Monday, March 7, 2022

March 2022

 Daffodils that come before the swallow dares, and take the winds of March with beauty…’ I haven’t yet seen any daffodils, but the fresh winds of March give us hints of the coming spring.

‘O war! thou son of hell’ O Putin! Thou son of hell! Our thoughts and support to the people of Ukraine, and the people of Russian who hate this war. Protest in any way you can! And don’t give up hope. ‘True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.

In this time of turmoil and hope I give you this familiar 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 support the Shakespeare Calling project. I do so hope you will help me by ordering the book online. Any sales I make of this book in the coming month will go directly to Doctors without Borders for their work in Ukraine. 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:

  • The twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi, quotes Macbeth about sleep.
  • Dagens Nyheter has a review of Macbeth now at Dramaten. Rabbits? The article doesn’t make sense.
  • Kulturnytt on TV also has a review of the same Macbeth. She liked it a lot, especially Baby Macbeth and the good acting. I’m all for spinoffs of Shakespeare but I’m not sure about this one. Anyway, going to the theatre isn’t really an option for us these days.
  • In Prep, but Curtis Sittenfeld, the class does Hamlet.
  • In The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah Jamal’s neighbour Harun writes children’s version of Shakespeare to be distributed in South Asia and Africa.
  • In Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Inti quotes Caliban, ‘You taught me language, and my profit on’t is I know how to curse.’ Her twin sister Aggie has to explain to her what it meant. On the next page Aggie hit a bully in the face with The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Shakespeare is indispensable in so many ways!

 

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

  • Road to Perdition – Jennifer Jason Leigh is in the Lear spin-off A Thousand Acres. Stanley Tucci is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
  • O Brother Where Art Thou - Tim Blake Nelson is in Hamlet. Stanley Tucci is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
  • Chain Reaction - Keanu Reeves is in Much Ado about Nothing, My Own Private Idaho
  • Seabiscuit - Chris Cooper is in The Tempest
  • Forget Me Not - Gemma Jones is in The Merchant of Venice

Further since last time:

  • Still reading, slowly(!): Women of Will by Tina Packer. Nearing the end now but I want to savour it, so I only read a few pages a day. Maybe in the next report I’ll review it.

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:

https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/shakespeare-calling-the-book/

https://themerlinchronicles.wordpress.com/ruby-and-shakespeare/spoiler-merlin-and-shakespeare/