June 2023
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow…signifying
nothing. I’m thinking of having this tattooed on my arms. What do you think?
I repeat what I have repeated for far too long:
‘O war!
thou son of hell’ O
Putin! Thou son of hell! Our thoughts and support are still needed 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 me 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 will go directly to Doctors without Borders for their
work in Ukraine as long as the war lasts. Just let me know and I’ll send the
money forthwith. You can also order directly from me. Just write me an email. Thank
you.
Anyone from Ukraine – send me an email and I will send you
the book free of charge.
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
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 film Birdman a guy on the street is reciting the ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’ monolog.
- In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Bluebeard, the narrator’s father knew Shakespeare’s plays by heart in Armenian and recommended among the ten books that must be read Tales from Shakespeare. The Armenian president of the University of Chicago was a renowned Shakespearean. And that’s only in the book’s first half. There may be more to come.
Films with a
Shakespeare connection seen this month - see reviews on https://rubyjandsfilmblog.blogspot.com/
- Mod Squad - Claire Danes is in
Romeo & Julia.
- Alfie (1966) - Julia Foster is Queen Margaret in the history plays.
- Elvis - Baz Luhrman directed Romeo & Julia.
- The Chronicles of Riddick - Judi Dench is in The Hollow Crown, Shakespeare in Love, Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth
- Upside
Down – Timothy Spall is in Love’s Labour’s Lost and Hamlet.
- The Mod
Squad – Clare Danes is in Romeo & Julia.
- The Art of Getting By - Alicia Silverstone is in Love’s Labour’s Lost
- Michael Collins - Aidan Quinn is in Looking for Richard. Alan Rickman is in Romeo and Juliet.
- Spotlight - Michael Keaton is in Much
Ado about Nothing. Rachel McAdams is in the Canadian series about a
Shakespearean theatre troupe Slings and Arrows. Liev Schreiber is in Hamlet.
Stanley Tucci is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Birdman - Michael Keaton is in Much Ado about Nothing.
- Two Lovers - Gwyneth Paltrow is in Shakespeare in Love.
- James Bond: No Time to Die - Ralph
Fiennes is in Coriolanus. Ben Whishaw is in The Hollow Crown and The
Tempest. Rory Kinnear is in The Hollow Crown. Jeffrey Wright is in Hamlet.
- Seven Psychopaths - Sam Rockwell is in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Elfie Hopkins - Rupert Evans is in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream Retold. Stephen Macintosh is in Twelfth Night.
- Deep Impact - Leelee Sobrieski is the Hamlet spinoff The Glass House.
- Out Stealing Horses - Stellan Skarsgård played Hamlet in an early televised theatrical production.
- Lady Macbeth – Don’t let the title fool you. It’s not a Shakespeare spin-off. But Christopher Fairbank is in Hamlet.
Further since last time: quiet Shakespeare month
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/
