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Shakespeare

To quarto, or not to quarto?

April 1, 2016 - Isabel Dunn

Andrew Carlson, Clinical Assistant Professor and Managing Director of the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism at The University of Texas at Austin, has worked extensively with Shakespeare’s plays through critical analysis and performance. [Read more…] about To quarto, or not to quarto?

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + Teaching Tagged With: African-American, Andrew Carlson, faculty lecture, First Folio, Othello, performance, plays, quarto, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Print and Performance, textual variations, theater

Bardolatry reaches a fever pitch in Nigel Cliff’s The Shakespeare Riots

March 29, 2016 - Kathleen Telling

Nigel Cliff is a full time author and historian, holding an English degree from Oxford University. His 2007 book The Shakespeare Riots was released to high acclaim, earning recognition as one of the best nonfiction books of the year by [Read more…] about Bardolatry reaches a fever pitch in Nigel Cliff’s The Shakespeare Riots

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Nigel Cliff, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Print and Performance

Shakespeare Film Series

February 29, 2016 - Kathleen Telling

The Ransom Center presents its Shakespeare Film Series in conjunction with the current exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance, on view through May 29, 2016.

[Read more…] about Shakespeare Film Series

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Film Tagged With: film series, Hamlet, Prothro Theater, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Print and Performance, The Dresser, Theatre of Blood, Titus

Austin Symphony director talks Shakespeare and music

February 29, 2016 - Kathleen Telling

Peter Bay is the Music Director and Conductor of the Austin Symphony Orchestra. His resume includes appearances with more than 75 orchestras, several summer music festivals around the nation, multiple positions as Music Director, and past experiences as Conductor at several orchestras, including the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Richmond Symphony in Virginia. [Read more…] about Austin Symphony director talks Shakespeare and music

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, literature Tagged With: Austin Symphony Orchestra, Berlioz, Bernstein, Peter Bay, Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Tchaikovsky

Love letters from the archive

February 11, 2016 - Charley Binkow

The millions of materials in the Ransom Center are as diverse as they are interesting. But everything inside is united by one common focus, the humanities—the exploration of what it means to be human. The artists, writers, poets, musicians, filmmakers, and everyone else whose belongings and legacies live in the archives all captured different aspects of the human experience. They explored the essences of art, of beauty, of tragedy, and perhaps most importantly (especially if you trust John Lennon) of love. [Read more…] about Love letters from the archive

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts Tagged With: Anne Sexton, letters, love letters, Ogden Nash, poems, poetry, Shakespeare, Valentine’s Day

Fellow finds a kindred spirit in Shakespearean actor-manager Donald Wolfit

January 19, 2016 - Kathleen Telling

Laurence Raw obtained a Fleur Cowles Fellowship to study at the Ransom Center in Spring 2011. He consulted the papers of British actor Donald Wolfit, which the Center acquired in the early 1990s. Comprising prompt books, stage plots, photographs, letters, diaries, and other ephemera, the Wolfit archive is the largest resource devoted to the actor anywhere. Raw is a professor of English at Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey. [Read more…] about Fellow finds a kindred spirit in Shakespearean actor-manager Donald Wolfit

Filed Under: Research + Teaching Tagged With: Donald Wolfit, Laurence Raw, Ronald Harwood, Shakespeare, Theatre of the People

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