tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37635246084849328012024-03-12T02:18:07.442-07:00Shakespeare CallingRuby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-84367505565411575512024-03-03T22:56:00.000-08:002024-03-03T22:56:50.445-08:00March 2024<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold";">Beware those nasty Ides! </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">It’s a cold and foggy
day in Stockholm but there are signs of approaching spring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Our thoughts still go to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">the Ukrainians,
to Gaza. 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:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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 </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">Gaza</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">, and the people of Israel who hate the war. Protest in any way you can!
And don’t give up hope. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">Any sales I make of
this book will go directly to Doctors without Borders for their work in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ukraine and Gaza</i> as long as the war
lasts.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The
book is available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this
site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also
available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or in
Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB">I would be thrilled to get an email from
you if you bought the book. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The novel <i>Tom Lake</i> by Ann Patchett is about actors and one of
the veterans wants to do Lear.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The narrator’s mother in<i> A Curious Beginning </i>by Deanna Raybourn
was an actor and did Shakespeare.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 90.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Truman Show - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Peter Weir directed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dead
Poet’s Society. </i>Ed Harris is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cymbeline.
</i>Natasha McElhone is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love’s
Labour’s Lost.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Talented Mr Ripley - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Gwyneth Paltrow is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shakespeare
in Love.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Regression - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Ethan Hawke is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Electrical Life of Louis Wain - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Benedict Cumberbatch is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Richard
III.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Progressing: rehearsals for our local
theatre production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s
Dream (En midsommarnattsdröm). </i>Last week we bought some of the costumes and
in a couple of hours I’m going to IKEA with the producer LJ and scenographer FS
to buy some props.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 57.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: -518.7pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">This report<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-1729295261467349732024-02-04T23:56:00.000-08:002024-02-04T23:56:35.144-08:00February 2024<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Today the sun is shining in my little part of the world on this frosty February morning so I do not have a </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold";">February face…full of frost and storm and cloudiness. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">I hope there is sun in your part of the world. But still our thoughts go to</span><span style="font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; text-indent: -11.9pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">the Ukrainians, to Gaza. 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:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;"> 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 </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">Gaza</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">, and the people of Israel who hate the war. Protest in any way you can! And don’t give up hope. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">Any sales I make of this book will go directly to Doctors without Borders for their work in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ukraine and Gaza</i> as long as the war lasts.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB">I would be thrilled to get an email from you if you bought the book. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare sightings:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 54pt;"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The novel <i>The Painted Drum </i>by Louise Erdrich, a character’s grandmother had been brought from her tribal reservation to the Carlisle school for Indian children and been taught, among other literature, Shakespeare.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the novel <i>Deathless Divide</i> by Justina Ireland, each chapter for the character Jane is headed by a quote from Shakespeare.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Romateatern on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea is not producing a Shakespeare play this summer and they might never again because the board of directors has resigned. No reason given, on the Culture News, anyway.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the novel <i>The Boy in the Black Suit</i> by Jason Reynolds, the funeral director Mr Ray, tells about the funeral of an actor who arranged for his actor friends to attend the funeral as characters he had played, including an unnamed Shakespeare character.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In the novel <i>Drifters</i> by Kevin Emerson, one of the main characters is a high school actor and spends a week at a summer Shakespeare camp.</span> </span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Only God Forgives - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Kristin Scott Thomas is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Richard III.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">I Wanna Dance with Somebody - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Stanley Tucci is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Father - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Anthony Hopkins is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titus </i>and </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Rufus Sewell is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">C</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">arolina - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Julia Stiles in is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">10 Things I Hate about You, O, </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet. </i>Alessandro Nivola <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is in Love’s Labour’s Lost.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Martian Child - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Sophie Okonedo is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hollow Crown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Saving Grace - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Brenda Belthyn is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Henry Vi Part One, King Lear. </i>Martin Clunes is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shakespeare in Love. </i>Phyllida Law is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Much Ado about Nothing, The Life and Death of King John.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Incredible Hulk - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Tim Roth is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Devil’s Playground - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Jaime Murray is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told.</span></i> </span></li></ul><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 39.25pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21pt;"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Progressing: rehearsals and costumes for our local theatre production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream (En midsommarnattsdröm).</i></span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Posted this month:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; tab-stops: -518.7pt;"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a></span></span></p><p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-61508467155790708512024-01-01T00:39:00.000-08:002024-01-01T00:39:03.262-08:00January 2024<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">January 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold";">… <b><i>True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s
wings</i></b>…</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Happy New Year! It’s 2024 and we must hope that it is a better year that
2023.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">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:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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 </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">Gaza</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">, and the people of Israel who hate the war. Protest in any way you can!
And don’t give up hope. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">Any sales I make of
this book will go directly to Doctors without Borders for their work in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ukraine and Gaza</i> as long as the war
lasts.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The
book is available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this
site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also
available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or in
Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB">I would be thrilled to get an email from
you if you bought the book. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In the film <i>Angela’s Ashes</i> Frankie is a fan of Shakespeare.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The novel <i>Booth</i> by Karen Joy Fowler is about John Wilkes Booth’s
family of Shakespearean actors, so the book is full of references and quotes.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Nine</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> 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.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Tea with Mussolini – </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Shakespeare connection:
Franco Zefirelli directed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of
the Shrew</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Dead Ringers – Jeremy Irons </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Hollow Crown, The Merchant of Venice.
</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Flowers of War - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Christian Bale is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Henry V.</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">An Unfinished Life - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Damian Lewis is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Much Ado about Nothing Re-Told</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Taking Woodstock - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Imelda Staunton is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told,
Shakespeare in Love, Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Liev Schreiber is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Hamlet.</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Relic – </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Emily Mortimer is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love’s Labour’s Lost.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Black Phone - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Ethan Hawke is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Cymbeline </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">De-Lovely - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Kevin Kline is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet. </i>Jonathan Pryce is in the Globe
production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Merchant of Venice</i>
which I saw in London in 2015. Brilliant!<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">I Wanna Dance with Somebody - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Stanley
Tucci is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream.</i></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: x-large;">Further since last time:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">A quiet Shakespeare month</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: -518.7pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-19359439582341810002023-12-04T02:07:00.000-08:002023-12-04T02:07:49.943-08:00December 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">December 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold";">… The icy fang and churlish chiding of the winter’s
wind… </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">That’s the way it has been in Sweden for a week or so. Winter is here!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s
also here for the Ukrainians, and for Gaza. A different kind of winter. 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:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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 </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">Gaza</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">, and the people of Israel who hate the war. Protest in any way you can!
And don’t give up hope. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">Any sales I make of
this book will go directly to Doctors without Borders for their work in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ukraine and Gaza</i> as long as the war
lasts.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The
book is available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this
site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also
available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or in
Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB">I would be thrilled to get an email from
you if you bought the book. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the novel <i>Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow</i> by Gabrielle
Zevin, Marx was an avid Shakespearean actor while in college and that interest
is mentioned several times throughout the novel. Not surprisingly, the title is
from <i>Macbeth </i>and the reason becomes clear towards the end.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">What’s Love Got to Do with It? – </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Lawrence
Fishburne is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Othello.</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Where the Crawdads Sing - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">David Strathairn
is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Waking the Dead - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Janet McTeer is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As You Like It</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Grand Avenue - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Daniel Sackheim directed the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet</i> spin-off <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Glass House.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Storm - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Jonas Karlsson was
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Tempest</i> on stage at Dramaten
in Stockholm<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Caveman’s Valentine -</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">
Colm Feore is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Slings and Arrows,
Titus.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">30 Days of Night -</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> Josh
Hartnett is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Hairspray - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Michelle
Pfeiffer is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A Midsummer
Night’s Dream. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Allison Janney is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">10 Things I Hate about You.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Impostor - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Mekhi Phifer is
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O.</i></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">More meetings: with my Shakespeare
theatre group doing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.</i></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Seen at Stadsteatern in Stockholm: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Absolute Shakespeare.</i></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Seen at Stadsteatern in Stockholm: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Temporary Ensemble Put on </i>King Lear)</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: -518.7pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A review of </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Absolute Shakespeare. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandshakespearecalling.blogspot.com/2023/12/absolute-shakespeare.html">Shakespeare
Calling: Absolute Shakespeare (rubyjandshakespearecalling.blogspot.com)</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A review of </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A Temporary Ensemble Put on </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">King Lear) </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandshakespearecalling.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-temporary-ensemble-puts-on-king-lear.html">Shakespeare
Calling: A Temporary Ensemble Puts on King Lear
(rubyjandshakespearecalling.blogspot.com)</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</span></a></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</span></a></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-38147219252864001182023-12-04T01:56:00.000-08:002023-12-04T01:56:37.947-08:00A Temporary Ensemble Puts on King Lear<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">En tillfällig ensemble sätter upp Kung Lear (A Temporary Ensemble Puts
on </i>King Lear)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lilla scen, Stadsteatern, Stockholm</p><p class="MsoNormal">Seen with friends MR and AR 24 November 2023</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SV;"><br />
</span>A hapless director, Andreas (Meyer) is a heart-warming bumbler who
agrees with everybody, whose wife is the star of another production, and whose
kids he has to fetch from school, while trying to direct <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">King Lear </i>with three actors: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ulf (Rabaeus) – a pro and he lets everyone know it.
Essentially Rabaeus plays himself, he’s known as an arrogant, ego-tripping
know-it-all and it reveals a healthy dose of humour and sardonic self-awareness
to play this part.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Berit (Benson) – a has-been still living in her glorious
past as an actor in the radical theatre of the 70s (which, in fact, Mia Benson
was, but she’s far from a has-been). Here, she reads her lines like a robot and
Ulf is quick to tell her the right way to do it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Larissa (Lazcano, who also wrote and directed the play) – a
young radical feminist ghetto poet who hates the whole idea of King Lear but
gave up several big roles at the Royal Dramatic Theatre to be in this
production. And she has a secret…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then they get directives from the bosses of Stadsteatern –
they are to shorten the play, accept commercial sponsors and see to it that
they get huge audiences.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s laugh-out-loud funny, it’s satirical, it pokes wicked
fun at the cold commercialised cultural climate in todays’ right-wing Sweden.
The cast is brilliant and the Melody Festival ending is wonderfully glittery
and foot-stomping. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There isn’t a whole lot of Lear, but, oh, it’s a lovely
spin-off.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<br />Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-17862293710131452312023-12-04T01:52:00.000-08:002023-12-04T01:52:46.519-08:00Absolute Shakespeare<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ABSOLUTE SHAKESPEARE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By and with: Malin Sternbrink & Niklas Atterhall
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Soppteatern, Kulturhuset, Stockholm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Seen with friend LJ (thank you!) 11 November, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A melancholy man in a black overcoat, alone on the stage
playing 16th century music on a lute. A woman in red, high-heeled shoes, big
80's hair, enters the stage, singing 'What a Feeling.' <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Man</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:
'To be or not to be...' <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Woman</i>: 'I
want to dance with somebody...'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shakespeare meets the 1980s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It starts light-heartedly with new love, quotes from
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night's Dream</i></span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">interwoven with 'Let's
Dance,' 'A Lady in Red,' 'Kiss.' Then comes jealousy. 'Every breath you take.'
'The Green-Eyed Monster'. Love is not enough. Sadness, betrayal, anguish.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Many of my favorite quotes from Shakespeare are
included, both in English and Swedish. 'I have of late and wherefore I know not
lost all my mirth.' 'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...', 'there was a star
danced, under that was I born'. Jealousy and infidelity? Sternbrink and
Atterhall use one of Shakespeare's best scenes: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Otello</i>, Emilia explains to Desdemona why it is just as right for women
to be unfaithful as men. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Also ingenious is that it was Ophelia who quoted 'I
have of late...' not Hamlet, and 'Take me to a nunnery,' instead of Hamlet's
'Get thee to a nunnery.' Hamlet says, 'She stared at me...' instead of
Ophelia's, 'He stared at me.'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sternbrink and Atterhall have put on a brilliant,
funny, emotional and beautiful interpretation of Shakespeare that shows, as
many have done, that Shakespeare is as relevant as ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you live in Stockholm, see it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/musik/absolute-shakespeare?fbclid=IwAR2LGDlJUutANB4nt4QjhmKclnwkZ64LLmeIG0A5x2FLuvLh0Gd4BVPLcQc">Absolute
Shakespeare (kulturhusetstadsteatern.se)</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-82233601718989203332023-11-06T00:53:00.005-08:002023-11-06T00:53:51.907-08:00November 2023<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: x-large; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><b><i>… The night has been unruly…</i></b> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: x-large; text-indent: -11.9pt;">At long last I have returned to my beloved London. Many memories of my
visits with Hal, a feeling of coming home as I walked around Southwark and
visited the Globe. Unruly night? Indeed, though the weather was quite pleasant
despite the occasional showers, it was windy and on the day our coach left
London the storm was so severe that the ferries between Dover and Calais were
cancelled and we were forced to find a hotel in Folkestone. Our lovely tattooed
and pierced guide Lazze made all the arrangements and we just sat back and
enjoyed an extra day in England. Home again now, in a grey and windy Stockholm.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; font-size: x-large; text-indent: -11.9pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">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:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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 </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">Gaza</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">, and the people of Israel who hate the war. Protest in any way you can!
And don’t give up hope. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">Any sales I make of
this book will go directly to Doctors without Borders for their work in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ukraine and Gaza</i> as long as the war
lasts.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The
book is available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this
site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also
available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or in
Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB">I would be thrilled to get an email from
you if you bought the book. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the novel <i>Half-Moon Street </i>by Anne Perry, much of the story
revolves around a production of <i>Hamlet.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In <i>Dagens Nyheter </i>we are given a review of the latest production
of <i>Hamlet</i> with Sylvana Imam in the title role. After a shaky start it
pulls together and the reviewer concludes that Imam becomes Hamlet. I think I
might want to see this.</span> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82929539"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Love Field - </span></i></span></a><span lang="EN-GB">Michelle Pfeiffer is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">All the King’s Men - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Kate Winslet is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet. </i>Anthony Hopkins is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titus.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Any Day Now - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Alan Cumming is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Tempest, Titus. </i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Haunting - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Claire Bloom is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Life and Death of King John,
Cymbeline, Hamlet. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Richard Johnson is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cymbeline, Antony and Cleopatra.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Old - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Rufus Sewell is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told, Hamlet.
</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Nikki Amuka-Bird is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Coriolanus.</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Salt - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Liev Schreiber is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Hamlet. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Chiwetel
Eijiofor is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Twelfth Night.</span></i> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">First meeting: with my Shakespeare
theatre group. The cast is chosen.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Didn’t see: Kenneth Branaugh’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">King Lear </i>although my London hotel was
very close to the theatre and I walked by it every day. Tickets? Impossible to
get.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Walked to: the Globe. Oh to be back at
the Globe after 5 years! Sadly, the season’s last performance was on the day I
arrived in London, but it was lovely to walk around the area again. Many
memories of being there with Hal.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Bought at the Globe Shop: DVD of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet</i> we saw there last time (2018). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shakespeare
and Race,</i> edited by Ayanna Thompson. Fridge magnet ‘Though she be but
little, she is fierce. Two pens and a pencil.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Bought at Foyles: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shakespeare </i>by Judi Dench.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Booked: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">King Lear</i> with friends here in Stockholm at the end of November.</span> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: -518.7pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</span></a></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-63460314246474439052023-10-02T01:40:00.004-07:002023-10-02T01:40:43.638-07:00October 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold";"><b><i>… The teeming Autumn big with full increase…</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; text-indent: -11.9pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">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:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with
swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’ </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I
will send you the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The
book is available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this
site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also
available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or in
Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB">I would be thrilled to get an email from
you if you bought the book. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the novel <i>How to Stop Time</i> 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 <i>An Isle Full of Noises, The Merlin Chronicles Volume 3)</i>. </span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In an article in <i>Dagens Nyheter</i> Ian McKellen’s <i>Richard III</i>
is mentioned.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Also in <i>Dagens Nyheter </i>there is a review of a production in
Copenhagen of <i>Richard II </i>saying not much more of interest than the fact
that the play is not performed as often as <i>Richard III</i></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">David Baddiel,
in his book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The God Desire</i>, writes
that, ‘At a time when belief was not optional, Shakespeare wrote <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Measure for Measure…</i>”Ay, but to die, and
go we know not where…”…[he] may, in this speech, be referencing …Lucretius,
whose work <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">De rerum natura </i>was
rediscovered in Italy in the 15<sup>th</sup> century….’ Followers of this blog
may be aware that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">De rerum natura </i>is
very important in my alter ego Rhuddem Gwelin’s series of novels <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Merlin Chronicles. </i>Oh the webs we
spin!</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Our dear
Dumbledore, Michael Gambon, is dead. In the beginning of his career he was in
productions of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Othello, Hamlet </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Macbeth.</i> According to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dagens Nyheter.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Hocus
Pocus</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr mentions Shakespeare several times throughout the book in
toss-off comments.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a name="_Hlk82929539"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Summerland - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Penelope Wilton is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">King
Lear </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Othello.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></a></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The
King of Devil’s Island - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Stellan Skarsgård is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The
Perks of Being a Wallflower - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Paul Ruud is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romeo and Julia.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The
Fourth Kind - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Milla Jovovich is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cymbeline.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Playing
for Time - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Vanessa Redgrave is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Coriolanus. </i>Max Wright is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Good
Time - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Jennifer Jason Leigh is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Thousand Acres</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Black
Swan - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Winona Ryder is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Looking for Richard</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Homicide
the Movie - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Reed Diamond is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Much Ado about Nothing.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Machinist - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Christian Bale is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prince of
Jutland, Henry V. </i>Jennifer Jason Leigh is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Thousand Acres. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82930031"></a></span></p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">My dear friend LJ, a music therapist,
and I have started working on a Shakespeare production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream, </i>much abridged, for the residents of our
community’s homes for the elderly.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Posted this month:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</span></a></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-46584930280742014432023-09-03T23:15:00.001-07:002023-09-03T23:15:28.711-07:00September 2023<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -11.9pt;">… <b><i>full of sound and fury.</i></b>..</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -11.9pt;"> That will be my next tattoo. What do you think?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Ahem, That’s already in place. I’ve also added </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Shakespeare calling – the book </i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">and</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;">
T<b><i>hough she be but little she is fierce</i></b>. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">And in October I will add</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;">
<b><i>Out, out, brief candle!</i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And now, sadly, I repeat what I have
repeated for far too long:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with
swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’ <em><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></i></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I
will send you the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The book is available for those of you
in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB">I would be thrilled to get an email from you if you bought the book.
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shakespeare
sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In Laurie Halse Anderson’s </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Impossible Knife of Memory </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">the high school students are of course discussing
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Romeo and Juliet</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> one of who describe it as ‘Slutty
fourteen-year-olds and gang violence…everybody dies.’ Which pretty well sums it
up. Lear and Shakespeare on stage are also mentioned. Do American high school
students really study Shakespeare as much as it seems in YA novels?</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In Barbara Kingsolver’s latest (and
brilliant) novel, <i>Demon Copperhead</i>, he found Mr Dick reading a book
which ‘…had a name on it I’d heard of, Shakespeare. Dead, evidently.’</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In <i>The Lost Girls of Paris</i> by Pam
Jenoff the ‘band of brothers’ quote is used as a practice code for radio
transmitters on their way to occupied France. </span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the film <i>Spontaneous Combustion</i> the
high school teacher is in a teachers’ theatre group doing Shakespeare.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the novel <i>The Measure</i> by Nikki
Erlick, the suicide of a young couple brings comparisons to <i>Romeo and
Julie</i></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month
- see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.25pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a name="_Hlk82929539"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">25<sup>th</sup> Hour - </span></i></span></a><a name="_Hlk139953545"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span lang="EN-GB">Brian Cox is in <i>Coriolanus,
Prince of Jutland </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">and<i> King
Lear.</i></span></span></span></span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">How
to Kill Your Neighbour’s Dog – </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Branagh</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">I</span><span lang="EN-GB">ron Man - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Robert Downey Jr is in <i>Coriolanus,
Richard III. </i>Gwyneth Paltrow is in <i>Shakespeare in Love. </i>Clark Gregg
is in <i>Much Ado about Nothing.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Proof
- </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Gwyneth Paltrow is in <i>Shakespeare in Love </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">and John Madden directed it.<i> </i></span>Anthony
Hopkins is in <i>Titus </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">and<i>
Othello.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Aberdeen
- </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Stellan Skarsgård is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Lonesome
Jim - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Casey Affleck is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet. </i>Kevin Corrigan is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cymbeline.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Birdwatchers
- </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Chiara Caselli is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My Own Private Idaho.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">The Terminal - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Stanley Tucci is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Waterland - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Jeremy Irons is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hollow Crown, The Merchant of Venice. </i>Sínead
Cusack is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twelfth Night. </i>Ethan
Hawke is in </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Cymbeline </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet.</i></span><span lang="EN-GB"> David
Morrissey is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hollow Crown. </i>John
Heard is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O. </i>Pete Postlethwaite is
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romeo & Julia </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Iron Man 3 - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Robert Downey Jr is in <i>Coriolanus,
Richard III. </i>Gwyneth Paltrow is in <i>Shakespeare in Love. </i>Ben Kingsley
is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twelfth Night.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Fifth Estate - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Shakespeare
connections: Benedict Cumberbatch is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Richard
III. </i>David Thewlis is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Macbeth.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Judas Kiss - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Emma Thompson is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Henry V</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Much Ado about Nothing. </i>Alan Rickman is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romeo and Juliet.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The United States of Leland - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Michelle
Williams is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Thousand Acres.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">State of Play - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Rachel McAdams is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Slings
and Arrows. </i>Ben Affleck is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shakespeare
in Love. </i>Helen Mirren is in </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Tempest, Prince
of Jutland, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Daybreakers - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Ethan Hawkes is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cymbeline, Hamlet</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 39.25pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Further since last time: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Now tattooed on my arms: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;">…
<b><i>full of sound and fury...</i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;"><b><i> </i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Shakespeare calling – the book</i></b> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">and</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;">
<b><i>Though she be but little she is fierce. </i></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">And in October I will add</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;">
<b><i>Out, out, brief candle!</i></b></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Saw
with friends A&U – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer
Night’s Dream</i></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Review of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Midsummer Night’s Dream </i></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandshakespearecalling.blogspot.com/2023/09/review-midsummer-nights-dream.html">Shakespeare
Calling: Review A Midsummer Night's Dream
(rubyjandshakespearecalling.blogspot.com)</a></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is
promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-57336859808825412302023-09-03T23:00:00.000-07:002023-09-03T23:00:15.069-07:00Review A Midsummer Night's Dream<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">En midsommarnatts dröm</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scenkonst Sörmland, Teaterladan, Nynäs slott<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Writer: Lucas Svensson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Director: Maria Weisby<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Cast: Lars Bethke, Ingela Schale Berghagen, Mats Jäderlund, Ines
Cherif, Anders Jacob, Thérèse Svensson, Lucas Carlsson, Dan Anderson (voice
only, as Puck)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Seen with friends AB and UJ 6 August 2023 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">To begin with I would like to say that I like remakes of Shakespeare’s
plays. I usually like the actual productions but even when I don’t, I like the
idea of adapting the plays to other times and situations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">This production takes place in the late 1930s. Hitler and war lurk in
the background. Bottom and Helena are communists and the play is about class struggle.
I understand the troupe’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>need to give
the play relevance to our time but sadly, it doesn’t completely work. It
becomes two plays with the war and class struggle, although relevant and
important, a bit weaker than the Shakespeare bit. I hope they do a separate
play about it and fix it up to be stronger.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">There are good Swedish transations of Shakespeare but this isn’t one of
them. I’m not even sure how much Shakespeare is actually used but the two best
lines in the play, among the best lines in all of Shakespeare, ’What fools
these mortals be,’ and ’though she be but little she is fierce,’ are not used
at all. Bad decision. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Still, the Shakespeare bits are best. Helena (Svensson) and Bottom
(Jäderlund) are good and Bethke is a fine Oberon. It works well not to have
Puck appear on stage, only his voice, but I miss his last lines at the end. The
scenography is good.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">It’s worth seeing for Stockholmers who have a car and I applaud
Scenkonst Sörmland’s effort.<o:p></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-80529009965438854212023-08-03T01:10:00.000-07:002023-08-03T01:10:01.609-07:00August 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: x-large; text-indent: -11.9pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -11.9pt;">…<i> full of sound and fury</i>...</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -11.9pt;"> That will be my next tattoo. What do you think?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I repeat what I have repeated for far
too long:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with
swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’ <em><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></i></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I
will send you the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is available for those of you
in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB">I would be thrilled to get an email from you if you bought the book.
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare
sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In the film </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Beauty and the Beast </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Belle and
the Beast discuss Shakespeare and he scorns her for saying that </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Romeo and Juliet</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> is her favourite.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In Barbara Kingsolver’s latest (and
brilliant) novel, <i>Demon Copperhead</i>, he found Mr Dick reading a book
which ‘…had a name on it I’d heard of, Shakespeare. Dead, evidently.’ </span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month
- see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82929539"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Backwoods - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Gary Oldman is in <i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>Paddy Considine is in <i>Macbeth.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></a></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">B</span><span lang="EN-GB">oyz n the Hood - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Laurence Fishburne is
in <i>Othello.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Beauty
and the Beast - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Kevin Kline is in <i>As You Like
It, A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, Hamlet.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">Thanks
for Sharing - </span></i><a name="_Hlk139953545"><span lang="EN-GB">Gwyneth
Paltrow is in <i>Shakespeare in Love.</i></span></a></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">My First Mister - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Leelee Sobieski is in <i>The Glass House.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Wah-Wah - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Gabriel Byrne is in <i>The Prince of Jutland. </i>Julie Walters is
in <i>The Hollow Crown </i>and<i> Henry V.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Unthinkable - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Michael Sheen is in <i>Othello.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last time: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Now tattooed on my arms: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Vladimir Script";">…</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Vladimir Script";">tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow……signifying
nothing…<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Reactions
to the tattoo:</span></span></li><ul><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">‘Wha’???’</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">‘Cool!’</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">An Italian hiker
in the Dolomites grinned and gave me a thumbs up.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Our
Italian guide in the Dolomites took photos because he might want to do the
same.</span></span> </li></ul></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is
promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-54759677293344575372023-07-03T01:09:00.001-07:002023-07-03T01:09:31.438-07:00July 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -11.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;">… full of sound and fury...</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"> That will be my next tattoo. What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I repeat what I have repeated for far too long:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war!
thou son of hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
<em><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">I would be thrilled to get an
email from you if you bought the book. </span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the film </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Birdman</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> a guy on
the street is reciting the ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’ monolog.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In Kurt
Vonnegut’s novel </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Bluebeard, </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">the narrator’s father knew Shakespeare’s plays by heart in Armenian and
recommended among the ten books that must be read </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Tales from Shakespeare.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> The
Armenian president of the University of Chicago was a renowned Shakespearean.
And that’s only in the book’s first half. There may be more to come.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the film </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Wolfman</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> the main
character is a Shakespearian actor. This does not save the film.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82930031"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Thor - </span></i>obviously Kenneth
Branagh, also Stellan Skarsgård did an early <i>Hamlet,</i> Tom Hiddleston is
brilliant in <i>Henry IV </i>and<i> Henry V.<o:p></o:p></i></span></a></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Go - </i>Sarah
Polley is in the Canadian series <i>Slings and Arrows.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Edie - </i>Sheila Hancock is a member of
the Royal Shakespeare Company.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Village -</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>Bryce Dallas Howard is in <i>As You Like It.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Life Itself – </i>Annette Bening is in <i>Richard
III.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Wolfman - </i>Anthony Hopkins is in <i>Titus
</i>and<i> Othello.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Splice - </i>Sarah Polley is in <i>Slings
and Arrows.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i>Interstellar - </i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">John Lithgow is in
<i>Twelfth Night. </i>David Owelowe is in <i>As You Like It.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Terms
of Endearment - </i>John Lithgow is in <i>Twelfth Night.</i></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Further since last
time: now tattooed on my arms: </span><span style="font-family: "Vladimir Script";">…</span><span style="font-family: Scriptina;">tomorrow
and tomorrow and tomorrow……signifying nothing…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-69865196905955999682023-06-05T00:35:00.002-07:002023-06-05T00:35:55.812-07:00June 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">June 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Script MT Bold"; line-height: 107%;"><b><i>Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow…signifying
nothing</i></b>.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"> I’m thinking of having this tattooed on my arms. What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I repeat what I have repeated for far too long:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war!
thou son of hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
<em><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">I would be thrilled to get an
email from you if you bought the book. </span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the film </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Birdman</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> a guy on
the street is reciting the ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’ monolog.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In Kurt
Vonnegut’s novel </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Bluebeard, </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">the narrator’s father knew Shakespeare’s plays by heart in Armenian and
recommended among the ten books that must be read </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Tales from Shakespeare.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> The Armenian
president of the University of Chicago was a renowned Shakespearean. And that’s
only in the book’s first half. There may be more to come.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82930031"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Mod Squad - </span></i></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Claire Danes is in
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Romeo & Julia.</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alfie (1966)
- </i>Julia Foster is Queen Margaret in the history plays.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elvis -
</i>Baz Luhrman directed <i>Romeo & Julia.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The Chronicles of Riddick - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Judi Dench is in <i>The Hollow Crown, Shakespeare in
Love, Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Upside
Down –</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> Timothy Spall is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love’s Labour’s Lost </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">and</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Mod
Squad – </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Clare Danes is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romeo & Julia.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Art
of Getting By - </i>Alicia Silverstone is in <i>Love’s Labour’s Lost</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Michael Collins - </i>Aidan Quinn is in <i>Looking
for Richard. </i>Alan Rickman is in <i>Romeo and Juliet. </i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Spotlight - </i>Michael Keaton is in <i>Much
Ado about Nothing. </i>Rachel McAdams is in the Canadian series about a
Shakespearean theatre troupe <i>Slings and Arrows. </i>Liev Schreiber is in <i>Hamlet.
</i>Stanley Tucci is in <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Birdman
- </i>Michael Keaton is in <i>Much Ado about Nothing.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Two Lovers - </i>Gwyneth Paltrow is in <i>Shakespeare
in Love.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>James Bond: No Time to Die - </i>Ralph
Fiennes is in <i>Coriolanus. </i>Ben Whishaw is in <i>The Hollow Crown and The
Tempest. </i>Rory Kinnear is in <i>The Hollow Crown. </i>Jeffrey Wright is in <i>Hamlet.
<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Seven
Psychopaths - </i>Sam Rockwell is in <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Elfie Hopkins - </i>Rupert Evans is in <i>A
Midsummer Night’s Dream Retold. </i>Stephen Macintosh is in <i>Twelfth Night.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Deep
Impact - </i>Leelee Sobrieski is the Hamlet spinoff <i>The Glass House.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Out
Stealing Horses - </i>Stellan Skarsgård played Hamlet in an early televised
theatrical production.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lady
Macbeth – </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Don’t let the title fool
you. It’s not a Shakespeare spin-off. But </span>Christopher Fairbank is in <i>Hamlet.</i></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82929539"></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Further since last
time: quiet Shakespeare month</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This report</span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-23670090561770316852023-04-30T23:43:00.003-07:002023-04-30T23:43:47.127-07:00May 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">On this 1 May, International Workers’ Day, let us remember that solidarity
takes many forms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here expressed in Shakespeare’s appeal spoken by Sir Thomas Moore:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: #EDEDED; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise<br />
Hath chid down all the majesty of England;<br />
Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,<br />
Their babies at their backs and their poor luggage,<br />
Plodding to the ports and coasts for transportation,<br />
And that you sit as kings in your desires,<br />
Authority quite silenced by your brawl,<br />
And you in ruff of your opinions clothed;<br />
What had you got? I’ll tell you: you had taught<br />
How insolence and strong hand should prevail,<br />
How order should be quelled; and by this pattern<br />
Not one of you should live an aged man,<br />
For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,<br />
With self same hand, self reason, and self right,<br />
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes<br />
Feed on one another.…<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: #EDEDED; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">You’ll put down strangers,<br />
Kill them, cut their throats, possess their houses,<br />
And lead the majesty of law in lyam<br />
To slip him like a hound. Alas, alas, say now the King,<br />
As he is clement if th’offender mourn,<br />
Should so much come too short of your great trespass<br />
As but to banish you: whither would you go?<br />
What country, by the nature of your error,<br />
Should give you harbor? Go you to France or Flanders,<br />
To any German province, to Spain or Portugal,<br />
Nay, anywhere that not adheres to England,<br />
Why, you must needs be strangers. Would you be pleas’d<br />
To find a nation of such barbarous temper<br />
That breaking out in hideous violence<br />
Would not afford you an abode on earth.<br />
Whet their detested knives against your throats,<br />
Spurn you like dogs, and like as if that God<br />
Owned not nor made not you, nor that the elements<br />
Were not all appropriate to your comforts,<br />
But charter’d unto them? What would you think<br />
To be thus used? This is the strangers’ case<br />
And this your mountainish inhumanity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, I repeat what I have repeated for far too long:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war!
thou son of hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
<em><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">I would be thrilled to get an email
from you if you bought the book. </span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the
Swedish newspaper <i>Dagens Nyheter</i> there is a long report on the director
Staffan Valdemar Holm who explains in detail how Shakespeare’s plays can be
improved by cutting all the dead weight. He is currently directing </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Tempest</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> in the
Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In <i>The
Lincoln Highway</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">, a novel by Amor Towles, one of the characters quotes from <i>Macbeth</i>
then goes on to explain the play to an eight-year-old boy and tell about his
actor father. He goes on the refer to Shakespeare throughout the book, but that
doesn’t help. It’s still boring and I only skimmed the last half. <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There’s a lukewarm review of an opera
version of <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i> in the newspaper today.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82930031"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Source Code - </span></i></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Jeffrey Wright is
in <i>Hamlet.</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Promising
Young Woman - </i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">David Strathairn is in <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream.</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elvis -
</i>Baz Luhrman directed <i>Romeo & Julia.</i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The Chronicles of Riddick - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Judi Dench is in <i>The Hollow Crown, Shakespeare in
Love, Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Upside
Down –</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> Timothy Spall is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love’s Labour’s Lost </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">and</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82929539"></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last
time: quiet Shakespeare month<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-7769942123166897612023-04-04T00:32:00.004-07:002023-04-04T00:32:56.379-07:00April 2023<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In memory of Harold Leighton Berglund
18 October 1945 – 26 February 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">When,
in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">I all
alone beweep my outcast state,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">And
trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">And
look upon myself and curse my fate,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">Wishing
me like to one more rich in hope,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">Featured
like him, like him with friends possessed,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">Desiring
this man’s art and that man’s scope,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">With
what I most enjoy contented least;<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet in
these thoughts myself almost despising,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">Haply I
think on thee, and then my state,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Like
to the lark at break of day arising<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">From
sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate;<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-size: large;">Sonnet
29<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, I repeat what I have repeated for far too long:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war!
thou son of hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
<em><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">I would be thrilled to get an email
from you if you bought the book. </span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the
Swedish newspaper <i>Dagens Nyheter</i> there is a long report on the director
Staffan Valdemar Holm who explains in detail how Shakespeare’s plays can be
improved by cutting all the dead weight. He is currently directing </span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Tempest</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> in the
Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In <i>The
Lincoln Highway</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">, a novel by Amor Towles, one of the characters quotes from <i>Macbeth</i>
then goes on to explain the play to an eight-year-old boy and tell about his
actor father. He goes on the refer to Shakespeare throughout the book, but that
doesn’t help. It’s still boring and I only skimmed the last half. <o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82930031"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Case 39 - </span></i>Adrian Lester is in </a><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">As You Like It,
Hamlet, </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and<i> Love’s Labour’s Lost</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Broken Flowers - </span></i>Bill Murray and Jeffrey
Wright are in the same <i>Hamlet.</i> Jessica Lange is in <i>Titus</i> and <i>A
Thousand Acres.<o:p></o:p></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Tower Block - </span></i>Ralph Brown is in <i>Withnail
and I. </i>Jill Baker is in <i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare in Love</span></i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> and </span><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Macbeth</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Paddington - </i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sally Hawkins,
Julie Walters and Geoffrey Palmer are all in <i>The How Crown. </i>Jim
Broadbent is in <i>Richard III.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Paddington 2 - </i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sally Hawkins and
Julie Walters are in <i>The How Crown. </i>Jim Broadbent is in <i>Richard III.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last
time: quiet Shakespeare month<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a></span> </li></ul><p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-90970530699311108782023-03-05T21:12:00.002-08:002023-03-05T21:12:44.732-08:00March 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In memory of Harold Leighton Berglund 18
October 1945 – 26 February 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me not to the marriage of true minds<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">Admit impediments.
Love is not love<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; text-indent: -11.9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">Which alters when it
alteration finds,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or bends with the remover to remove.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">O no! it is an ever-fixed mark<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">That looks on tempests and is never
shaken;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">It is the star to every wand'ring bark,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">Whose worth's unknown, although his
height be taken.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">Love's not Time's fool, though rosy
lips and cheeks<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">Within his bending sickle's compass
come;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">Love alters not with his brief hours
and weeks,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">But bears it out even to the edge of
doom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">If this be error and upon me prov'd,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Pro";"><span style="font-size: large;">Sonnet 116<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">And again, a year after Russia invaded the Ukraine, I
repeat what I have repeated for far too long:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;">‘O war!
thou son of hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i>’
<em><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">I would be thrilled to get an
email from you if you bought the book. </span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the
Swedish newspaper <i>Dagens Nyheter</i> there is a long report on the director
Staffan Valdemar Holm who explains in detail how Shakespeare’s plays can be
improved by cutting all the dead weight. He is currently directing </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Tempest</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> in the Royal
Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In <i>The
Lincoln Highway</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">, a novel by Amor Towles, one of the characters quotes from <i>Macbeth</i>
then goes on to explain the play to an eight-year-old boy and tell about his
actor father. He goes on the refer to Shakespeare throughout the book, but that
doesn’t help. It’s still boring and I only skimmed the last half.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="_Hlk82930031"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Reservoir Dogs - </span></i>Tim Roth is in </span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern Are Dead</span></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Darkest
Hour - </span></i>Shakespeare connection: Gary Oldman is in </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. </span></i>Kristin
Scott Thomas is in </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Richard III. </span></i>Stephen
Dillane is in </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Hamlet. </span></i>Joe
Armstrong is in </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Hollow Crown.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lincoln Lawyer - </i>John Leguizamo is in </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Cymbeline</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> and
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Romeo & Julia</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Belfast - </i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Branagh (many),
Dench (several), Colin Morgan is in <i>The Tempest, </i>which we saw at the
Globe in London 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last
time: quiet Shakespeare month<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-27938727755004290052023-02-05T22:39:00.000-08:002023-02-05T22:39:00.033-08:00February 2023<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">‘Blow, blow, thou
winter wind.’ I love winter, but it’s a hard time for those who lack homes and
shelter. Therefore, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">I repeat what I have repeated for far too
long:</span><b><i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘O war! thou son of
hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with
swallow's wings.</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">’ </span></i><em><span style="color: #26323e; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .4pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you the
book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">I would be thrilled to get an email
from you if you bought the book. </span></span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the film <i>The
Elephant Man</i> John Merrick (John Hurt) and Mrs Kendal (Anne Bancroft) do
Romeo and Juliet together.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the
Swedish newspaper <i>Dagens Nyheter</i> an editorial compare Trump to King
Lear. They both believe they are ‘more sinned against than sinning’.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Much of the
novel <i>The Library of Lost Things</i> by Laura Taylor Namey revolves around a
high school production of <i>Much Ado about Nothing.</i></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a name="_Hlk82930031"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Elephant Man - </span></i>Anthony Hopkins is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titus </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Othello, </i>John Hurt is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Hollow Crown. </i>John Gielgud is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet
</i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Julius Caesar, </i>Wendy Hiller
is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Comedy of Errors, </i>Elphick
is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Richard III </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Withnail and I. <o:p></o:p></i></span></a></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">What
Happened to Monday - </span></i>Glenn Close is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet, </i>Tomiwa Edun is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romeo
and Juliet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Euphoria
- </span></i>Adrian Lester is in: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">As You Like It, Hamlet, Love’s Labour’s Lost</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">West Side Story
(Spielberg) - </span></i>Shakespeare connection – the obvious one.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">G</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ood Will Hunting - </i>Gus Van Sant directed
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My Own Private Idaho, </i>a spin-off of
Henry IV, Robin Williams is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet. </i>Stellan
Skarsgård is in<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet. </i>Ben Affleck
is in<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Shakespeare in Love. </i>Casey
Affleck is in another<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Hamlet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Last
Night in Soho - </i>Diana Rigg is in </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">King
Lear</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>It’s All About Love - </i>Claire Danes is
in <i>Romeo & Julia. </i>Alun Armstrong is in <i>The Hollow Crown.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i>Fracture -</i> Anthony Hopkins is in </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Titus</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> and <i>Othello. </i></span>David
Straithern is in </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Tempest </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and<i> A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Further since last
time: I read <i>The Shakespeare Notebooks</i> by various Doctor who nerds. See
review.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Review of: </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Shakespeare
Notebooks</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> by various Doctor who nerds.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-74778637184842111902023-02-05T22:35:00.000-08:002023-02-05T22:35:06.246-08:00The Shakespeare Notebooks<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>The Shakespeare Notebooks <o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">by<i> </i>James Goss, Jonathan Morris, Julian Richards,
Justin Richards, Matthew Sweet, Doctor Who nerds each and every one.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Imagine my glee when I found a book combining two of my
idols, Shakespeare and the Doctor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The<i> Notebooks</i> are newly discovered journals and
manuscripts written by Shakespeare in which the various Doctors have advised
him, written and edited his plays and generally been important to our Will.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brilliant idea. Sadly, the idea is ever so much better than
the journals themselves. I must confess that I skimmed much of the book. It was
mildly humorous from time to time but so much more could have been done with
it. Maybe add Donna Noble to the mix?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My advice: Read Shakespeare, see Doctor Who but read this
book only if you must.<o:p></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-34967606732903741682023-01-01T23:53:00.002-08:002023-01-01T23:53:31.655-08:00January 2023<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;"> <span lang="EN-GB">‘Joy, gentle friends! Joy and
fresh days of love accompany your hearts</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">.’
2023 has begun. Let us hope and work for a better world this coming year. Let
us now be ‘noble of reason’. Let us ‘be just, and fear not.’ ‘True hope is
swift, and flies with swallow’s wings,’ so let us hope for peace, and equality,
and a viable environment. Happy New Year, friends.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">In the meantime, I repeat what I have
repeated for far too long:</span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">’ </span></i><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #26323e; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .4pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I
will send you the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The book is available for those of you
in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">I
would be thrilled to get an email from you if you bought the book. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shakespeare
sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In the film <i>Clueless</i> Cher is writing on
a card</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> ‘The merry buds of May’ and tells her friend it’s a famous quote from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cliff Notes. </i>Later when Josh’s
girlfriend declares, ‘”To thine own self be true”. Hamlet said that’, Cher
responds: ‘Hamlet didn’t say that. I remember my Mel Gibson. It was that
Polonius guy.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the novel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The History of Wolves</i>
by Emily Fridlund Linda’s mother tells her, ‘I put on a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Macbeth</i> with twenty in the cast. It was a funny version.’</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In Stephen King’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fairy Tale</i>
we are reminded that Jack, of beanstalk fame, whose giant says ‘Fee, fie, fo
fum’ etc stole the line from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">King Lear.</i></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nomadland</i> Frances
McDormand’s character Fern is told by an old student that she remembers the ‘Tomorrow
and tomorrow and tomorrow’ quote. Later in the film Fern tells a young man that
she had used a poem in her wedding vows then quotes the entire Sonnet 18 to
him.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twin Peaks</i> Audrey’s creepy
dad when visiting a bordello quotes Sonnet 18 to the Madam. (You notice how
differently Shakespeare quotes are used).</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month
- see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a name="_Hlk82929539"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Ant-Man - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Paul
Ruud is in Baz Luhrman’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romeo &
Juliet.</i></span></span></span></a></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Snowden - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">10
Things I Hate About You. </i>Tom Wilkinson is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shakespeare in Love </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
Prince of Jutland. </i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Clueless - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Alicia
Silverstone is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love’s Labour’s Lost. </i>Paul
Ruud is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romeo & Juliet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Constantine - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Keanu
Reeves is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Much Ado about Nothing </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> My Own Private Idaho.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Djimon Hounsou is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Tempest. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The High Note - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Dakota Johnson and Bill Pullman are in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cymbeline.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Little Women - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Chris Cooper is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Tempest.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Ned Kelly - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Heath Ledger is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">10 Things I
Hate about You <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Take Shelter - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Jessica Chastain is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Coriolanus.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Across the
Universe - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Julie Taymor directed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Tempest </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Titus.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Nomadland - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">David Strathairn is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Tempest </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream.</i></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a name="_Hlk82930031"></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Further since last time: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">not much</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Posted this month:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is
promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</span></a></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-83259637899126901662022-12-04T23:57:00.001-08:002022-12-04T23:57:32.907-08:00December 2022<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">‘What freezings I have felt, what dark
days seen, What old December’s bareness everywhere!’ December can be a joyous
month but it is also cold and dark in the Northern Hemisphere. I wish you all a
sheltered and hopeful Winter Solstice. Together we can and must make the world
a better place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 107%;">In the meantime, I repeat what I have
repeated for far too long:</span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘O war! thou son of hell’</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">’ </span></i><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #26323e; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .4pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar
promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I
will send you the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is available for those of you
in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Also available on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="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">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</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Or in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">or Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">I
would be thrilled to get an email from you if you bought the book. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare
sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Tempest</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> is scheduled to play at Dramaten.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Thirteen-old Marty (Natalie Portman) in the film <i>Beautiful Girls</i> compares
Will (Tim Hutton) to Hamlet, ‘you know that Danish guy who couldn’t make
decisions’, then calls herself and Will ‘star-cross lovers, like Romeo and
Juliet.’</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Quiet Place</i> the
children are home-schooled with a poster on the wall, ‘Shall I compare thee to
a summer’s day’.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In Kurt Vonnegut’s book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God Bless
You Mr Rosewater</i> the author sneaks in quotes from Shakespeare as well as
having his Mr Rosewater imagine he’s Hamlet writing to his wife Ophelia.</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The novel <i>The Travelers</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">
by Regina Porter is in many way based on the play <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</i></span>
as one of the characters reads it, quotes it and has R&Gs voices in his
head, and his daughter becomes a Shakespearean scholar, having started to quote
Shakespeare at the age of three. All before page one hundred (I haven’t
finished the book yet).</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month
- see reviews on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></span><a name="_Hlk82929539"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Witches - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Stanley Tucci is in <i>A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.</i></span></span></a></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">’71 –</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> Sean
Harris is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Macbeth.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Secret Life of Words - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Dean Lennox Kelly is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told. </i>Julie Christie is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet.</i> Steven Mackintosh is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twelfth
Night. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Wide Awake - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Julia Stiles is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">O, Hamlet
and Ten Things I Hate About You</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Christopher Robin - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Oliver Ford Davies is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Away from Her - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Julie Christie is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hamlet. </i>Sarah
Polley is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Slings and Arrows.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Ricki and the Flash - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Kevin Kline is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As You Like
It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">24 Hour Party People - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Shirley Henderson is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Taming of the Shrew Re-Told.</i> Paddie Considine is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Macbeth. </i>Lennie James is in </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told. Ron
Cook is in The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Henry VI Parts I, II and III. </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Sean
Harris is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Macbeth<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">London Has Fallen - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Gerard Butler is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Coriolanus.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Monster’s Ball - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Heath Ledger is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">10 Things I
Hate About You</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">A Quiet Place II - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Shakespeare connection – Djimon Hounsou is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Tempest.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Personal History of
David Copperfield - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Ben Whishaw is in </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">King
Richard</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> and <i>The
Tempest</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">American Hustle - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">Christian Bale is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Midsummer Night’s Dream </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Henry V.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">S</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">elma - </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">David
Oyelowo is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As You Like It. </i>Carmen
Ejogo is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love’s Labour’s Lost. </i>Tom
Wilkinson is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shakespeare in Love </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Prince of Jutland. </i>Giovanni Ribisi is
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Postman. </i>Tim Roth is in </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</span></i></span></span> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Further since last time: not much</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Posted this month:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Shakespeare Calling – the book </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">is
promoted by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare
appears live and in person, on:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</span></a></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-40005799824143699702022-10-31T01:27:00.001-07:002022-10-31T01:27:51.855-07:00November 2022<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <i><span style="color: #1e272b; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 107%;">Hover
through the fog... </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">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.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">In the meantime, I repeat what I have repeated for far
too long:</span><b><i><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘O war! thou son of
hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with
swallow's wings.</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">’ </span></i><em><span style="color: #26323e; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .4pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">I would be thrilled to get an
email from you if you bought the book. </span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Howard Zinn, in his play <i>Marx in
Soho</i> refers repeatedly to Shakespeare, as Marx was an avid admirer of the
Bard.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the film <i>Saints and Soldiers</i>
the British soldier Oberon informs hi comrades that he was named after the one
in <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marge Piercy, in her novel <i>Small
Changes</i>, while preparing for her wedding Beth remembered wanting to a
lawyer like Portia. Later, in Boston, she attends open lectures about
Shakespeare.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">X-Men </span></i><a name="_Hlk82929539"></a><a name="_Hlk82930031"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">films collectively</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> - </span></i></span></span><a name="_Hlk74986211"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Richard E Grant is in </span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74986211;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Twelfth
Night.</span></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i><span style="background: white; color: #111111;">James McAvoy is in <i>Macbeth Re-Told.</i> Michael Fassbender is in <i>Macbeth.
</i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Liev Schreiber is
in <i>Hamlet. </i>Lynn Collins is in <i>The Merchant of Venice. </i>Jessica
Castain is in <i>Coriolanus.</i> Patrick Stewart is in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hollow Crown Richard II, Hamlet x 2. </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Ian McKellen is in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Macbeth,
Richard III.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">6 Souls/Shelter - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in <i>Titus.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Power of Few - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Christian Slater is in <i>Star Trek the
Undiscovered Country, </i>in which among other things, the Klingons claim
Shakespeare as their own.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Under the Cherry Moon -</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Kristin Scott Thomas is in <i>Richard III. </i>Victor
Spinetti is in <i>The Taming of the Shrew.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Fierce People - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Diane Lane is in <i>The Glass House</i>, a spin-off
of <i>Hamlet. </i>Anton Yelchin is in <i>Cymbeline. </i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Chicago - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Dominic West is in <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream </i>and<i>
Richard III.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">How to Lose Friends and Alienate People - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Bill Patterson is in <i>A
Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told </i>and <i>Richard III.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Red Riding 1980 - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Shakespeare connection: Paddy Considine is in <i>Macbeth,
</i>Maxine Peake is in <i>A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream </i>and<i> The</i> <i>Hollow
Crown. </i>Ron Cook is in <i>The Merchant of Venice, </i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Richard III, Henry VI Parts 1,2,3, </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">and</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> The Merry Wives of Windsor</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Shaun Harris is in <i>Macbeth</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Red Riding 1983 - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">David Morrisey is in <i>The Hollow Crown, Shakespeare
in Love, Richard III, </i>Michelle Dockery is in <i>The</i> <i>Hollow Crown. </i>Shaun
Harris is in <i>Macbeth</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Catch that Kid - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">John Carroll Lynch is in <i>A
Thousand Acres, </i>a spin-off of <i>King Lear.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hidalgo - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Zuleikha Robinson</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> is in <i>The Merchant of Venice.</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In Secret - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Jessica Lange </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">is in <i>Titus, </i>and<i> A Thousand Acres. </i>Shirley
Henderson is <i>The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told</i>. Mackenzie Crook is in<i>
The Merchant of Venice</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Needful Things - </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ed Harris </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">is in <i>Cymbeline</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
Barrels - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Shakespeare
connection: Steven Mackintosh is in <i>Twelfth Night.</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Superman - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Marlon Brando is in <i>Julius
Caesar</i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Big Business - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">It’s sort of a spin-off of <i>The
Comedy of Errors</i>, whether they’re aware of it or not. </span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Amistad - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Djimon Hounsou is in <i>The
Tempest. </i>Nigel Hawthorne is in<i> </i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Twelfth Night, Richard III, The Madness of King
George, The Tempest. </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Pete
Postlethwaite is in <i>Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet.</i> Stellan Skarsgård is
in <i>Hamlet. </i></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82930031;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk82929539;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last
time: not much<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-46980607389172123372022-10-03T01:32:00.003-07:002022-10-03T01:32:38.716-07:00October 2022<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #1e272b; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 107%;">The
skies look grimly and threaten present blusters.</span> </i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">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. <b><span style="background: white; color: #282828;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-weight: normal;">I repeat what I wrote last time, and several times before:</span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h4>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘O war! thou son of
hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with
swallow's wings.</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">’ </span></i><em><span style="color: #26323e; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .4pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The book is available
for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">I would be thrilled to get an
email from you if you bought the book. </span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My friend Jenny Bristle reviewed a
production of <i>Macbeth</i> which made me want to see it.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In the latest issue of the humanist
journal <i>Sans</i> 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 <i>Hamlet</i>. 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!</span> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot – </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Gus Van Sant directed <i>My Own Private Idaho, </i>a<i>
</i>spin-off of <i>Henry IV Part II. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Udo
Kier is in it too.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Save the Last Dance -
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Julia
Stiles is in <i>O,</i> a spin-off of <i>Othello, Hamlet </i>and<i> 10 Things I
Hate About You </i>a spin-off of <i>The Taming of the Shrew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Jurassic Park - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Richard
Attenborough is in <i>Hamlet. </i>Bob Peck is in <i>Macbeth.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Layer Cake - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Michael Gambon and
Sally Hawkins are in <i>The Hollow Crown </i>Ben Whishaw is in <i>Richard II </i>and<i>
The Tempest.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Mary Shelley - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Stephen Dillane is
in <i>Hamlet.</i> Derek Riddell is in <i>Much Ado about Nothing Re-Told.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Margot at the Wedding
- </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Jennifer Jason Leigh is in <i>A Thousand
Acres, </i>a spin-off of <i>King Lear.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">J</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ohnny English Strikes Again - </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Emma Thompson is in <i>Much Ado about Nothing </i>and<i>
Henry V</i>. Adam James is in a different <i>Much Ado about Nothing.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Two Hands - </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Heath Ledger is in <i>10 Things I Hate about You, </i>a
spin-off of <i>The Taming of the Shrew. </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Cleaner - </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ed Harris is in <i>Cymbeline.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Conspirator - </span></i><a name="_Hlk77249918"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">James McAvoy is in <i>Macbeth Re-Told. </i>Tom
Wilkinson is in <i>Shakespeare in Love </i>and<i> Prince of Jutland, </i>a
spin-off prequel to <i>Hamlet. </i>Kevin Kline is in <i>As You Like It, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet. </i>John Wilkes Booth was a renowned Shakespearean
actor.</span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Certain Women - </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Michelle Williams is in the spin-off of Lear, <i>A
Thousand Acres</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Citizen Kane - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Orson Welles directed and was in <i>Chimes at Midnight</i>.
He has been in several other Shakespeare films, but I haven’t seen them.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Secret Life of Bees - </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sophie Okonedo is in <i>The Hollow Crown</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Quartet - </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Maggie Smith is in <i>Richard III. </i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Trevor Peacock is in<i> Hamlet, Titus Andronicus,
Pericles, Henry VI Part Two, Henry VI Part One, Twelfth Night</i></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk77249918;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Further since last time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I
wrote: ‘Why Not Shakespeare?’</span> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">‘Why Not
Shakespeare?’</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This report</span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</span></a></span></li><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-26368760528113949812022-10-03T01:29:00.002-07:002022-10-03T01:29:25.595-07:00Why Not Shakespeare?<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: xx-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
<h3 align="center" style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Why Not Shakespeare?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 align="center" style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s
been two years since I analysed a Shakespeare play. I’ve re-read <i>Hamlet</i>
since then but didn’t re-analyse it. My hand has hovered over several of the
plays I’ve yet to re-analyse but so far I’ve chosen something non-Shakespeare
to read.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Why?
Have I gone off him? Definitely not. Is there nothing left to analyse? Stupid
question. Will I ever finish the folder ‘Play analyses 2’? I don’t know. I
certainly hope so. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But why, seemingly,
no longer Shakespeare?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There
are no doubt several reasons, one being that even the most passionate
obsessions cool down with time. Some even disappear, although never completely.
But my Shakespeare obsession, I’m sure, is still firmly in place, but resting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes,
resting. It takes a lot of energy to obsess, and I have had so little energy
these past years. What I have, has mostly been spent on Hal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A big
part of the obsession was shared with Hal, reading the plays aloud together,
watching films together, his comments on my analyses, going to the Globe
together in London, reading the same books about Shakespeare. But as Hal’s
illness has progressed these things have fallen away. When he could no longer
read aloud because his vision worsened and his voice weakened, I read to him
but after reading <i>Hamlet</i> most recently he said he could no longer follow
along. His concentration was gone, his confusion increasing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I was
still eager to continue on my own, but more and more time and energy were
needed to take care of Hal. Then came Covid and like many others I found myself
on hold. Couldn’t concentrate on anything. Couldn’t take in deeper books or
films.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In
March Hal moved to a care home nearby. The physical burden of caring for him
has been lifted from me but much of the practical and all the emotional ties
are still there. I cherish living alone but I have not yet regained my energy
and concentration. At the moment, I even have Covid and though it is not a
serious case, it is slow to let me go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When
it does…<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When
it does and I learn to use my time and energy more wisely, Shakespeare, I will
be back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 36.85pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I miss
you.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-8373601069916797372022-09-05T01:11:00.004-07:002022-09-05T01:11:36.815-07:00September 2022<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Summer's
lease hath all too short a date…</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and
we find ourselves in September. <b><i>The teeming Autumn big with rich increase…</i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, once
again, a monthly report. Which sadly, must begin like the last few:<b><span style="background: white; color: #282828;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-weight: normal;">I repeat what I wrote last time, and several times before:</span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h4>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘O war! thou son of
hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">True
hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">’ </span></i><em><span style="color: #26323e; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .4pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">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.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><a href="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">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</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">I would be thrilled to get an
email from you if you bought the book. </span><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakespeare sightings:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Believe it or not, I have not noted a
single sighting this month.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Clouds
of Sils Maria – </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Johnny Flynn is
in </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Twelfth Night.</span></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Out
of the Furnace - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Christian Bale is in <i>A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Prince of Jutland </i>(a prequel to<i> Hamlet) </i>and <i>Henry
V. </i>Casey Affleck is in<i> Hamlet.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Good Morning,
Vietnam - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Robin
Williams is in <i>Hamlet.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Phantom of the
Opera - </span></i>Simon Callow is in <i>Shakespeare in Love<o:p></o:p></i></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Insomnia 1997 - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
connection: Stellan Skarsgård is in <i>The Glass House (Hamlet</i> spin-off)
and <i>Hamlet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Insomnia 2002 - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Al Pacino is in <i>The
Merchant of Venice</i>. Robin Williams is in <i>Hamlet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The 51<sup>st</sup>
State - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Emily
Mortimer is in <i>Love Labour’s Lost.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">American Gangster
– </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Denzel
Washington is in<i> Much Ado about Nothing.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sparkle - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Carmen Ejogo is in
<i>Love’s Labour’s Lost<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Iceman - The
Tempest </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and<i>
A Midummer Night’s Dream.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Love’s Labour’s Loss - </span></i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Natascha McElhorn
is in <i>Love’s Labour’s Loss. </i>Bernard Hill is in <i>Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3, Richard III.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Cemetery Junction - </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Felicity Jones was in <i>The Tempest</i> at the Globe
Theatre where we saw her in 2013. Tom Hughes is in <i>Richard II. </i>Ralph
Fiennes is in <i>Coriolanus</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Elizabeth
Taylor is in <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i> (perhaps the worst film adaption of
Shakespeare ever).<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dead Fish - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Gary Oldman is in <i>Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern Are Dead. </i>Jimi Mistry is in Hamlet. Frances Barber is in <i>King
Lear and Twelfth Night. </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Main Street - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Colin Firth is in <i>Shakespeare
in Love and A Thousand Acres </i>(a spin-off of Lear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Words -</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Jeremy Irons is
in <i>The Hollow Crown, The Merchant of Venice.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Orange County - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">John Lithgow is in
<i>Twelfth Night. </i>Kevin Kline is in <i>As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Hamlet.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Jackie Brown - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Michael Keaton is
in <i>Much Ado about Nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s
been a quiet Shakespeare month.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Posted this month:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This report</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b><b style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">is promoted by </span><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/" style="font-size: x-large;">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which
Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/">https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>Ruby Jandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107354716859269385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763524608484932801.post-90342294646494189212022-08-01T02:17:00.000-07:002022-08-01T02:17:13.816-07:00August 2022<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 13.2pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I
have of late and wherefore I know not lost all my mirth…</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> 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 </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">“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.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ah well,
for now, this monthly report. Which sadly, must begin like the last few:<b><span style="background: white; color: #282828;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #282828; font-weight: normal;">I repeat what I wrote last time, and the time before:</span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h4>
<h4 style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> ‘O war! thou son of
hell’</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .75pt;"> 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. ‘</span><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/408519"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333;">True hope is swift, and flies with
swallow's wings.</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">’ </span></i><em><span style="color: #26323e; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: .4pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: x-large;">In
this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar promo for the book <b><i>Shakespeare
calling – t</i></b></span><b style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">he book</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: x-large;">.</span><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: x-large;"> 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. </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">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.</span></span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Just let me know and I’ll send the
money forthwith. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book is
available for those of you in Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also
available on </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="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">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</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or
in Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/">http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="mailto:info@vulkan.se">info@vulkan.se</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I
would be thrilled to get an email from you if you bought the book. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="mailto:rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com">rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Shakespeare sightings:</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In <i>Madame Fourcade’s Secret War</i>
author Lynn Olson tells us that master spy Kenneth Cohen’s grandfather Meyer
Salaman loved Shakespeare.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">On the moon in Andy Weir’s <i>Artemis</i>,
super crook Jin grew up loving <i>Star Trek</i> 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.’</span> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Films</b> with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/">https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">To
Die For - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Gus Van
Sant directed <i>My Own Private Idaho, </i>a spin-off of<i> Henry IV. </i>Casey
Affleck is in <i>Hamlet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Jolene
- </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Jessica Chastain
is in <i>Coriolanus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">Time
Bandits - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">John Cleese is in <i>The
Taming of the Shrew. </i>Ian Holm is
in<i> Hamlet</i> and<i> Henry V. </i>Ralph Richardson
is in <i>Richard III.</i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">G</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">host Ship - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Gabriel Byrne is in <i>The Prince
of Jutland</i>, a spin-off prequel to <i>Hamlet<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Maudie
- </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sally
Hawkins is in <i>The Hollow Crown.</i> Ethan Hawke is in <i>Cymbeline</i> and<i>
Hamlet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Mary Queen of Scots - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Shakespeare
connection: Adrian Lester is in <i>As You Like It, Love’s Labour’s Lost </i>and<i>
Hamlet. </i>David Tennant is in <i>Hamlet </i>and<i> Much Ado About Nothing. </i> Both have been in other Shakespeare
productions, but these are the ones I’ve seen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Bobby - </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Laurence Fishburne is in <i>Othello.
</i>Anthony Hopkins is in <i>Titus and Othello. </i>Martin Sheen is in <i>O</i>,
spin-off of <i>Othello. </i>Christian Slater is in <i>Star Trek The
Undiscovered Country,</i> which is loaded with references to <i>Hamlet.</i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 21.3pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Further since last
time:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We
are reached by that sad news that David Warner has died. He made over two
hundred films including <i>Star Trek the Undiscovered Country</i>, which is
filled with Shakespeare, and <i>Love’s Labour’s Lost.</i> He will be missed.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">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?</span> </span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Posted this month:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Calling – the book </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is promoted by </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://shakespearesallskapet.se/">http://shakespearesallskapet.se/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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