The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0951 Sunday, 29 October 2006
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Date: Friday, 27 Oct 2006 10:50:36 -0700
Subject: Shakespeare Newsletter
The 268th issue of *The Shakespeare Newsletter* has news, articles,
reviews, photos, and features that will be of interest to members of
SHAKSPER.
The cover, which showcases photos from productions of *Antony and
Cleopatra,* leads to the cover article, a review and overview of the
play in performance, with particular attention to the recent production
at Shakespeare's Globe, and the current staging by the Royal Shakespeare
Company.
Other Articles Include:
"The 'Herb Woman' in Pericles" by Richard Levin suggests two new glosses
for this curious description.
In "Having it Both Ways: Reading Two Early Acting Editions of *Hamlet*,"
Frank Nicholas Clary looks at how the editions used by Thomas Betterton
and Robert Wilks treat cuts and make changes to the text, and how these
changed the play.
Michael P. Jensen's "What's in a Name?: A Real Romeo" looks at the
surprisingly nuanced ways the name Romeo has been used in comic books
and strips, with some concluding observations about the use of the name
in popular culture.
Note:
"Behind the Scenes at RSC *A&C.*" by SNL editor John W. Mahon reports on
comments about the production by John Hopkins, who plays Octavius.
News:
Abstracts from the "Shakespeare and the Visual Sense" and "Staging
Justice in Early Modern Drama" seminars at the 2006 Meeting of the
Shakespeare Association of America
A call for essays on "Screen Shakespeare Adaptations for the Teen Market"
Calls for papers on "Shakespeare, Appropriation, and the Ethical" and
for the Seventh Triennial Congress of the Shakespeare Society of
Southern Africa
Books available for review in SNL
Book Reviews:
*Shakespeare and the Romanian Cultural Memory* by Monica Matei-Chesnoiu
*James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps: The Life and Works of the
Shakespearean Scholar and Bookman* by Marvin Spevack
*Christopher Marlowe: Poet and Spy* by Park Honan
*Shakespeare in Education* edited by Martin Blocksidge
*Spiritual Shakespeare* by Ewan Fernie
Performance Reviews:
*All's Well That Ends Well* and *King Lear* by the Actors' Shakespeare
Project
*Macbeth* by the New York Shakespeare Festival
*Henry V* by the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
*Henry IV, part one* by the Stratford Festival of Canada
Regular Features:
Grace Tiffany's "Review of Periodicals" reviews three journal articles
Michael P. Jensen's "Talking Books" interview with Virginia Mason Vaughan
Shakespeare Newsletter is a wonderful bargain with three big 40-44 page
issues per year for the low price of just $15. ($17 outside the U.S.).
Two-year subscriptions ($30 US, $34 foreign) are preferred. Subscribers
outside the U.S. should use a credit card to save on extortionate bank
charges. Please send subscription orders to "The Shakespeare
Newsletter," Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801.
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Mike Jensen,
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