Monday, October 31, 2022

November 2022

 Hover through the fog... November is upon us and today it’s foggy in Stockholm. Fog can be beautiful, or gloomy. There is much to be gloomy about in the world today, but I wish you a cosy fog wherever you are, with a nice cup of tea, or whatever you prefer, and a Shakespeare play in your hands, or on your TV, to give you inspiration.

In the meantime, I repeat what I have repeated for far too long:

 ‘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. You can also order directly from me. Just write me an email. Thank you.

Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you the book free of charge.

The book is available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1

 

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:

  • Howard Zinn, in his play Marx in Soho refers repeatedly to Shakespeare, as Marx was an avid admirer of the Bard.
  • In the film Saints and Soldiers the British soldier Oberon informs hi comrades that he was named after the one in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
  • Marge Piercy, in her novel Small Changes, while preparing for her wedding Beth remembered wanting to a lawyer like Portia. Later, in Boston, she attends open lectures about Shakespeare.

 

Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/

  • X-Men films collectively - Richard E Grant is in Twelfth Night. James McAvoy is in Macbeth Re-Told. Michael Fassbender is in Macbeth. Liev Schreiber is in Hamlet. Lynn Collins is in The Merchant of Venice. Jessica Castain is in Coriolanus. Patrick Stewart is in The Hollow Crown Richard II, Hamlet x 2. Ian McKellen is in Macbeth, Richard III.
  • 6 Souls/Shelter - Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in Titus.
  • The Power of Few - Christian Slater is in Star Trek the Undiscovered Country, in which among other things, the Klingons claim Shakespeare as their own.
  • Under the Cherry Moon - Kristin Scott Thomas is in Richard III. Victor Spinetti is in The Taming of the Shrew.
  • Fierce People - Diane Lane is in The Glass House, a spin-off of Hamlet. Anton Yelchin is in Cymbeline.
  • Chicago - Dominic West is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Richard III.
  • How to Lose Friends and Alienate People - Bill Patterson is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told and Richard III.
  • Red Riding 1980 - Shakespeare connection: Paddy Considine is in Macbeth, Maxine Peake is in A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream and The Hollow Crown. Ron Cook is in The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Henry VI Parts 1,2,3, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Shaun Harris is in Macbeth
  • Red Riding 1983 - David Morrisey is in The Hollow Crown, Shakespeare in Love, Richard III, Michelle Dockery is in The Hollow Crown. Shaun Harris is in Macbeth
  • Catch that Kid - John Carroll Lynch is in A Thousand Acres, a spin-off of King Lear.
  • Hidalgo - Zuleikha Robinson is in The Merchant of Venice.
  • In Secret - Jessica Lange is in Titus, and A Thousand Acres. Shirley Henderson is The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told. Mackenzie Crook is in The Merchant of Venice
  • Needful Things - Ed Harris is in Cymbeline
  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Shakespeare connection: Steven Mackintosh is in Twelfth Night.
  • Superman - Marlon Brando is in Julius Caesar
  • Big Business - It’s sort of a spin-off of The Comedy of Errors, whether they’re aware of it or not.
  • Amistad - Djimon Hounsou is in The Tempest. Nigel Hawthorne is in Twelfth Night, Richard III, The Madness of King George, The Tempest. Pete Postlethwaite is in Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet. Stellan Skarsgård is in Hamlet.

Further since last time: not much

 

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:

 

 

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