If music be
the food of love, play on. One of my favourite lines, spoken by one of my least
favourite characters. Happy Twelfth Night, friends. (You who are on the alert
will say, ‘But that was yesterday!’ True, but close enough).
I hope the
holidays have been good to you. It has been an extremely quiet Shakespeare
month out there. I don’t know if I would agree with Claudio who says in Much
Ado about Nothing, ‘Silence is the perfectest herald of joy’ (he’s
another least favourite!) but in this silence I have come up with a brilliant
(I’m so modest) addition to the monthly report: films with Shakespeare
connections. See below. It appears there are a lot of them.
So, here’s
the new improved report, starting with links to Shakespeare calling – the
book. All support for my work with Shakespeare through purchasing or
promoting the book are very much appreciated. Spread the word! Thank you!
The book is available for those of you in
Great Britain and parts of Europe on this site:
Also
available on http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Calling-book-Ruby-Jand/dp/9163782626/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436073737&sr=1-1&keywords=Ruby+Jand+shakespeare+calling
Or
in Sweden
or
Adlibris. Or contact the publisher info@vulkan.se
Shakespeare sightings:
- In the novel The
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon the following quote from Richard
II is used to start Part III: ‘The bay leaves in our country are all withered and meteors fright the
fixéd stars of heaven.’
Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month:
- Trainspotter and Trainspotter 2: Shakespeare connection: Shirley Henderson - Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told. https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/trainspotting.html https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/2t-trainspotting-2.html
- Inside I'm Dancing - Shakespeare connection: James McAvoy - Macbeth (Re-Told). Romola Garai - Cordelia in King Lear, Celia in As You Like It. Stanley Townsend in The Hollow Crown. https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/inside-im-dancing.html
- Cry Freedom - Shakespeare connection: Denzil Washington - Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing. Kevin Kline - Hamlet, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jaques in As You Like It https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/cry-freedom.html
- Shakespeare in Love: connection obvious. https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/shakespeare-in-love.html
- Rachel Getting Married – Shakespeare connection: Shakespeare wasn’t married to this particular Anne Hathaway. https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/rachel-getting-married.html
- The Magic Flute – Shakespeare connection – Branagh. https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-magic-flute.html
- The Matrix Trilogy – Shakespeare connection: Fishburne did an excellent Othello and Reeves a sullen and convincing Don John in Much Ado about Nothing. Harold Perrineau was lovely as Mercutio in Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet. https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-matrix-revolutions.html
- Footloose - Shakespeare connection: John Lithgow played Malvolio once upon a time and was quite brilliant at it. https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/footloose.html
- Dune - Shakespeare connection, well the reviewer (yours truly) wrote, 'It’s almost Shakespearean in its grand incomprehensibility.' That's kind of a merit, isn't it?
Further since last time:
- Very little Shakespeare.
Posted this month
- This report
Shakespeare Calling – the book is promoted by
Read more about my alter ego’s
books, in one of which Shakespeare appears live and in person, on:
