I have to keep up on Savage Chickens more. He’s been sneaking in a Macbeth series on me: http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/2008/08/something-wicked.html http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/2008/08/something-wicked-ii.html http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/2008/08/something-wicked-iii.html Ninjas are like bacon, everything is made better with ninjas.
Month: August 2008
Mental Floss : Shakespeare Characters
http://mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=385 Too easy, got perfect score. I link it only because I like the format, where it simply shows a picture, gives a name of a person, and asks you to pick the play. When the picture is from a recent movie production, it’s pretty hard to get it wrong.
Marlowe Seduces….And Then The Faerie Kingdom….Wait, What?
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/authors/from_shakespeare_to_ragnarok_elizabeth_bear_keeps_busy_91271.asp You know, I keep seeing Elizabeth Bear’s name, and I keep thinking I’ve read something by her. But then I realize I’m confusing her with Greg Bear. But maybe I’ve been missing something, if this writeup is any indication of what she typically writes:
This summer sees the release of “The Stratford Man,” a long story published as two novels (Ink and Steel and Heaven and Earth) that reimagines the mystery of Christopher Marlowe’s death as an event that raises the stakes a secret war between factions of the Elizabethan court and the kingdom of Faerie. Oh, and Marlowe seduces William Shakespeare, inspiring him to write… well, that would be telling. But if he’s inspired to write Midsummer, or the sonnets, I call shenanigans. EVERYBODY who writes Shakespeare into their fiction seems to work Dream into it. Update: There you go, she’s got a Hugo-nominated short story up in podcast form as we speak. She’s everywhere.
Shoreditch Theatre Discovered?
http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/2008/08/06/culture-archaeologists-find-ruins-of-early-shakespeare-theatre/ It’s early and I’m trying to fully understand this. Apparently archaeologists have rediscovered the original footings of the Shoreditch theatre, where The Lord Chamberlain’s Men played before the owners dismantled it and used the timber to construct The Globe. Any historians in my audience want to fill in some details? Sounds pretty cool! UPDATE: Alan is correct, Shakespearepost.com has much more detail. Thanks for the heads up!
Some Zeffirelli Love
http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/08/05/yesterday-s-hits-romeo-and-juliet-1968-franco-zeffirelli.aspx It’s not often these days that you get such a lengthy tribute to the “original” Romeo and Juliet on film, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version with Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. Worth a nostalgic look. (Yeah yeah it’s not the original, but it’s arguably the definitive screen adaptation.)