hamlet’s Horatio to someone.
- In Harry Belafonte’s autobiography My Song he mentions Paul Robeson’s role in Macbeth. Later he writes that he had studied too much Shakespeare to be satisfied singing tepid pop love songs. And even later he mentions that his daughter Adrienne too has trouble with tepid sit com lines after having studied Shakespeare in acting school.
- Dagens Nyheter reviewed the play The
Last Dream of William Shakespeare calling it ‘uneven’ but ‘a playful
fantasy’ and ‘filled with the spirit of Shakespeare.’
- In the BBC series Annika, star Nicola Walker’s daughter is grudgingly in the school production of The Tempest.
- Bill Bryson opens his book The Body: a guide for occupants with the quote, ‘How like a god.’
Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/
- After Hours – John Heard is in the Othello spin-off O
- Cloud Atlas - Ben Whishaw is in Richard II and The Tempest.
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - Judi Dench is in The Hollow Crown, Shakespeare in Love, Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth. Rupert Evert is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Shakespeare in Love.
- Sphere - Liev Schreiber is in Hamlet
- Much Ado About Nothing - other than the obvious, David Tennant is in Hamlet and John Ramm is in Shakespeare in Love.
- Unbreakable – Spencer Treat Clark is in Cymbeline and Much Ado About Nothing.
- The Revenant - Leonardo DiCaprio is in Romeo & Juliet.
- The Grifters - Annette Bening is in Richard III. Pat Hingle is in A Thousand Acres, a spin off from King Lear
- Blackbird - Kate Winslet is in Hamlet. Lindsay Duncan is in The Hollow Crown.
Further since last
time:
- Gift from friend Ida Karin: a bootleg DVD of Much Ado about Nothing with David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Thank you so much!
- Saw: the above DVD. Brilliant!
Posted this month:
- This report
Shakespeare
Calling – the book is promoted by http://shakespearesallskapet.se/
Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:
- https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/
- https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/
