August 2020
‘A
plague of sighing and grief’. Shakespeare describes it in Henry IV Part One.
Fortunately, on a personal level, Hal and I are still only sighing in this the
sixth month of Corona, but the pandemic has brought much grief to the world.
Stay safe, friends, stay well.
As always, I
start with a promo for the book Shakespeare calling – the book. Indie
authors like myself need support more than ever when we cannot arrange book
signings and lectures. Therefore, sales are down drastically. I do so hope you
will help me by ordering the book online. 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 Six Wicked Reasons by Jo Spain, Ryan tells his sister Clio, ‘There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so,’ and their brother, the TV producer James, retorts, ‘You’re Shakespeare now, are you?’
- In the brilliant The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams found those monkeys that typed Hamlet, beating that old classic improbability factor.
Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month (see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/)
- Muriel’s Wedding David Lapaine was in
the production of The Merchant of Venice at the Globe, later released on
DVD. We have seen both.
- Unlocked: If I remember
correctly there was a production of Richard III going on in Being
John Malkovich.
- Bright Young Things: This is so filled with Shakespeare connections it’s almost like watching a Shakespeare play. The ones I’ve seen in something Shakespeare are: Emily Mortimer, James McAvoy, David Tenant, Jim Broadbent, Simon Callow, Imelda Staunton, Harriet Walter.
- Stockholm: Ethan Hawke played
excellently in Cymbeline and Hamlet.
- Event Horizon: Fishburne was an excellent Othello.
- Daredevil: Affleck played Ned Alleyn in Shakespeare in Love.
- The Children Act: Emma Thompson is
classic in Much Ado About Nothing and Henry V. Tucci was very
enjoyable in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Watkins was in The Hollow
Crown which was directed by Eyre.
- The Mountain Between
Us: Kate Winslet
is Ophelia in Branagh’s Hamlet
Further since last time:
- Started reading: Miranda Beverly-Whittemore’s Set Me Free about a boarding school on a reservation in Oregon putting on a production of The Tempest. I read it twelve years ago but borrowed it from the library by mistake. It’s worth reading again.
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:
- https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/
- https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/
