I
have of late and wherefore I know not lost all my mirth… I’m
in a bit of a Hamlet mood these days. Not that I’m going to engage in any sword
fights or anything like that but I’m finding more and more that “The web of our life
is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” I could go on, finding countless
Shakespeare quotes to talk about my life and life in general but it would be
better to fight my lethargy by reading the plays again.
Ah well,
for now, this monthly report. Which sadly, must begin like the last few:
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 Madame Fourcade’s Secret War author Lynn Olson tells us that master spy Kenneth Cohen’s grandfather Meyer Salaman loved Shakespeare.
- On the moon in Andy Weir’s Artemis, super crook Jin grew up loving Star Trek and claims, when scoffed at that the program is over a hundred years old, ‘Quality is quality… Age is irrelevant. No one bitches about Shakespeare fans.’
Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/
- To
Die For - Gus Van
Sant directed My Own Private Idaho, a spin-off of Henry IV. Casey
Affleck is in Hamlet.
- Jolene
- Jessica Chastain
is in Coriolanus
- Time Bandits - John Cleese is in The Taming of the Shrew. Ian Holm is in Hamlet and Henry V. Ralph Richardson is in Richard III.
- Ghost Ship - Gabriel Byrne is in The Prince
of Jutland, a spin-off prequel to Hamlet
- Maudie
- Sally
Hawkins is in The Hollow Crown. Ethan Hawke is in Cymbeline and
Hamlet.
- Mary Queen of Scots - Shakespeare
connection: Adrian Lester is in As You Like It, Love’s Labour’s Lost and
Hamlet. David Tennant is in Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing. Both have been in other Shakespeare
productions, but these are the ones I’ve seen.
- Bobby - Laurence Fishburne is in Othello. Anthony Hopkins is in Titus and Othello. Martin Sheen is in O, spin-off of Othello. Christian Slater is in Star Trek The Undiscovered Country, which is loaded with references to Hamlet.
Further since last
time:
- We are reached by that sad news that David Warner has died. He made over two hundred films including Star Trek the Undiscovered Country, which is filled with Shakespeare, and Love’s Labour’s Lost. He will be missed.
- I see in the statistics for the July that the blog is still being visited by Russian visitors. I still wonder what they think of my contributing the royalties of the sale of the book to Doctors without Borders for Ukraine. I would love to get some comments from them. And perhaps encourage them to protest the war?
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/
