Monday, March 1, 2021

March 2021

 Daffodils that bloom before the swallows dare return from the south, and that charm the winds of March with their beauty…’ I haven’t seen any daffodils yet, but the winds of March are already quite refreshing.

I hope you are well and safe. Hal and I get our first Covid-vaccination on Wednesday so we’re feeling hopeful!

And now, 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:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/9163782626/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1514378301&sr=8-1

 

Also available on http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Calling-book-Ruby-Jand/dp/9163782626/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436073737&sr=1-1&keywords=Ruby+Jand+shakespeare+calling

Or in Sweden

http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789163782626/shakespeare-calling-the-book/

or Adlibris. Or contact the publisher info@vulkan.se

 

Shakespeare sightings:

  • Michel Foucault’s book Madness & Civilization refers to the madness of King Lear and Lady Macbeth in his chapter about views on madness in the sixteenth century.

 

Films with a Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/ 

  • The Sound of Music – Christopher Plumber is in the Hamlet inspired The Undiscovered Country.
  • Zombieland – Bill Murray is in Hamlet.
  • Alien 3:
  • Brian Glover is in Prince of Jutland
  • Ralph Brown is in The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Danny Webb is in Henry V, Twelfth Night
  • Pete Postlethwaite is in Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet
  • Alien Resurrection:  Winona Ryder is in Looking for Richard
  • Prometheus: Michael Fassbender is in Macbeth.
  • Hidden Figures: Kevin Costner plays a wandering Shakespearean actor in the dystopian The Postman.
  • Genova: Colin Firth is in Shakespeare in Love. 

Further since last time:

  • Started reading aloud to Hal: Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro. 

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: