…is of course what Lady Macbeth urges her husband to do when he entertains doubts about the murder of Duncan. It’s an unusual image, which now seems to be conflated in modern usage to “screw up your courage”. The note in Norton is helpful, suggesting that it refers to the tension in a bow, and [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Screw your courage to the sticking place
Posted in Macbeth on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Upcoming Shakespeare performances
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The very impressive Northern Broadsides company are currently playing in Othello at the Leeds Playhouse,and then touring. Barrie Rutter’s company are always worth seeing, but this time there’s the added interest of Lenny Henry in the title role. You can hear, if you’re quick, a fascinating radio programme where Lenny Henry talks about the challenge [...]
Shakespeare as Cultural Icon
Posted in Shakespeare on the web on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This article caught my eye. It confirms what we were saying in Saturday’s tutorial really- Shakespeare has become an ever-present feature of the cultural landscape. A sample:
Shakespeare has created the culture in which we live. We live in a world permeated with his language, character, and thought. Even before people see a Shakespeare play, they [...]
Tutorial Report
Posted in TMA, Tutorials, tagged Midummer Night's Dream on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First, I need to apologise for short-changing you by about ten minutes today. I was going by the clock on the computer and realised only when we left the building that we’d finished early. I shall have to get one of those new-fangled timepieces you wear on your wrist.
We had a very pleasant first meeting, [...]
Tutorial schedule
Posted in Tutorials on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the proposed schedule for our tutorials. I have tried to link the topics to the relevant TMAs.
14 Feb Introduction and Midsummer Night’s Dream
7 Mar Macbeth
18 Apr Antony and Cleopatra
30 May Twelfth Night
13 June King Lear / Tempest
15 Aug Cymbeline
5 Sept Sonnets
12 Sept Exam preparation
This is a provisional schedule. The final schedule will be agreed at the first meeting, and circulated to [...]
New Norton
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The course team will shortly be sending you the following message:
Dear student
It has come to the attention of the Course Team that a second edition of the Norton Shakespeare is now available for purchase. Some of you may have bought this new edition to use on the course this year. This is in no way [...]
Macbeth at The Royal Exchange
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Students may well want to see this new production at The Royal Exchange in Manchester. If you don’t know this theatre, it is a fascinating building. The productions are invariably first class. On this occasion we are promised a very contemporary take on the play. It runs from 25th February to early April. My tip [...]
