Tag Archives: Shakespeare

Leading Hollywood stars offer new insights into Shakespeare’s great plays in new OU/Sky Arts series “My Shakespeare”

Posted on September 17, 2014 by ouartsfaculty

Starting on Monday 22nd September “My Shakespeare”, a new 6 part series, will start on Sky Arts 1 HD at 9.00pm. Leading Hollywood stars offer new insights into Shakespeare’s great plays in a new OU / Sky Arts series “My … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Bottom

Posted on February 1, 2013 by ouartsfaculty

Dr Peg Katritzky (Lecturer, English Dept) will be giving a talk titled, ‘Shakespeare’s Bottom: Printed Sources for Monsters and Marvels in A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ as part of the ‘Documents of Shakespearean Performance: Stage, Page, and Manuscript in Early Modern … Continue reading →

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OU Book History Seminar Series – Documents of Shakespearean Performance

Posted on September 26, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Monday 29 October 2012 sees the first in a series of seminars on how Shakespeare’s plays were transmitted from manuscript to print. Organised by the Open University’s Book History Research Group and the Institute of English Studies at the University … Continue reading →

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The Robben Island ‘Bible’

Posted on July 19, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

The British Museum is displaying the ‘Robben Island Bible’ as part of their Shakespeare: Staging the World exhibition – actually, it is the illicit copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, hidden from the guards for decades by Sonny Venkatrathnam … Continue reading →

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Julius Caesar on OpenLearn: exclusive video on the making of the BBC film

Posted on July 3, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

BBC Four recently showed the OU/BBC film production of Julius Caesar.  OpenLearn has an exclusive video about the making of the film: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/literature-and-creative-writing/literature/julius-caesar-exclusive-video Julius Caesar on stage and page: The histories of people reading, performing and witnessing Julius Caesar are … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare Uncovered: Ethan Hawke on Macbeth, tonight 9pm BBC4

Posted on June 26, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Shakespeare Uncovered: Ethan Hawke sets out to prepare himself for the possibility of playing the role of Macbeth by uncovering the true story behind the play, seeing some of the greatest productions and discovering the extraordinary insights into the criminal … Continue reading →

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Perspectives: Lenny Henry – Finding Shakespeare: ITV1 Sunday

Posted on March 29, 2012 by ouartsfaculty

Lenny Henry tells the story of how he fell in love with Shakespeare in Sunday evening’s ITV1 show Persepectives and how, once he broke through the language barrier, the experiences and emotions Shakespeare wrote about spoke to him. He talks … Continue reading →

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