Macbeth opened in October in London to critical acclaim. The movie is being released today in Canada and the US.
Macbeth: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in dark, gritty interpretation of Macbeth
December 3, 2015 By
Agincourt 600 Celebrated with Pomp and Pageantry at Westminster Abbey
October 30, 2015 By
600 years ago, the bells of Westminster Abbey rang out as word arrived in London that Henry V had defeated the French in Agincourt. 600 years later to the very day, the bells pealed out again to commemorate a medieval battle where the English were vastly outnumbered but still came home victorious.
Celebrating Agincourt 600 at the Wallace Collection
October 26, 2015 By
This week, historians around the world are gearing up to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, one of the most significant battles of the Hundred Year’s War.
A little touch of Branagh: Henry V
October 24, 2015 By
Kenneth Branagh’s film of Henry V, released in 1989, was greeted with wide critical acclaim of a kind which repays close attention.
How Well Do You Know The Locations Of Shakespeare?
October 8, 2015 By
As a new Macbeth film is released, test yourself on how well you know the names and places associated with the Bard.
How Well Do You Know Your Shakespeare?
July 18, 2015 By
Eight questions about the plays of the famous English bard – see if you know them all!
Macbeth trailer released – first look at Michael Fassbender’s upcoming film
June 5, 2015 By
This adaption of Shakespeare’s tragedy stars Michael Fassbender, with Marion Cotillard portraying his wife, Lady Macbeth.
A Villain and a Monster – The Literary Portrait of Richard III by Thomas More and William Shakespeare
May 9, 2015 By
The process of vilification of Richard III started at the end of the fifteenth century, when a well-planned policy of Tudor propaganda was set in motion by Henry VII himself, who commissioned a series of historiographical writings, mainly aiming at the solidification of the newly founded dynasty.
Crafting the witch: Gendering magic in medieval and early modern England
November 2, 2014 By
This project documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.
10 Things to See at Southwark Cathedral
September 24, 2014 By
My 10 favourite things about Southwark Cathedral.
Macbeth film ‘Enemy of Man’ looks to raise money on Kickstarter
March 19, 2014 By
An independent feature film of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth starring Sean Bean, Rupert Grint and Charles Dance has almost raised half of the $250 000 they are seeking on the crowd-funding website Kickstarter.
‘Kings were not wont to render account’ Henry IV and the Authority of the King
July 31, 2013 By
Henry travelled extensively, became famed throughout Christendom as a champion jouster, crusaded in Eastern Europe, and looked after his father’s holdings whilst John of Gaunt campaigned in Spain.3 It is impossible not to note that Henry Bolingbroke’s popularity continued to increase while Richard II’s declined.
The Enduring Appeal of Richard III
April 14, 2013 By
It has indeed been confidently asserted that [Richard the 3d] killed his two Nephews & his Wife, but it has also been declared that he did not kill his two Nephews.
Myths and mandrakes
March 4, 2013 By
Others, however, began to wonder whether the possession of roots might not bring them success in other areas as well—wealth, popularity, or the power to control their own and other people’s destinies, and took to wearing them as good luck charms.
Shakespeare’s Richard II: Machiavelli for the Good of England
December 15, 2012 By
The name Machiavelli has negative connotations, and this way of thinking is not new. Throughout Europe, in Shakespeare’s time and earlier, Machiavellianism was associated with unscrupulous abuse of power, and Machiavellian methods were seen as immoral and evil.
The Sad Death of a King: The Legacy of Richard the Second
December 15, 2012 By
This thesis will examine the manner in which Shakespeare drew upon existing sources material to depict a king whose inherent character flaws made him unworthy of his crown.
Macbeth: bloody tyrant or popular king?
September 23, 2012 By
Most of us know Shakespeare’s version of Macbeth. What was the reality? Jackie Cosh reports
Flowers for the Book-binder’s Wife: An Investigation of Florilegia and Early Modern Women’s Writing
April 22, 2012 By
To an early modern, nothing could be fully learned through a “hands off” approach. Heidi Brayman Hackel corroborates this with her book, Reading Material. Critical to early modern thoughts on comprehension was “taking note,” a phrasing that carried the double implication of both noticing and annotating…
And He Honoured Þat Hit Hade Euermore After’: The Influence of Richard II’s Livery System on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
January 12, 2012 By
The theoretical framework for my analysis of Richard II’s use of iconic signs was largely drawn from the works of Charles Peirce, Umberto Eco, and the studies of the iconography of kingship by Louis Marin.
Trojan Wars: Genre and the Politics of Authorship in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
January 1, 2012 By
In the Middle Ages, Troy was not ancient history. As a living myth that continued to evolve along with the English nation, Troy functioned as a site for examining England’s cultural and political questions.
On the properties of wild men: the bestiary men of De proprietatibus rerum and Shakespeare’s Caliban
December 1, 2011 By
The purpose of this article is therefore to draw attention to the wild men and hybrids of the DPR less as unobserved analogues for the figure of Caliban but as types of figurative and illustrative beings, and thus to contextualise him in their mode of ‘animal other’.
The Marlowe-Shakespeare Authorship Debate: Approaching an Old Problem with New Methods
November 20, 2011 By
The facts surrounding the life and death of the men called Shakespeare and Marlowe are murky at best. Both men had births recorded in 1564. Before Shakespeare’s name became widely known, Marlowe had already produced several major works in various genres, including Tamburlaine the Great and Dr. Faustus.
‘I do mistake my person all this while’: Blindness and Illusion in Richard III
October 3, 2011 By
‘I do mistake my person all this while’: Blindness and Illusion in Richard III Rutter Giappone, Krista Bonello (University of Kent) Skepsi: Bad Behaviour in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Volume III, Issue 1, Summer (2010) Abstract The article addresses issues of ‘beyond text’ through a ‘poststructuralist’ reading of Shakespeare’s Richard III and Richard III. […]
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