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- The Revenger's Tragedy: The bloody classic is given a modern twist (Independent)
Joe Orton used two lines from The Revenger's Tragedy as the epigraph to What the Butler Saw – "Surely we are all mad people, and they/ Whom we think are, are not". It's easy to see why he liked the horror-comic Jacobean vision of moral anarchy, with its depraved Italian court, its dysfunctional ruling family, its extremes of virtue and vice, and its tone of sardonic fascination. In Loot, Orton ...
- Was William Shakespeare a Jewish woman in disguise? (Haaretz Daily)
Amateur Shakespearologist John Hudson is not the first to question whether the actor William Shakespeare was actually the author of the body of work we've come to know as his, but Hudson is the first to suggest that the true author was a Jewish woman named Amelia Bassano Lanier.
- Cal Performances hosts Robert Lepage's new work on Hans Christian ... - Contra Costa Times
First, Robert Lepage transported theatergoers to the stratosphere with his sublime solo "The Far Side of the Moon." Then he upped the ante on multimedia alchemy with Cirque du Soleil's phenomenally successful "KA" in Las Vegas. Now, the avant-garde ...
- Hemet resident's art springs from memories (The Press-Enterprise)
Rigo Rivas paints from memory and many of the images are from his recollections of El Salvador, where he was born. Growing up in the small town of Coatepeque, he was raised by a large extended family but left them behind when he came to America.
- Frances Richey (Book Reporter)
Frances Richey is a corporate business woman turned poet, whose award-winning debut collection of poetry, THE BURNING POINT, garnered much critical acclaim.
- Poetry Month blossoms in Wayne (Jesup Press-Sentinel)
Since 1996 the United States has recognized April as National Poetry Month. It is a fitting month for our nation to recognize this most artistic and organic of all literary forms.
- Magic Pills and mailboxes - Southeast Missourian
I was once asked, "If someone gave you a magic pill that promised to cure your son of autism forever, would you give it to him?" My answer to that question was, "No." Needless to say I was hammered pretty hard with all the reasons my answer was wrong ...
- A retiring teacher - Albany Democrat Herald
A retiring teacherAlbany Democrat Herald, OR - 11 hours agoI remember writing papers and reading poetry. Mr. Monson had a great sense of humor, I thought. When I took two weeks off from school to go with my dad on a ...
- Zimbabwe: Best of Theatre in the Park - AllAfrica.com
Zimbabwe: Best of Theatre in the ParkAllAfrica.com, Washington - 1 hour agoThe play incorporates dance, poetry and multimedia, and is a definite must see. In the play Daves also remembers the contribution of his parents to the ...
- Neighbors (May 22) - Needham Times
Neighbors (May 22)Needham Times, USA - 19 hours agoGemma Louisa Leghorn of Needham has been awarded the Nathalie Walker Llewellyn Poetry Prize at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. ...
- Poetry a scream in High Park - Toronto Town Crier Newspapers
Poetry a scream in High ParkToronto Town Crier Newspapers, Canada - 32 minutes agoBy Andrew Rampersaud What started out as a joke to hijack The Dream in High Park’s Shakespearean stage 15 years ago has turned itself into a funny story ...
- Axe victim escaped 'rage' of Sydney - Canberra Times
The policewoman whose young children were killed in an axe murder in Cowra yesterday was glad to have escaped the "rage" of Sydney, and dreamt of writing plays and poems and playing the saxophone. Friends, relatives and police officers from the Cowra ...
- 'Hamlet' triumphs at Stratford - Jam! Showbiz
STRATFORD -- There's very little rotten in the state of Denmark -- at least, not in the Denmark conceived by director Adrian Noble. His Denmark -- an elegant Edwardian evocation of Hamlet's Elsinore, created in collaboration with designer Santo ...
- St. John’s Wort Does Not Seem to Improve ADHD - New York Times Blogs
St. John’s Wort Does Not Seem to Improve ADHDNew York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Educator calls for innovative ideas in poetry (Gulf Times)
UK-BASED Pakistani poet and educator, Prof Safi Hassan has lamented formula poetry.Hassan has also called upon poets and writer to play their role in formation of the civil society and promotion of social values.
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