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Shakespeare: A Visual Guide to Shakespeare’s Tragedies
This is making the rounds on social media so I thought it was worth sharing, it’s a handy visual guide to the tragedies of William Shakespeare. Click the image to view a full sized version. The post...
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Happy Shakespeare Day! Here’s 11 Facts and Figures about the Bard William...
Happy Shakespeare Day everyone! What is Shakespeare Day? Well, April 23rd marks the day that William Shakespeare was born (though this is also been disputed to the point no one knows for sure) but...
View ArticleShakespeare in the Barnyard and Other Weird British Animal News
I’m finding a lot of stories in my backlog related to animals, and, before I put down my Scotland-related news stories in one post in time for September 18’s Independence referendum, I think I might...
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Great Britons: William Shakespeare – A Primer on the Greatest English Playwright
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s...
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The Bard: William Shakespeare – Newly-discovered image revealed
A new portrait of Shakespeare has been uncovered – thought to be the only one from during his actual life. From the Daily Telegraph: Drawing of playwright hailed as ‘literary discovery of the...
View ArticleOne Shakespearean’s Take On Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! I thought long and hard about which...
View ArticleBrit Movies: One Shakespearean’s Take on Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet
The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; The which...
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Shakespeare: Things We Say Today Which We Owe to Shakespeare
This little graphic certainly doesn’t have them all – but it has many of the most famous. So, we thought it fun and worth sharing. Source. The post Shakespeare: Things We Say Today Which We Owe to...
View ArticleThe Bard: One Shakespearean’s Take on Tromeo and Juliet
Two households, different as dried plums and pears In fair Manhattan, where we lay our scene. As I write this, the world is still reeling from the 88th Academy Awards. While there were quite a few...
View ArticleOne Shakespearean’s Take on Chimes at Midnight
We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow. Where should I start with this film? Well, I suppose it’s worth noting that for reasons that aren’t terribly clear, this movie, in its 52nd year,...
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Brit Lit: A Brief History of William Shakespeare and Love
William Shakespeare is thought of as one of the most romantic writers in history. From his plays to his sonnets, his works are held up as iconic. Plays such as Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About...
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Top 10 Britain: Ten Shakespearean Locations Every Fan of the Bard Should Visit
It’s a bit of an understatement to say that William Shakespeare was one of the most influential writers of Western Civilization. He’s credited with introducing more than 1,700 words to the English...
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Anglotopia Imports Alert: New Products LIVE – Jane Austen, Shakespeare and...
This week we have some lovely tributes to Britain’s Monarchs, William Shakespeare and Jane Austen with some fun and quirky magnet sets. These will ship after May 11th. BROWSE THE COLLECTION HERE!...
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A Day in the Life of… William Shakespeare – Writer. Actor. Grain Merchant?
The lark, herald of the morning, rouses William Shakespeare to wakefulness in the bedchamber of his grand home in Stratford-upon-Avon. As the sun rises, so does England’s most famous bard, eager to...
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Through the Library: Shakespeare’s Country by S.W. Colyer – Beautiful...
This edition of Through the LIbrary continues our journey through the photographic works of S.W. Colyer, a photographer who captured some of Britain’s most iconic places in the 1930s and 40s....
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Telly News: The Complete BBC Shakespeare Collection Coming to BritBox May 26th
Big news from British TV streaming service BritBox – they’ve managed to get the complete BBC Shakespeare collection of plays and performances for their subscribers. Here are the details from BritBox:...
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One Shakespearean’s Take on Ken Branagh’s Hamlet
To be, or not to be, that is the Question. This marks my 1,000th column for Anglotopia. Shortly after I wrote my 500th column, a review of A Clockwork Orange, my all-time favourite film, I found myself...
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Miniature castle built by soldier who inspired Shakespeare character saved
A miniature castle built by a soldier who inspired a character in William Shakespeare’s plays has been saved from collapse. Sir John Fastolf was immortalized in caricature by Shakespeare as the...
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Royal Shakespeare Company partners with TikTok to inspire new audiences
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced a new partnership with TikTok to help inspire the next generation of theatre audiences. As part of the collaboration, young people and students will...
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Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio worth up to £2 million to go up for auction
An original copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio worth up to 2.5 million dollars (£2 million) is set to go under the hammer next month. The book, which was printed almost 400 years ago, is one of...
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New Study says up to a third of Shakespeare’s plays ‘may have been co-authored’
Editor’s Note: Because I’m sure we could all use a benign controversial distraction right now… I present this article from our PA Feed subscription with no opinion of my own… Up to a third of William...
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Royal Shakespeare Company announces new co-artistic directors for 2023
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced the appointment of Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey as its new co-artistic directors. Erica Whyman is currently the acting artistic director of the...
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Royal Shakespeare Company reopens theatre with play about the bard’s family life
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will reopen a theatre with a new play about the inner working of the famous playwright’s family life.The best-selling Hamnet book by Maggie O’Farrell will be...
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Copies of first printed Shakespeare plays go on display in Scotland for 400th...
Three copies of the first printed edition of William Shakespeare’s plays will go on display in Scotland to mark 400 years since it was first published. The booklets will be available for viewing at...
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Book about Shakespeare’s pivotal year named Baillie Gifford winner of winners
Author James Shapiro’s “remarkable and compelling” book about Shakespeare has claimed the Baillie Gifford Prize For Non-Fiction’s winner of winners award. The £25,000 prize marks the 25th anniversary...
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Archaeologists dig deeper for Shakespeare’s last home in virgin Tudor soil
Archaeologists will be delving into layers of Tudor soil untouched for four hundred years as they resume the Dig for Shakespeare on the site of the playwright’s last home at New Place,...
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Shakespeare Plays Coming to a Movie Theater Near You in the USA
A four-part series of classical Shakespeare titles is coming to movie theaters nationwide this summer and fall. Captured in 2010 from the prestigious and internationally renowned Globe Theatre in...
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First Look: Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus – Trailer
Coriolanus is a 2011 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy Coriolanus directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes. It marks Fiennes’s directorial debut Shooting began 17 March 2010 in Belgrade, Serbia....
View ArticleArtists interpret Shakespeare in Stratford
New work by artists Tom Hunter and George Chakravarthi are to go on display at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon this November. The exhibitions are part of the Royal Shakespeare...
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From the Archive: Shakespearean Insult Kit
This is making the rounds on the various social networks this morning so I thought it was worth sharing. Combine any of the three columns below to build your own Shakespearean insult and preface each...
View ArticleAll the world’s on stage at the Globe Theatre in London
On Shakespeare’s birthday, 23 April, the Globe Theatre in London will begin an unprecedented programme of multilingual Shakespeare productions – every one of his plays, each performed in a different...
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Brits Sneer at the Very Premise of ‘Anonymous’– Videos
Britain is rather annoyed at the American movie opening today around the world that posits that William Shakespeare didn’t write his plays. We’re firmly in the ‘wrote his plays’ camp – the theory that...
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Friday Fun: Hamlet’s Soliloquy as a Song – Video
A young musician who had to memorize Hamlet’s Soliloquy put it to song to help her remember it. The result is rather good! Check it out below: The post Friday Fun: Hamlet’s Soliloquy as a Song – Video...
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Brit Book Review: Bard Games by Victor L. Cahn
Victor L. Cahn really had a unique idea when he wrote Bard Games, a fun quiz book about Shakespeare. I honestly am not a huge Shakespeare fan, so when I saw this come into the Anglotopia office I...
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Royal Shakespeare Company 2012 Highlights
The Royal Shakespeare Company has released their highlights of 2012 – check them out below. January to March THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Following her acclaimed production of Julius Caesar in 2009/10, Lucy...
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Brit Movies Reviews – Coriolanus – Ralph Fiennes stars and directs...
Fiennes – most recently seen on screen as Lord Voldemeort in the tumultuous final two movies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – goes all Shakespearean for his directorial debut, taking on one of...
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Shakespeare: Radio 4 and The British Museum to explore Shakespeare’s Restless...
British Museum Director Neil MacGregor presents Shakespeare’s Restless World, a new series for Radio 4, (broadcast from 16 April at 1.45pm and repeated at 7.45pm) and part of a wider BBC Shakespeare...
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Brit DVD Reviews: Shakespeare – The King’s Man by Athena
Shakespeare: The King’s Man was an absolute delight from start to finish. I’m a fan of Shakespeare, but admittedly don’t know a whole lot about the plays he wrote during his time as “the King’s Man,”...
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