The
skies look grimly and threaten present blusters. It
is October and though it is a lovely month in the Northern Hemisphere with
glowing leaves and bright blue skies on some days, cosy rains and fogs on
others, it finds us this year under grim threats. You know which threats face
you and I can only wish us all the forbearance to carry on and shape a better
future, defeating the oppressors and warmongers.
I repeat what I wrote last time, and several times 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. 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:
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:
- My friend Jenny Bristle reviewed a production of Macbeth which made me want to see it.
- In the latest issue of the humanist journal Sans there is a fascinating article about anthropologist Laura Bohannan who was doing her field research in Nigeria in the 60s when she talked to the elders in a village about Hamlet. As she told the story, the elders had views on how everything was wrong. It was completely right that Claudius married Gertrude, Hamlet could have given Polonius many gifts so that he could marry Ophelia, Hamlet was possessed by witches, it was grievously wrong for Hamlet to kill Claudius. But they liked the story very much. And we believed Shakespeare was universal!
Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/
- Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot – Gus Van Sant directed My Own Private Idaho, a spin-off of Henry IV Part II. Udo Kier is in it too.
- Save the Last Dance - Julia Stiles is in O, a spin-off of Othello, Hamlet and 10 Things I Hate About You a spin-off of The Taming of the Shrew.
- Jurassic Park - Richard Attenborough is in Hamlet. Bob Peck is in Macbeth.
- Layer Cake - Michael Gambon and
Sally Hawkins are in The Hollow Crown Ben Whishaw is in Richard II and
The Tempest.
- Mary Shelley - Stephen Dillane is in Hamlet. Derek Riddell is in Much Ado about Nothing Re-Told.
- Margot at the Wedding - Jennifer Jason Leigh is in A Thousand Acres, a spin-off of King Lear.
- Johnny English Strikes Again - Emma Thompson is in Much Ado about Nothing and Henry V. Adam James is in a different Much Ado about Nothing.
- Two Hands - Heath Ledger is in 10 Things I Hate about You, a spin-off of The Taming of the Shrew.
- Cleaner - Ed Harris is in Cymbeline.
- The Conspirator - James McAvoy is in Macbeth Re-Told. Tom Wilkinson is in Shakespeare in Love and Prince of Jutland, a spin-off prequel to Hamlet. Kevin Kline is in As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet. John Wilkes Booth was a renowned Shakespearean actor.
- Certain Women - Michelle Williams is in the spin-off of Lear, A Thousand Acres
- Citizen Kane - Orson Welles directed and was in Chimes at Midnight. He has been in several other Shakespeare films, but I haven’t seen them.
- The Secret Life of Bees - Sophie Okonedo is in The Hollow Crown
- Quartet - Maggie Smith is in Richard III. Trevor Peacock is in Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Pericles, Henry VI Part Two, Henry VI Part One, Twelfth Night
Further since last time:
- I wrote: ‘Why Not Shakespeare?’
Posted this month:
- ‘Why Not Shakespeare?’
- 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/
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