… The teeming Autumn big with full increase…
One
day, I hope to be able to quote something about peace, but again, sadly, 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 me 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:
- In the novel How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, the main character was born in 1599 and grows old very, very slowly. He’s over four hundred in the present time. Of course he meets Shakespeare (as my alter ego Rhuddem Gwelin’s Merlin does in An Isle Full of Noises, The Merlin Chronicles Volume 3).
- In an article in Dagens Nyheter Ian McKellen’s Richard III is mentioned.
- Also in Dagens Nyheter there is a review of a production in Copenhagen of Richard II saying not much more of interest than the fact that the play is not performed as often as Richard III
- David Baddiel, in his book The God Desire, writes that, ‘At a time when belief was not optional, Shakespeare wrote Measure for Measure…”Ay, but to die, and go we know not where…”…[he] may, in this speech, be referencing …Lucretius, whose work De rerum natura was rediscovered in Italy in the 15th century….’ Followers of this blog may be aware that De rerum natura is very important in my alter ego Rhuddem Gwelin’s series of novels The Merlin Chronicles. Oh the webs we spin!
- Our dear Dumbledore, Michael Gambon, is dead. In the beginning of his career he was in productions of Othello, Hamlet and Macbeth. According to Dagens Nyheter.
- Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr mentions Shakespeare several times throughout the book in toss-off comments.
Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/
- Summerland - Penelope Wilton is in King
Lear and Othello.
- The
King of Devil’s Island - Stellan Skarsgård is in Hamlet.
- The
Perks of Being a Wallflower - Paul Ruud is in Romeo and Julia.
- The
Fourth Kind - Milla Jovovich is in Cymbeline.
- Playing
for Time - Vanessa Redgrave is in Coriolanus. Max Wright is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Good
Time - Jennifer Jason Leigh is in A Thousand Acres
- Black
Swan - Winona Ryder is in Looking for Richard
- Homicide
the Movie - Reed Diamond is in Much Ado about Nothing.
- The Machinist - Christian Bale is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prince of
Jutland, Henry V. Jennifer Jason Leigh is in A Thousand Acres.
Further since last time:
- My dear friend LJ, a music therapist, and I have started working on a Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, much abridged, for the residents of our community’s homes for the elderly.
Posted this month:
- This report
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/
