January 2024
… True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s
wings…Happy New Year! It’s 2024 and we must hope that it is a better year that
2023.
Especially
for the Ukrainians, and for Gaza. Hope that the madness and grief ends. 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! O Netanyahu! Thou sons of hell! Our thoughts
and support are still needed to the people of Ukraine, and the people of
Russian who hate this war, and now the people of Gaza, and the people of Israel who hate the 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 and Gaza 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. Anyone from Palestine – send me an email
and I will send you the book free of charge. I am also sending contributions to
Doctors without Borders and other organisations who are helping the Ukraine and
Gaza.
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 film Angela’s Ashes Frankie is a fan of Shakespeare.
- The novel Booth by Karen Joy Fowler is about John Wilkes Booth’s family of Shakespearean actors, so the book is full of references and quotes.
- The Nine by Gwen Strauss is about nine women who escaped the concentration camp, one of whom helped the others survive by recounting the stories of great literature, including Shakespeare.
Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/
- Tea with Mussolini – Shakespeare connection: Franco Zefirelli directed Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew
- Dead Ringers – Jeremy Irons is in The Hollow Crown, The Merchant of Venice.
- The Flowers of War - Christian Bale is in Henry V.
- An Unfinished Life - Damian Lewis is in Much Ado about Nothing Re-Told
- Taking Woodstock - Imelda Staunton is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told, Shakespeare in Love, Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing. Liev Schreiber is in Hamlet.
- Relic – Emily Mortimer is in Love’s Labour’s Lost.
- Black Phone - Ethan Hawke is in Cymbeline and Hamlet
- De-Lovely - Kevin Kline is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet. Jonathan Pryce is in the Globe
production of The Merchant of Venice
which I saw in London in 2015. Brilliant!
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Stanley Tucci is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- A quiet Shakespeare month
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:
