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escalator to the end of the world: ANTIC SHAKE PRESENTS: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - Opens Tomorrow!!!

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:59:24 -0400

escalator to the end of the world: ANTIC SHAKE PRESENTS: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - Opens Tomorrow!!!:

Antic Shake Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Antic Shakespeare Theatre Company presents their spring production: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare’s production of two pairs of star-crossed lovers, an inept band of actors, and two opposing fairy camps is…

(via 11 Strange and Wonderful Shakespeare Adaptations | Mental...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:45:50 -0400

(via 11 Strange and Wonderful Shakespeare Adaptations | Mental Floss)

In honor both of the Antic Shakes’ production of Midsummer Night’s Dream opening this Friday (4/19) and next Tuesday’s National Talk Like Shakespeare Day (4/23), I’m sharing list of Mental Floss’ “11 most strange productions, original plays, and acting companies” based on/paying homage to Shakespeare’s body of work.

Next weekend!

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:08:27 -0400

Next weekend!

Why no, I’m sure the 16th century armored soldiers just...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:49:01 -0500

Why no, I’m sure the 16th century armored soldiers just happened to be on their way somewhere to be captured in the carpark at the initiation of the excavation. (via Human remains found in Leicester car park DO belong to Richard III as scientists prepare to reveal results of DNA testing | Mail Online)

Newsreel footage of Orson Welles’Voodoo MacBeth. Get...

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:28:53 -0400

Newsreel footage of Orson Welles’Voodoo MacBeth. Get familiar!

Changing Hands!

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:27:23 -0400

Since Antic Shakespeare is now an officialDuke University student organization, it’s time to pass off this blog to capable student hands. I hope you’ll stay tuned for more Shakespeare tidbits and information about campus performances from the troupe. For now the new page http://anticshakesofficial.tumblr.com/ looks very similar but under new ownership there might be some artistic changes. Stay tuned!

As a preview for next fall's Theater Studies' production of Middleton's Women Beware Women, a consideration of his possible collaboration with Shakespeare on All's Well That Ends Well.

Mon, 07 May 2012 11:21:54 -0400

As a preview for next fall's Theater Studies' production of Middleton's Women Beware Women, a consideration of his possible collaboration with Shakespeare on All's Well That Ends Well.:

Did Shakespeare And Middleton Write Together?

A belated birthday wish to Willie Shakes!

Thu, 03 May 2012 09:41:45 -0400

A belated birthday wish to Willie Shakes!

Photo

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:11:39 -0400

"All of his plays are about how you live as human beings, in families, in society, in nations...."

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:06:52 -0400

““All of his plays are about how you live as human beings, in families, in society, in nations. Shakespeare’s not pedantic and not telling you the right way to do something. He asks, ‘what if?’ and, ‘now what?’ and, ‘how do you want the world to be?’””

- All the world’s a stage: Introducing the biggest Shakespeare festival ever - Features - Theatre & Dance - The Independent

Seemed appropriate given our turn to the Jacobean next Fall....

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:05:08 -0400

Seemed appropriate given our turn to the Jacobean next Fall. (via The Indoor Jacobean Theatre: Introduction | Shakespeare’s Globe Blog)

And on this day that celebrates foolery, the BBC turns to Shakespeare & the modern "wise fool".

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:35:44 -0400

And on this day that celebrates foolery, the BBC turns to Shakespeare & the modern "wise fool".:

“Shakespearean fools: Their modern equivalents”

"My Girlfriend’s Gone Crazy And My Mom Married My Uncle"

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:21:36 -0400

“My Girlfriend’s Gone Crazy And My Mom Married My Uncle”

- These titles and more when you subscribe to Country Song Shakespeare | Shakespeare Geek.

SPOILER ALERT: #10 on their list is “The Bear” from...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:46:17 -0400

SPOILER ALERT: #10 on their list is “The Bear” from The Winter’s Tale. (via The 10 best Shakespeare characters | Culture | The Observer)

A Shakespeare studies scholarship assists a historian unearth the musical world of late nineteenth-century productions of Henry V.

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:43:33 -0400

A Shakespeare studies scholarship assists a historian unearth the musical world of late nineteenth-century productions of Henry V.:

‘Henry V’: In search of an ending… | Blogging Shakespeare

Is that a donut I see before me? MacHomer is the Simpsons meets the Scottish Play.

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:41:12 -0400

Is that a donut I see before me? MacHomer is the Simpsons meets the Scottish Play.:

Rick Miller Talks About His ‘MacHomer’ - NYTimes.com

Antic’s own Alyssa Wong in yet another show this March!...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:20:24 -0400

Antic’s own Alyssa Wong in yet another show this March! When does she sleep??

the-last-recall:

The Mary Play, only this weekend: Fri-Sun, 8 PM (2 PM Sunday) @ 209 East Duke. One 500-year-old play translated from Middle English, adapted, and directed by the talented Mandy Lowell.

Ave Maria Mater dei
Ora pro nobis pecatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae
Amen.

"a new 75-minute British Library CD, seek[s] to recapture the original pronunciation of Shakespeare..."

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:30:17 -0400

“a new 75-minute British Library CD, seek[s] to recapture the original pronunciation of Shakespeare through a selection of scenes and speeches”

- Was Macbeth Irish? Juliet from Cornwall? | Culture | The Guardian

I’m not so sure we need to mythologize the language of Shakespeare any further.

Is this a math riddle I see before me? Are Shakespeare’s...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:10:08 -0400

Is this a math riddle I see before me?

Are Shakespeare’s Plays Encoded within Pi? (by Vihart)

thaumaturgy: Like a Venn Diagram for Shakespeare’s wonderful...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:48:28 -0400

thaumaturgy:

Like a Venn Diagram for Shakespeare’s wonderful line from Winter’s Tale, “If this be magic, let it be an art lawful as eating.”