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Clara and the Maize Sultan

22 Thursday Jun 2017

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Grand Turk, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare in Words, Ugo Foscolo

I have, o Readers, a riddle for you: How is maize like an Ottoman Sultan?

Let me tell you a story. Do you remember Ugo Foscolo and his Salamini/Little Sausages? Do you remember as both I and my friend Dave in the comments wondered how on earth could he have made such a tragedy-killing blunder?

Well, it may be that I know just how… Continue reading →

The Mystery of the Missing Cloak

18 Thursday May 2017

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Julius Caesar, props and costumes, Shakespeare in Words, William Shakespeare

Caesar’s cloak is missing.

Not that it’s a real cloak, either – just a large square of thick, dark red fabric. In Shakespeare in Words it does double duty: it is the cloak – the one we all know, the one Caesar first put on one summer evening in his tent – and also stands for the body. And it’s perfectly sized, and doesn’t reflect light, and always falls in good-looking folds… And it is missing. Continue reading →

In states unborn and accents yet unknown

19 Thursday Jan 2017

Posted by la Clarina in History, Theatre

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Brutus, Cassius, History, Julius Caesar, metadramatic, William Shakespeare

Some more Julius Caesar, do you mind?

jchowmanyagesThe fact is that, because of Shakespeare in Words, I had a special thrill when, in Act 3.I, the conspirators bathe their hands in dead Caesar’s blood – half barbaric ritual, half preparation to face the angry and upset crowds outside. Very much like actors before a play, they plan to appear with bloody hands and swords, shouting “Peace, freedom, and liberty.” Continue reading →

The Tragedie of Junius Brutus

17 Tuesday Jan 2017

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Brutus, Chamberlain's Men, Elizabethan theatre, Julius Caesar, Philip Henslowe, protagonist, top billing, William Shakespeare

jc53I re-watched Mankiewicz’s 1953 Julius Caesar, last night – the one with James Mason, Marlon Brando and John Gielgud – all the more happily because I’d been very much afraid that Shakespeare would disappear from Italian television after the end of 2016.

Of course it’s early days – but let us hope. Meanwhile, I  I was once more struck by how much the play is centred on Brutus, for all that it is titled for The Life and Death of Julius Caesar… Well, certainly Caesar’s death is the centrepiece, and in life and death he deeply affects all the other characters well after he is stabbed in Act 3. Still, Brutus, his doubts and his resolutions are often centre-stage, and I can’t help wondering. Continue reading →

Happiness Is…

06 Saturday Aug 2016

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Chorus, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Shakespeare in Words, William Shakespeare

A lovely garden in a lovely summer night, things going (nearly) smooth, not messing up one’s lines, finding again the golden thread with the (large) audience, applause, applause, applause…

Colour me very happy.

Antony and the Chorus

Antony and the Chorus

Rome, London, Istanbul

19 Tuesday Jul 2016

Posted by la Clarina in History, Stories, Theatre

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Brutus, communication, Erdogan, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, military coup, theatre, Turkey, William Shakespeare

JCSaturday morning we were at rehearsals, Gemma and the Squirrels and I – with Turkey very much on everybody’s mind. We were going through Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 2: Brutus and then Antony addressing the crowds. And as we worked our way through it, I had goosebumps and one of those small epiphanies: Shakespeare’s Rome and our Istanbul… Continue reading →

Toy Shakespeare

21 Thursday Apr 2016

Posted by la Clarina in Theatre, Things

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Julius Caesar, Matthew Powell, shakespeare, Shakespeare for kids, toy theatre

ToyShakespeare I love toy theatres and I love Shakespeare… Toy theatre productions of Shakespeare, being a combination of two of my favourite things, make me ludicrously happy.

There’s been a time when I thought I’d find some like-minded soul and put together a large toy theatre and a little collection of (much abridged) Shakespeare plays for schools. Well, perhaps not just Shakespeare – but still. Continue reading →

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