Monday, September 24, 2012

Monday September 24 2012


Another quiet week but a few things of interest have happened. First the regular:

From Gregory Doran's Shakespeare Almanac:
  • On September 20, 1899, the first Shakespeare film was shown. It was in London, a four-minute scene from King John.
  • On September 21, 1599, Thomas Platter saw Julius Caesar “in a house with a thatched roof”. He seemed most impressed with the dancing at the end. Dancing? At Julius Caesar?! They did that in those days.


Shakespeare sightings:
  • In the absolutely dreadful novel Lavender Morning by Jude Devereaux (why do I read junk like that??) one of the characters is so unexpectedly brilliant that she's compared to Shakespeare living in a village of morons.
  • Mentioned in the bonus material to the DVD of the film Sparkle: Tom Hunsinger, one of the directors, worked previously under Trevor Nunn in the Royal Shakespeare Society.
  • In the film Fahrenheit 451, one of the books being burned is Othello.
  • In the comic (silly, actually) novel The Monarch of the Glen by Compton McKenzie (upon which the TV series was based) Macbeth and the three witches are used as a comparison upon the confrontation with an odd gang rescued in the dungeon.


Further, since the last report:
  • Continued reading aloud with Hal: Julius Caesar.
  • My text “Why Shakespeare?” was posted on Blogging Shakespeare http://bloggingshakespeare.com/why-shakespeare
  • I think I have succeeded in creating a new folder for “Ruby's Reflections” and posting the above-mentioned “Why Shakespeare” in it.

Posted today:
  • “Why Shakespeare?”
  • This Monday Report

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