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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.
- Winehouse lyrics studied at Cambridge - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - They might not be Shakespeare or Wordsworth but lyrics by soul singer Amy Winehouse have been included in a Cambridge University literature exam for the first time. Final year English students were asked to compare a song by the ...
- Carl Haywood’s Innovative Take on Explorer David Thompson - Newwest.net
Canadian David Thompson is considered by some to be one of the shrewdest explorer-mapmakers to ever chart or trek a course. Following quickly on the heels of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Thompson is widely credited as being the first person to set ...
- Evictions rattle Artspace tenants - Salt Lake Tribune
Evictions rattle Artspace tenantsSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 7 hours agoShe hopes to keep open her coffee joint and poetry venue, which she bought in December 2006. "This isn't really just hurting me. It's hurting the community ...
- In the Swiss footsteps of Byron (Belfast Telegraph)
Byron's expedition to the Swiss mountains is explored in new works to be performed at the City of London Festival. The first is tomorrow. The poet's journey also inspired John Walsh to follow his trail to the Jungfrau
- Poetry festival - Fakenham and Wells Times
Poetry festivalFakenham and Wells Times, UK - 2 hours agoSaturday, May 3, 9.30am, ÂŁ2 or ÂŁ5 for a family group (up to four), Schools Reading with Anne Osbourn at The Maltings. The meeting point of poetry and ...
- 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. ...
- White Mountains Roundup show shines with talent - White Mountain Independent
White Mountains Roundup show shines with talentWhite Mountain Independent, AZ - 3 hours agoHe has recorded two albums of original poetry. His latest book, "Cloud Watchers," won the Will Rogers Medallion Award from the Academy of Western Artists. ...Marshall Trimble's stories bring Arizona history to life White Mountain Independentall 2 news articles
- Webster camps, classes include sports, juggling, yoga - Democrat and Chronicle
Webster Parks and Recreation is accepting registration for youth summer camps and classes, including soccer, yoga, juggling and fiction and poetry writing. Juggling classes for anyone 8 years old and older cost $35 and will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 ...
- '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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