Monday, November 1, 2021

November 2021

 "Thou shalt be free as mountain winds…’ It’s very windy today in Stockholm on this, the first day of November. A beautiful autumn day. I hope the weather is favouring you wherever you are, and that the month ahead is good to you.

Now, as always, this promo for the book Shakespeare calling – the book. 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 have the blog in book form, as well as support the Shakespeare Calling project. 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

 

I would be thrilled to get an email from you if you bought the book. rubyjandshakespearecalling@gmail.com 

 

Shakespeare sightings:

  • In the novel Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones, a dress is described as more for A Midsummer Night’s Dream than Gone with the Wind.
  • A review in Dagens Nyheter of Benjamin Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream mostly tells the story but seems to like the production.
  • A review in Dagens Nyheter of The Tempest, at Stadsteatern in Gothenburg, is enthusiastic over the multimedial production with video, music, dance, Internet, TV, 3D art and a noodle bar.
  • Swedish actor Lil Terselius has died. She is known for her many roles, including Gertrude from Hamlet.

 

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

  • Stand By Me – River Phoenix is in My Own Private Idaho which is a spin-off of Henry IV. Richard Dreyfuss is in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a spin-off of Hamlet, and The Good-bye Girl, a spin-off of Richard III.
  • The Awakening - Rebecca Hall’s father founded the Royal Shakespeare Company. Dominic West is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III.  Imelda Staunton is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told, Shakespeare in Love, Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing.
  • Chumscrubber – Glenn Close is in Hamlet. Ralph Fiennes is in Coriolanus. John Heard is in O. Allison Janney is in 10 Things I Hate about You, a spinoff of The Taming of the Shrew.
  • The Turn of the Screw - Michelle Dockery is in The Hollow Crown.
  • Stigmata - Gabriel Byrne is in Prince of Jutland. Jonathan Pryce was in The Merchant of Venice, which we saw at the Globe in London, and Timon of Athens

 

 

Further since last time:

  • Started reading: Women of Will by Tina Packer.

 

Posted this month:

  • This report

 

Shakespeare Calling – the book is promoted by http://shakespearesallskapet.se/

 

Read more about my alter ego’s books, in one of which Shakespeare appears live and in person, on: