query: what is shakespeare's parents names?

title: Shakespeare authorship question

text: the town as a cultural backwater lacking the environment necessary to nurture a genius, and depict Shakespeare as ignorant and illiterate. Shakespeare's father, John Shakespeare, was a glover (glove-maker) and town official. He married Mary Arden, one of the Ardens of Warwickshire, a family of the local gentry. Both signed their names with a mark, and no other examples of their writing are extant. This is often used as an indication that Shakespeare was brought up in an illiterate household. There is also no evidence that Shakespeare's two daughters were literate, save for two signatures by Susanna that appear to

title: Shakespeare authorship question

text: to the gentry. One of these was Shakespeare's father, who had applied for arms 34 years earlier but had to wait for the success of his son before they were granted in 1596. Brooke included a sketch of the Shakespeare arms, captioned "Shakespear ye Player by Garter". The grants, including John Shakespeare's, were defended by Dethick and Clarenceux King of Arms William Camden, the foremost antiquary of the time. In his "Remaines Concerning Britaine"—published in 1605, but finished two years previously and before the Earl of Oxford died in 1604—Camden names Shakespeare as one of the "most pregnant witts of

title: Timeline of Shakespeare criticism

text: on Shakespeare" (ed. by Arthur Kirsch) T. S. Eliot: "Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them, there is no third." T. S. Eliot, 1922 : "We must simply admit that here Shakespeare tackled a problem which proved too much for him. Why he attempted it at all is an insoluble puzzle; under compulsion of what experience he attempted to express the inexpressibly horrible, we cannot ever know. We need a great many facts in his biography; and we should like to know whether, and when, and after or at the same time as what personal experience, he read

title: Shakespeare Institute

text: include: The Shakespeare Institute Players is the dramatic society for the postgraduate students of the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute, located in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Shakespeare Institute Players have been around under many different names since the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute has existed. The first recorded production was "A Yorkshire Tragedy" (Unknown Author) as The Shakespeare Institute Dramatic Society. It was performed in February 1953. Since then, the group has had many different names, but the most commonly used name (and the one by which it is currently known) is The Shakespeare Institute Players. Shakespeare Institute The Shakespeare Institute is

title: Is Shakespeare Dead?

text: to convince anyone to change sides in almost any debate. His excessive rhetoric of attack is obviously absurd—calling the other side "thugs," for example—yet it has been taken at face value. Is Shakespeare Dead? Is Shakespeare Dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subject. In the book, Twain expounds the view that Shakespeare of Stratford was not the author of the canon, and lends tentative support to the Baconian theory. The book opens

title: Is Shakespeare Dead?

text: Is Shakespeare Dead? Is Shakespeare Dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by American humorist Mark Twain. It explores the controversy over the authorship of the Shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subject. In the book, Twain expounds the view that Shakespeare of Stratford was not the author of the canon, and lends tentative support to the Baconian theory. The book opens with a scene from his early adulthood, where he was trained to be a steamboat pilot by an elder who often argued with him over the controversy. Twain's arguments include the

title: Is Shakespeare Dead?

text: following points: Twain draws parallels and analogies from the pretensions of modern religious figures and commentators on the nature of Satan. He compares the believers in Shakespeare to adherents of Arthur Orton and Mary Baker Eddy. The book has been described as "one of his least well received and most misunderstood works". Karen Lystra argues that the essay reveals satirical intentions that went beyond the Shakespeare—Bacon controversy of the time, although she admits that Twain appears to have been sincere in his beliefs concerning Shakespeare. Though it is commonly assumed to be nothing more than a stale and embarrassing rehash

title: Shakespeare theater

text: since even more than 400 years in these theaters. Its first location was at Mujeres Argentinas Park, in Costanera Sur. In that beautiful space, several performances for adults and children were programmed and also some workshops were given, all related to William Shakespeare´s works. At the moment the theater is located in Villa Luro´s neighborhood in the city of Buenos Aires. Shakespeare theater The Shakespeare Theater was conceived by Patricio Orozco and for the first time constructed in February 2013, for the III Shakespeare Festival in Buenos Aires opening. The Shakespeare Theater is a mobile construction that evokes an Elizabethan

title: What Is Art?

text: must create to prosper, making for art that is insincere and most likely partisan - made to suit the whims of fashion or patrons. Art criticism is a symptom of the obscurity of art, for "[a]n artist, if he is a true artist, has in his work conveyed to others the feelings he has experienced: what is there to explain?". Criticism, moreover, tends to contribute to the veneration of "authorities" such as Shakespeare and Dante. By constant unfavourable comparison, the young artist is corralled into imitating the works of the greats, as all of them are said to be true

title: Hungarian names

text: expand the official list, the newest edition of which is regularly published. A lot of recent additions are foreign names, which, however, must be spelled following Hungarian phonetics, e.g. "Jennifer" becomes "Dzsenifer" or "Joe" becomes "Dzsó". Those who belong to an officially recognized minority in Hungary can also choose names from their own culture, whereby a register of given names maintained by the respective minority governance must be observed. If one or both parents of a child to be named are foreign citizens, the given name(s) may be chosen in accordance with the respective foreign law. Outside Hungary, Hungarian names

title: The World Is What It Is

text: The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage

title: The World Is What It Is

text: in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the "New York Times Book Review" as one of the "Times"' "10 Best Books of 2008". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in

title: HMS Shakespeare (P221)

text: HMS Shakespeare (P221) HMS "Shakespeare" was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs and launched on 8 December 1941. She served in the Mediterranean and later in the Eastern Fleet during the Second World War, from December 1944. Whilst serving in the Mediterranean, she sank the Italian sailing vessels "Sant' Anna M." and "Adelina", the Greek sailing vessel "Aghios Konstantinos" and two unidentified sailing vessels. She also sank the Italian submarine "Velella", which was lost with all hands, and unsuccessfully attempted to torpedo what

title: Dark Lady (Shakespeare)

text: the protagonist, Jeronimo, are the same as the names of three children of Antonio Bassano. Shakespeare named many characters similar to the names of several members of Bassano family. There is also the proposition that Lanier could have written or was involved, at the very least, in writing "Macbeth". Although there is no concrete evidence to this theory, Forman's writings cited an incident where the poet asked for his advice about conjuring demons during one of her visits. This is supported by a widely accepted notion that Shakespeare worked with collaborators such as the case of his works involving Thomas

title: Shakespeare garden

text: "Romeo and Juliet", "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." is Ophelia's speech from "Hamlet": Shakespeare also uses plants for historic symbolism, such as the plucking of red and white roses in "Henry VI, Part I" to foreshadow the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses that would end the king's reign. All the plants Shakespeare names in his plays are mentioned in classical medical texts or medieval herbal manuals. An early Shakespeare garden was added in the anniversary year 1916 to Central Park, New York City.

title: The Plays of William Shakespeare

text: to Johnson's "Preface to Shakespeare": a discussion of Shakespeare's "greatness" especially in his "portrayal of human nature"; the "faults or weakness" of Shakespeare; Shakespeare's plays in relationship to contemporary poetry and drama; and a history of "Shakespearean criticism and editing down to the mid-1700's" and what his work intends to do. Johnson begins: That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox;

title: Is Shakespeare Dead?

text: of the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy, Twain was up to something more than flimsy literary criticism. He was using the debate over Shakespeare's real identity to satirize prejudice, intolerance, and self-importance—in himself as well as others... But after his passionate diatribe against the "Stratfordolators" and his vigorous support of the Baconians, he cheerfully admits that both sides are built on inference. Leaving no doubt about his satirical intent, Twain then gleefully subverts his entire argument. After seeming to be a serious, even angry, combatant, he denies that he intended to convince anyone that Shakespeare was not the real author of his works.

title: Shakespeare in Love

text: actors bore him by reciting from Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", but when Shakespeare questions her, Viola runs away in fear of being discovered. Shakespeare pursues Kent to Viola's house and leaves a note with the nurse, asking Thomas Kent to begin rehearsals at the Rose. He sneaks into the house with the minstrels playing that night at the ball, where Viola's parents are arranging her betrothal to Lord Wessex, an impoverished aristocrat. While dancing with Viola, Shakespeare is struck speechless, but is forcibly ejected by Wessex. Wessex also asks Will's name, to which he replies that he is Christopher Marlowe after

title: Zimbabwean names

text: grateful); Tamayi (move from here). Names are typically given by the parents of the child when it is born. However names may also be given by grandparents and other relatives with the parents' consent. Traditionally when a person that is not a parent names a child, that person would pay a token sum of money or gift that allowed them to give a name to a child which is not their own. Zimbabwean names Zimbabwean names consist of a first or given name followed by a family name or surname. The given names are influenced by the culture of the

title: Shakespeare authorship question

text: is mightily enriched". He names twelve plays written by Shakespeare, including four which were never published in quarto: "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "The Comedy of Errors", "Love's Labour's Won", and "King John", as well as ascribing to Shakespeare some of the plays that were published anonymously before 1598—"Titus Andronicus", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Henry IV, Part 1". He refers to Shakespeare's "sug[a]red Sonnets among his private friends" 11 years before the publication of the Sonnets. In the rigid social structure of Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare was entitled to use the honorific "gentleman" after his father was granted a coat

title: William Shakespeare

text: had remarked elsewhere that "Shakespeare wanted art". Between the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and the end of the 17th century, classical ideas were in vogue. As a result, critics of the time mostly rated Shakespeare below John Fletcher and Ben Jonson. Thomas Rymer, for example, condemned Shakespeare for mixing the comic with the tragic. Nevertheless, poet and critic John Dryden rated Shakespeare highly, saying of Jonson, "I admire him, but I love Shakespeare". For several decades, Rymer's view held sway; but during the 18th century, critics began to respond to Shakespeare on his own terms and acclaim what

title: Portraits of Shakespeare

text: patriotic scene of Shakespeare reading his work to Queen Elizabeth I was also painted by several artists, such as John James Chalon. By the end of the 19th century portraits and statues of Shakespeare were appearing in numerous contexts, and his stereotyped features were being used in advertisements, cartoons, shops, pub signs and buildings. Such images proliferated in the 20th century. In Britain "Shakespeare's Head" and "The Shakespeare Arms" became popular names for pubs. Between 1970 and 1993, an image of the Westminster abbey statue of Shakespeare appeared on the reverse of British £20 notes. The ubiquity of these stereotyped

title: British Shakespeare Company

text: British Shakespeare Company The British Shakespeare Company was a British open-air touring Shakespeare Company. Founded by Robert J. Williamson in 1994 (as the R. J. Williamson Company), it was renamed in 2005. Originally based in Leeds (performing in the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey), the company later established Shakespeare festivals for Brighton, Nottingham, The Kew Gardens, Cannizaro Park in Wimbledon and Holland Park Theatre in central London. The company produced two of Shakespeare's most commercially popular plays each year from 1994 to 2007, totalling over 700 performances, usually featuring household names from film, television and stage. These have included James Alexandrou

title: Hungarian names

text: given names (religious names not included since they are not official, see above). Given names can be chosen by the parents from an official list of several thousand names (technically, one list for each gender). If the intended name is not on the list, the parents need to apply for approval. Applications are considered by the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences following a set of principles. Thus, names are approved if they are not derogatory or overly diminutive, can be written and pronounced easily, can be recognised as either male or female, etc. Approved names

title: What is this Feeling?

text: What is this Feeling? "What is this Feeling?" is a song from the hit musical "Wicked". It is sung between Elphaba, Galinda (later Glinda), and the students at Shiz University, expressing their loathing for each other's contrasting personalities as newly-assigned roommates. The song is performed towards the beginning of the first act. It opens with the two girls, Galinda and Elphaba, writing letters home to their parents in order to complain about their new rooming situation at Shiz University, brought about by Madame Morrible. During the song, Galinda and Elphaba graphically detail their mutual and "unadulterated loathing" toward one another.

title: Kissing Shakespeare

text: a time traveler from the past, and William Shakespeare. Mingle remains true to the history and events of the era, revealing the challenges of living in a time of religious persecution and suppression of women. American teenager Miranda Graham believes that she has Shakespeare in her genes: she hopes one day to follow her parents’ footsteps as a Shakespearean actress. After her disastrous performance in her school’s staging of "The Taming of the Shrew", her fellow cast member, Stephen Langford, steps out of the backstage and asks if she’d like to meet William Shakespeare in person. Miranda thinks he’s insane.

title: 2985 Shakespeare

text: 2985 Shakespeare 2985 Shakespeare, provisional designation , is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 October 1983, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, and later named after William Shakespeare. The S-type asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group consisting of about 200 known bodies. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.0 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,756 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.05 and

title: Kill Shakespeare

text: released a collected edition of issues #1–6 called, "Kill Shakespeare Volume 1: A Sea of Troubles". The second collected edition of the Kill Shakespeare series, "Kill Shakespeare Volume 2: The Blast of War", was released on November 22, 2011. On October 11, 2012 IDW announced "Kill Shakespeare"<nowiki>'s return in a new, five-issue, limited series titled, </nowiki>"The Tide of Blood", which continued the story of the first series. The first issue of "The Tide of Blood", was released on February 20, 2013. On February 10, 2014 IDW revealed that a third series of "Kill Shakespeare" would be released. "The Mask of

title: The Plays of William Shakespeare

text: another in the dark." Raleigh then admitted that he "soon falls into the habit, when he meets with an obscure passage, of consulting Johnson's note before the others." T. S. Eliot wrote that "no poet can ask more of posterity than to be greatly honoured by the great; and Johnson's words about Shakespeare are great honour". Walter Jackson Bate, in his 1977 biography on Johnson, wrote: the edition of Shakespeare – viewed with historical understanding of what it involved in 1765 – could seem a remarkable feat; and we are not speaking of just the great "Preface" To see it

title: What Bird is That?

text: of "What Bird is That?" It was published in 1984 and incorporated all of Cayley’s paintings created over many years for his vision of releasing a “big bird book” and included a revised taxonomy. In the 53 years since its first edition, more than a hundred new bird species had been identified in Australia. Scientific names had been changed and groups of birds had been reordered. Lindsey brought "What Bird is That?" up-to-date with the latest birding conventions of the time, as well as contributing a valuable supplementary list of birds and a scholarly catalogue of Cayley’s paintings. The "Signature

title: What Is Life

text: "Rolling Stone" readers' poll, titled "10 Greatest Solo Beatle Songs", the song placed fourth, with the editor commenting: "The track is deceptively simple, and more layers become apparent the more often you play it." "What Is Life" has featured in Bruce Pollock's book "The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–2000", Treble website's "The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s" (ranked at number 101) and Dave Thompson's "1000 Songs That Rock Your World" (at number 247). "What Is Life" was included on the 1976 compilation "The Best of George Harrison" as well as 2009's "". The song has also been featured

title: BBC Television Shakespeare

text: "it has not been a bad start, given some directors new to the problems of translating Shakespeare to television." Reviewing the second season production of "The Tempest" for "The Times Literary Supplement", Stanley Reynolds opined that although "there is very little for purists to find fault with [...] the most damning thing you could say about it [is] there is nothing to stir the blood to hot flashes of anger or to the electric joy of a new experience. What we got was some more of the BBC's ghastly middle taste." As the series came to a close, "Literary Review"s

title: What Is and What Should Never Be (Supernatural)

text: What Is and What Should Never Be (Supernatural) "What Is and What Should Never Be" is the twentieth episode of the paranormal drama television series "Supernatural"s second season. It was first broadcast on May 3, 2007 on The CW. The narrative follows series protagonist Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) who finds himself in an alternate reality after a confrontation with a djinn . The creature appears to have fulfilled Dean's greatest wish: that his mother had not been killed when he was a child. Dean is happy in the new world until it becomes apparent that his previous work as a

title: Shakespeare (album)

text: Shakespeare (album) Shakespeare is the debut album by comedian Anthony Jeselnik released digitally on September 21, 2010 by Comedy Central Records. A bonus track released separately and used to help promote the album. It features Anthony berating an audience member who interrupted his set by shouting, "Ninja". "Shakespeare" was met with extremely positive reviews. "Napster" claimed "[His] outstanding writing and shameless self-promotion bordering on cult of personality are a winning combination. One of the best comedy albums of the season." "Punchline Magazine"'s Brendan McLaughlin praised the album stating, "Anthony Jeselnik writes great jokes—plain and simple. He’s a master of the

title: Woodward Shakespeare Festival

text: review "There's no doubt "All My Sons" still has the power to move audiences. As I left my seat at the conclusion, I walked by three semi-stunned young men still grappling with the intensity of what they had just seen." Woodward Shakespeare Festival The Woodward Shakespeare Festival is a theater company that performs three plays each summer in Fresno, California. The festival performs both Shakespearean and Non-Shakespearean productions from June to September. The Woodward Shakespeare Festival is a non-profit organization that has provided free local entertainment for the past ten years in Fresno, CA. The Woodward Shakespeare Festival perform their

title: Shakespeare Programming Language

text: statements. On the whole, the programming model is very similar to assembly language but much more verbose. The first line in a Shakespeare program is called the 'title'. The compiler considers anything from the first line to the first period to be a comment. This is the section where variables are declared. Each variable can hold a signed integer value and is of the following form: Where codice_1 is the name of the variable and codice_2 is ignored by the compiler. The compiler will only recognize names that correspond to actual Shakespearean characters. A piece of code in Shakespeare is

title: Shakespeare Programming Language

text: assumes this value) if the character is told to "recall" anything; all text after this word is treated as a comment. This is the standard "Hello World" program (that outputs or displays "Hello World!" to the user) in SPL. Shakespeare Programming Language The Shakespeare Programming Language (SPL) is an esoteric programming language designed by Jon Åslund and Karl Hasselström. Like the Chef programming language, it is designed to make programs appear to be something other than programs; in this case, Shakespearean plays. A character list in the beginning of the program declares a number of stacks, naturally with names like

title: Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship

text: the process in his 1921 edition of de Vere's poetry. He suggested that de Vere was also responsible for some of the literary works credited to Arthur Golding, Anthony Munday and John Lyly. Streitz credits Oxford with the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. Two professors of linguistics have claimed that de Vere wrote not only the works of Shakespeare, but most of what is memorable in English literature during his lifetime, with such names as Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, Philip Sidney, John Lyly, George Peele, George Gascoigne, Raphael Holinshed, Robert Greene, Thomas Phaer, and Arthur Golding being among

title: Kentucky Shakespeare Festival

text: theatre instruction combined with competitions, games, and activities designed to engage the campers. Summers often include field trips and will culminate in an invited performance, or "Share Day", for family and friends showcasing what the campers have been working on during their session. Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Kentucky Shakespeare Festival is a non-profit, professional theatre company in Louisville, Kentucky that produces and performs the works of William Shakespeare. The main productions offered are the annual summer series of plays presented free to the public at the C. Douglass Ramey Amphitheater in the city's Central Park. This series, commonly called "Shakespeare in

title: What Time Is Love?

text: TVT label, including a live version taken from "The "What Time is Love?" Story". The KLF's "Pure Trance" series was originally envisaged as comprising five "Original" 12" singles and five "Remix" 12"s. The "Pure Trance Remix" single of "What Time Is Love?" was released on 24 July 1989. KLF 004T was re-released in the UK on 15 July 1991, during the peak of The KLF's chart success, along with both "Pure Trance" mixes of "3 a.m. Eternal". Key "What Time Is Love? (Live from Trancentral)" was released on 30 July 1990, and the single of remixes "(Remodelled & Remixed)" followed

title: What Time Is Love?

text: sound-alikes, entitled "The "What Time Is Love?" Story". "What Time Is Love?"'s European acclaim also contributed towards The KLF's change of musical direction following their abortive film project, "The White Room". As Drummond had predicted, the "Pure Trance" release received little attention from the music press. However, upon the release of "The "What Time Is Love?" Story", "Q Magazine" hailed the track as "a whirling house stomper ... not so much of a tune but a good beat". A 1990 version subtitled "Live at Trancentral" was the first of The KLF's upbeat "Stadium House Trilogy" and the single that introduced

title: What a piece of work is a man

text: lines written by Montaigne: However, rather than being a direct influence on Shakespeare, Montaigne may have merely been reacting to the same general atmosphere of the time, making the source of these lines one of context rather than direct influence. What a piece of work is a man "What a piece of work is man!" is a phrase within a soliloquy by Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Hamlet is reflecting, at first admiringly, and then despairingly, on the human condition. The soliloquy, spoken in the play by Prince Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act

title: Shakespeare Programming Language

text: Shakespeare Programming Language The Shakespeare Programming Language (SPL) is an esoteric programming language designed by Jon Åslund and Karl Hasselström. Like the Chef programming language, it is designed to make programs appear to be something other than programs; in this case, Shakespearean plays. A character list in the beginning of the program declares a number of stacks, naturally with names like "Romeo" and "Juliet". These characters enter into dialogue with each other in which they manipulate each other's topmost values, push and pop each other, and do I/O. The characters can also ask each other questions which behave as conditional

title: Shakespeare, New Mexico

text: Shakespeare, New Mexico Shakespeare is a ghost town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. It is currently part of a privately owned ranch, sometimes open to tourists. The entire community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Founded as a rest stop called Mexican Springs along a stagecoach route, it was renamed Grant after the Civil War, after General U. S. Grant. When silver was discovered nearby it became a mining town called Ralston City, named after financier William Chapman Ralston. It was finally renamed Shakespeare, and was abandoned when the mines closed in 1929.

title: Shakespeare My Butt

text: Shakespeare My Butt Shakespeare My Butt... is an album by Canadian band The Lowest of the Low, released in 1991. At the time of its release, the album briefly became the best-selling independent release in Canadian history, although it was soon eclipsed by Barenaked Ladies' "The Yellow Tape". However, its melodic, jangly folk-punk has made it an enduring classic of Canadian music. In "Chart"'s three Best Canadian Albums of All Time polls, "Shakespeare My Butt..." is one of six albums to have ranked in the top ten all three times, peaking at #6 in the 2000 poll. John K. Samson

title: Shakespeare: The World as Stage

text: but failed to reach any conclusion. The review concluded by stating that the book worked as a companion to other books which examined Shakespeare's body of work but recommended Frank Kermode's The Age of Shakespeare as a superior alternative. Shakespeare: The World as Stage Shakespeare: The World as Stage is a biography of William Shakespeare by author Bill Bryson. The 199-page book is part of Harper Collins' series of biographies, "Eminent Lives". The focus of the book is to state what little is known conclusively about Shakespeare, and how this information is known, with some discussion of disproved theories, myths,

title: The Plays of William Shakespeare

text: "A Dictionary of the English Language", Warburton's publishers, Tonson et al., granted him permission to work on Shakespeare. In the "Proposal", Johnson describes the various problems with previous editions of Shakespeare and argues how a new edition, written by himself, would correct these problems. In particular, Johnson promised to "correct what is corrupt, and to explain what is obscure". He would accomplish this by relying on "a careful collation of all the oldest copies" and to read "the same story in the very book which Shakespeare consulted". Unlike other editors who "slight their predecessors", Johnson claimed that "all that is

title: Nevillean theory of Shakespeare authorship

text: The theologian Thomas Vicars who was married to Neville’s daughter Anne, listed in Latin the leading English writers of recent history. In this otherwise conventional list of names, Shakespeare is the single exception. Vicars refers to Shakespeare cryptically as ... a well-known poet who from shaking and spear has his name ("celebrem poetam qui a quassatione et hasta nomen habet"). Brenda James noted that, alongside Neville’s 30-year parliamentary career, he presided in a variety of local government offices which might provide exactly the right legal experience to explain the infusion of legal knowledge evidenced in the works of Shakespeare. For

title: Shakespeare in Love

text: Wessex threatens to kill him. Shakespeare sneaks into Viola's garden, finding her on her balcony, where they briefly confess their mutual attraction to each other before he is discovered by her nurse and flees. Inspired by Viola, Shakespeare writes quickly, completely transforming the play into what will become "Romeo and Juliet". Rehearsals begin, with "Thomas Kent" as Romeo, the leading tragedian Ned Alleyn as Mercutio and the stagestruck Fennyman given a small role as the Apothocary. Shakespeare soon discovers Viola's true identity, and they begin a secret affair. Viola is summoned to court to receive approval for her proposed marriage

title: HMS Shakespeare (P221)

text: is identified as an Italian light cruiser. On transferral to the Far East, she sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship "Unryu Maru". She was damaged by gunfire and air attack in the Nankauri Strait, Andaman Islands on 3 January 1945, whilst engaged with the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper "Wa 1". Both ships were damaged. "Shakespeare" returned to port, but was written off as a constructive total loss. She was sold on 14 July 1946 and was broken up by Thos W Ward, of Briton Ferry. HMS Shakespeare (P221) HMS "Shakespeare" was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part

title: William Shakespeare Hall

text: William Shakespeare Hall William Shakespeare Hall (1825–1895) was a pioneer settler of the Swan River Colony and a well-known J.P., explorer, pastoralist, and pearler. He was born in London to Henry Edward and Sarah Theodosia. When the family sold Shackerstone Manor he emigrated with his parents and five siblings to Western Australia. They arrived in Fremantle in February 1830 on board the "Protector". The family received two land grants—of and —at Mandurah and the locality of Hall's Head is named after them, though their attempt at developing the land was a failure. They built a house, "Halls Cottage", on the

title: Billy S.

text: Billy S. "Billy S." is a song recorded by Canadian musician Skye Sweetnam. It was released as her debut major label single in 2003, and was the first single from her album, "Noise From the Basement". The song was also featured on the soundtrack to the movie "How to Deal". The song's title, "Billy S." stands for "Billy Shakespeare", a reference to William Shakespeare, whom Skye refers to throughout the song. Sweetnam thought that the title "Billy Shakespeare" was too long, and decided to shorten it. The music video for "Billy S.", filmed in Southern California, features Skye Sweetnam recording

title: Shakespeare: Staging the World

text: Shakespeare: Staging the World Shakespeare: Staging the World was an exhibition at the British Museum about the world of Shakespeare, showing the way that he portrayed the world in his plays and related it to the events and politics of contemporary London. It was produced as part of the World Shakespeare Festival and ran from 19 July to 25 November 2012. The exhibition was well received by the critics and press. Katherine Duncan-Jones wrote, "...the exhibition has something for everyone, and deserves more than one visit." Michael Billington wrote, "What I like about the exhibition is that so many of

title: Shakespeare: The World as Stage

text: Shakespeare: The World as Stage Shakespeare: The World as Stage is a biography of William Shakespeare by author Bill Bryson. The 199-page book is part of Harper Collins' series of biographies, "Eminent Lives". The focus of the book is to state what little is known conclusively about Shakespeare, and how this information is known, with some discussion of disproved theories, myths, and that which is believed by the public but not provable. It also explores the political, social, cultural and economic background to Shakespeare's work. The book is also available as an unabridged audiobook, published by Harper Audio and read

title: Shakespeare apocrypha

text: the notebook of Henry Stanford, who is known to have worked in the household of the Lord Chamberlain. The attribution was supported by James S. Shapiro and Juliet Dusinberre. It was included in 2007 by Jonathan Bate in his complete Shakespeare edition for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The attribution has since been challenged by Michael Hattaway, who argued that the poem is more likely to be by Ben Jonson, and by Helen Hackett, who attributes it to Thomas Dekker. In 1989, using a form of stylometric computer analysis, scholar and forensic linguist Donald Foster attributed "A Funeral Elegy for Master

title: William Shakespeare (American football)

text: game, Notre Dame faced Northwestern featuring All-American end Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Before the game, the Associated Press carried a story profiling the two players: "Shakespeare and Longfellow will meet tomorrow —- not to trade verses, but to play all the football they know." Longfellow later recalled, "Shakespeare and I played against each other for three years. Each year, because of our names, we got a terrific buildup. It was a natural, I suppose. All through my college days I never heard the end of it. The writers went wilder each year." Longfellow got the better of Shakespeare in 1935, as

title: New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool

text: New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool The New Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, was a theatre in that British city's Fraser Street. The theatre opened in 1888 under the proprietorship of Mr Ellis Brammall jun. It was built by J H Havelock-Sutton (who went on to build the Park Palace Music Hall in 1893 and the Metropole Theatre in Bootle in 1911). Among the distinguished names associated with the theatre was Sam Wanamaker, who was appointed director of the New Shakespeare Theatre in 1957 and served in that role until 1959. During the early sixties a campaign to save the theatre was led by

title: Boydell Shakespeare Gallery

text: list is derived from the numbered catalogue "The exhibition of the Shakspeare gallery, Pall-Mall: being the last time the pictures can ever be seen as an entire collection" (London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1805), "The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery" edited by Walter Pape and Frederick Burwick (Bottrop: Peter Pomp, 1996), and "What Jane Saw". Boydell Shakespeare Gallery The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in London, England, was the first stage of a three-part project initiated in November 1786 by engraver and publisher John Boydell in an effort to foster a school of British history painting. In addition to the establishment of the gallery,

title: Nicholas Shakespeare

text: Tasmania Book Prize 2007), "Secrets of the Sea" (2007, short-listed for the Commonwealth Writer's prize) and "Inheritance" (2010, long-listed for Dublin IMPAC Award). In 2010, he published "Under the Sun", the letters of Bruce Chatwin, which he co-edited with Elizabeth Chatwin. Nicholas Shakespeare has made several extended biographies for television: on Evelyn Waugh, Mario Vargas Llosa, Bruce Chatwin, Martha Gellhorn, and Dirk Bogarde. "The Dancer Upstairs" was made into a feature film of the same name in 2002, for which Shakespeare wrote the screenplay and which John Malkovich directed. Shakespeare was nominated as one of "Granta"s Best of British Young

title: Saint Thomas Christian names

text: will include the names of their parents and grand parents or that of a very close blood relative. At the same time, these names will not have names of saints or of great religious personalities or of political leaders or of foreign names. Family names are also included. Unlike Indian Christians of other denominations, foreign family names are absolutely irrelevant for Saint Thomas Christians as they embraced Christianity long before the arrival of European missionaries in India . So a Nasrani can easily be identified by name, from among other Christians. Even today, this pattern of giving name is visible

title: What Time Is Love?

text: a "juddering rave anthem". On 14 July 2002, the "Pure Trance Original" was incorporated into DJ John Digweed's set at Fatboy Slim's free Brighton beach show, where it was played to a live audience of approximately 150,000 people and relayed to viewers of television channel E4. Digweed's set showcased the origins of trance music, with "What Time Is Love?" used alongside Underworld's "Dark & Long" and Paul Oakenfold's "Perfecto Mix" of U2's "Even Better Than the Real Thing". British band Kaiser Chiefs covered "What Time Is Love?" on 14 February 2006 on BBC Radio 1. At the end of the

title: Arden Shakespeare

text: R. Woudhuysen of the University of Oxford. , the edition of one canonical play remains to be published: "Measure for Measure", edited by A. R. Braunmuller. What follows is a list of editions published in the third series thus far as of November 2018. The third series is also notable for publishing single-volume editions of certain plays which traditionally form part of the so-called Shakespeare Apocrypha, but for which there is considered good evidence of Shakespeare having at least been part author. Three apocryphal plays have so far been published in this manner. Due to the long period of time

title: Shakespeare apocrypha

text: inaccessible to Heminges and Condell when they compiled the First Folio. C. F. Tucker Brooke lists forty-two plays conceivably attributable to Shakespeare, many in his own lifetime, but dismisses the majority on the face, leaving only most of those listed below, with some additions. Some plays were attributed to "W.S." in the seventeenth century. These initials could refer to Shakespeare, but could also refer to Wentworth Smith, an obscure dramatist. A number of anonymous plays have been attributed to Shakespeare by more recent readers and scholars. Many of these claims are supported only by debatable ideas about what constitutes "Shakespeare's

title: Kill Shakespeare

text: way to The Globe Woods where Shakespeare lives. Hamlet goes in by himself and comes across Puck. Puck leads him to a house on the other side of a river. Hamlet tries to swim the river but then gets pulled down into the water by creatures made up of manuscript pages. At the same time, Iago contacts Lady Macbeth and tells her that Hamlet was killed, but he's discovered by Falstaff. They start to torture Iago to find out what he knows, Iago tells them that Hamlet will kill Shakespeare and not survive his meeting with Shakespeare. Hamlet manages to

title: Abraham Shakespeare

text: for bankruptcy in 2002. Before police found Shakespeare's body, Moore said Shakespeare had decided to leave town and had gone to Texas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Orlando, Florida, or was sick in a hospital. Moore also said that Shakespeare was sick of people asking him for money, so she helped him leave town. After police found his body under a concrete slab, in the backyard of the home she put in her boyfriend's name, Moore told police different versions of what happened to Shakespeare. Moore in turn blamed drug dealers, a lawyer and her 14-year-old son. She later said she killed

title: Parents' Day

text: tried to revive the tradition through Proclamation No. 58, s. 1998. Parents' Day Parents' Day is observed in South Korea (May 8) and in the United States (fourth Sunday of July). The South Korean designation was established in 1973, replacing the Mother's Day previously marked on May 8, and includes public and private celebrations. The United States day was created in 1994 under President Bill Clinton. June 1 has also been proclaimed as "Global Day of Parents" by the United Nations as a mark of appreciation for the commitment of parents towards their children. In the Philippines, while it is

title: This Is What Love In Action Looks Like

text: This Is What Love In Action Looks Like This Is What Love In Action Looks Like is an American documentary film directed by Morgan Jon Fox about a Memphis teenager who was sent to a controversial Christian program after telling his parents that he was gay. The film was released in 2012, and is distributed by TLA Releasing. In June 2005, a 16-year-old Tennessee boy, Zach Stark, posted a blog entry on his MySpace page, part of which included the following: Somewhat recently, as many of you know, I told my parents I was gay... Well today, my mother, father,

title: What It Is to Burn

text: "All Our Kings Are Dead" (2010), A Day to Remember's "What Separates Me from You" (2010), D.R.U.G.S.'s "D.R.U.G.S." (2011), and The Amity Affliction's "Chasing Ghosts" (2012). All songs written by Finch. Personnel per booklet. Finch Additional musicians Production Citations Sources What It Is to Burn What It Is to Burn is the debut album by American post-hardcore band Finch. Finch originally formed under the name Numb with Nate Barcalow on vocals, Alex Linares on guitar, Derek Doherty on bass and Alex Pappas on drums. Guitarist Randy Strohmeyer was invited to join Finch after they witnessed him play with his band

title: What Is the What

text: What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as "murahaleen" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight

title: What Is the What

text: That Happens Will Happen Today". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when

title: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

text: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (also known as The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)) is a play written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. It parodies the plays of William Shakespeare with all of them being performed in comically shortened or merged form by only three actors. Typically, the actors use their real names and play themselves rather than specific characters. The fourth wall is nonexistent in the performance, with the actors speaking directly to the audience during much of the play, and some scenes involve audience participation.

title: Serbian names

text: Serbian names This article features the naming culture of personal names of ethnic Serbs and the Serbian language. Serbian names are rendered in the "Western name order" with the surname placed after the given name. "Eastern name order" may be used when multiple names appear in a sorted list, particularly in official notes and legal documents when the last name is capitalized (e.g. MILOVANOVIĆ Janko). As with most European cultures, a child is given a first name chosen by their parents or is chosen by godparents. The given name comes first, the surname last, e.g. "Željko Popović", where "Željko" is

title: Kissing Shakespeare

text: Kissing Shakespeare Kissing Shakespeare is a debut novel of a former American teacher and librarian-turned-writer Pamela Mingle. It was published as a young adult literature book in August 14, 2012 by Delacorte Books. There are no records of William Shakespeare's life between his birth in 1564 to his arrival in London in 1590, although he was speculated to be a schoolteacher before becoming a playwright. Mingle's novel sets during what historians referred as Shakespeare's "lost years," using clues from 1580s, to create a romantic fantasy centering on a love triangle composed of a contemporary teenage girl from the 21st century,

title: Heather Shakespeare

text: Heather Shakespeare Heather Shakespeare OAM (25 July 1909 – 28 September 2008) was an important person in the early days of "The Canberra Times". She was also a foundation member of the Canberra and District Historical Society. She was born Heather Gladys Cameron, at Weetangera, a sheep farm near what is now the Canberra suburb of Belconnen. She was one of five children. She had a scholarship to attend Goulburn High School, which paid for her train fare and boarding expenses. She later completing a secretarial course in Canberra. She got her first job with the Queanbeyan Age newspaper, but

title: Dark Lady (Shakespeare)

text: London's prominent book-selling quarter by Richard Bonian. As she encourages women to have confidence in themselves in her poetry, Emilia was different from other passive women. Shakespeare might have grown on her because of her original boldness, her occupation as a musician, and her origin being from Italy. The characters’ names of Shakespeare’s plays can also prove that Emilia Lanier was the Dark Lady. In "The Merchant of Venice", there is a protagonist named Bassanio, which sounds like Bassano, falling in love with a beautiful woman. Moreover, in "The Spanish Tragedy", the pre-Shakespearean play, the names of three sons of

title: History of the Shakespeare authorship question

text: question whether William Shakespeare of Stratford is the principal author of the plays and poems in the canon?", 6% answered "yes" and an additional 11% responded "possible", and when asked if they "mention the Shakespeare authorship question in your Shakespeare classes?", 72% answered "yes". When asked what best described their opinion of the Shakespeare authorship question, 61% answered that it was a "A theory without convincing evidence" and 32% called the issue "A waste of time and classroom distraction". In September 2007, the "Shakespeare Authorship Coalition" sponsored a "Declaration of Reasonable Doubt" to encourage new research into the question of

title: Serbian names

text: in the name of language reformer Vuk Stefanović Karadžić. Serbian names This article features the naming culture of personal names of ethnic Serbs and the Serbian language. Serbian names are rendered in the "Western name order" with the surname placed after the given name. "Eastern name order" may be used when multiple names appear in a sorted list, particularly in official notes and legal documents when the last name is capitalized (e.g. MILOVANOVIĆ Janko). As with most European cultures, a child is given a first name chosen by their parents or is chosen by godparents. The given name comes first,

title: What Is Life

text: clouds above the Krishna scene – so Wilkes abandoned the concept and instead used a darkened photo of Harrison inside the house as the album poster. The more common picture sleeve internationally was a close-up of Feinstein's "All Things Must Pass" front-cover image, taken on the main lawn of Friar Park. In Denmark, the sleeve featured four shots of Harrison, again with guitar, taken on stage during the Delaney & Bonnie tour. At the end of March, "What Is Life" peaked at number 10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 7 on "Cash Box"s Top 100 chart, making Harrison

title: Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship

text: was scrawled repeatedly the names of Bacon and Shakespeare along with the name of Thomas Nashe. There were several quotations from Shakespeare and a reference to the word Honorificabilitudinitatibus, which appears in both "Love's Labour's Lost" and Nashe's "Lenten Stuff". The Earl of Northumberland sent the bundle to James Spedding, who subsequently penned a thesis on the subject, with which was published a facsimile of the aforementioned cover. Spedding hazarded a 1592 date, making it possibly the earliest extant mention of Shakespeare. After a diligent deciphering of the Elizabethan handwriting in Francis Bacon's notebook, known as the "Promus of Formularies

title: California Shakespeare Theater

text: theater. In 2015, Jonathan Moscone stepped down as Artistic Director after 15 years. His final production was Charles Ludham's "The Mystery of Irma Vep" in August/September of the same year"." Eric Ting was chosen as its new Artistic Director joining in the fall of 2015. In 1979, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival began Summer with Shakespeare programs, six-week camps for ages 14–18, culminating with a performance in the John Hinkel Park amphitheater. The camps have continued, in one form or another, to this day, going under several different names (Camp, Conservatory, Summer Theater Programs). In 2009, the camps were offered to ages

title: Shakespeare and Company (bookstore)

text: a selection of George Whitman's letters and journals written along his “hobo adventures” during the Great Depression. The kindness he received from strangers along the way inspired the founding ethos of the bookstore: "Give what you can; take what you need." The bookstore was a sanctuary for some twenty of its customers during the November 2015 Paris attacks. Notes Bibliography Further reading Shakespeare and Company (bookstore) Shakespeare and Company is the name of two independent English-language bookstores that have existed on Paris's Left Bank. The first was opened by Sylvia Beach, an American, on 19 November 1919, at 8 rue

title: Shakespeare Theatre Company

text: for Acting Excellence is presented annually at the first opening night of the new season to recognize two actors whose work in a mainstage production demonstrates outstanding classical technique. The award is funded by an anonymous donor and includes a cash prize. It is named for the long time and beloved Shakespeare Theatre Company actor Emery Battis. Award recipients include: In 1991, the Shakespeare Theatre Company began its annual Free For All productions at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in D.C.'s Rock Creek Park. Each summer the company remounts a production from the previous season. Until 2009, these productions were held

title: Woodward Shakespeare Festival

text: and hosts local teens for a 3 1/2-week summer workshop exploring Shakespearean style and devising original material based on a Shakespeare play. In 2005, The Woodward Shakespeare festival staged its first season. The theater company was originally conceived by S. Eric Day and Brandon Weis. Christien Sweeney also joined the company and, with Day, helmed the first two seasons. In 2007, the company became an official non-profit organization in the public trust. Marking the tenth anniversary of the festival, the upcoming season of the Woodward Shakespeare Festival will feature productions of "Macbeth," directed by Artistic Director Greg Taber, "The Taming

title: Timeline of Shakespeare criticism

text: disappointment and disgust from schooldays with the shabby use made in Shakespeare of the coming of 'Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill': I longed to devise a setting in which the trees might really march to war." Allan Bloom, 1964: "Shakespeare devotes great care to establishing the political setting in almost all his plays, and his greatest heroes are rulers who exercise capacities which can only be exercised within civil society. To neglect this is simply to be blinded by the brilliance of one's own prejudices. As soon as one sees this, one cannot help asking what Shakespeare thought

text: 1604, which imply that the author was then still alive. Scholars point to a poem written circa 1620 by a student at Oxford, William Basse, that mentioned the author Shakespeare died in 1616, which is the year Shakespeare deceased and not Edward de Vere. Tom Veal has noted that the early play "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" reveals no familiarity on the playwright's part with Italy other than "a few place names and the scarcely recondite fact that the inhabitants were Roman Catholics." For example, the play's Verona is situated on a tidal river and has a duke, and none

text: to distinguish any of it from "the output of his mediocre mid-century contemporaries". C. S. Lewis wrote that de Vere's poetry shows "a faint talent", but is "for the most part undistinguished and verbose." In the opinion of J. Thomas Looney, as "far as forms of versification are concerned De Vere presents just that rich variety which is so noticeable in Shakespeare; and almost all the forms he employs we find reproduced in the Shakespeare work." Oxfordian Louis P. Bénézet created the "Bénézet test", a collage of lines from Shakespeare and lines he thought were representative of Oxford, challenging non-specialists

title: Shakespeare in performance

text: century, a roll call of legendary actors' names all but drown out the plays in which they appear: Sarah Siddons (1755—1831), John Philip Kemble (1757—1823), Henry Irving (1838—1905), and Ellen Terry (1847—1928). To be a star of the legitimate drama came to mean being first and foremost a "great Shakespeare actor", with a famous interpretation of, for men, Hamlet, and for women, Lady Macbeth, and especially with a striking delivery of the great soliloquies. The acme of spectacle, star, and soliloquy of Shakespeare performance came with the reign of actor-manager Henry Irving and his co-star Ellen Terry in their elaborately

title: BBC Television Shakespeare

text: Susan Willis makes a similar point; "instead of doing what the BBC usually did, Miller saw the series as a means of examining the limits of televised drama, of seeing what the medium could do; it was an imaginative, creative venture." Miller was in many ways the polar opposite of Messina; Miller himself stated "I think it's very unwise to try to represent on the television screen something which Shakespeare did not have in his mind's eye when he wrote those lines. You have to find some counterpart of the unfurnished stage that Shakespeare wrote for without, in fact, necessarily

title: Shakespeare authorship question

text: no suggestion in this period that anyone else might have written the works. The authorship question emerged only after Shakespeare had come to be regarded as the English national poet and a unique genius. By the beginning of the 19th century, adulation was in full swing, with Shakespeare singled out as a transcendent genius, a phenomenon for which George Bernard Shaw coined the term "bardolatry" in 1901. By the middle of the century his genius was noted as much for its intellectual as for its imaginative strength. Since what was known about his life seemed to reveal Shakespeare as an

title: Shakespeare authorship question

text: Francis Beaumont in his 1620 book of poems "The Praise of Hemp-seed". Both had died four years earlier, less than two months apart. Ben Jonson wrote a short poem "To the Reader" commending the First Folio engraving of Shakespeare by Droeshout as a good likeness. Included in the prefatory commendatory verses was Jonson's lengthy eulogy "To the memory of my beloved, the Author Mr. William Shakespeare: and what he hath left us" in which he identifies Shakespeare as a playwright, a poet, and an actor, and writes: Here Jonson links the author to Stratford's river, the Avon, and confirms his

title: Religious views of William Shakespeare

text: a pagan setting. He adds that the devils plaguing "Poor Tom" in Shakespeare's version have the same names as the evil spirits in a book by Samuel Harsnett, later Archbishop of York, that denounces the "fake" Catholic practice of exorcism. The names "Arthurus Stratfordus Wigomniensis" and "Gulielmus Clerkue Stratfordiensis" are found within ancient inscriptions at the Venerable English College, a seminary in Rome which has long trained Catholic clergy serving in Britain. Scholars have speculated that these names might be related to Shakespeare, who is alleged to have visited the city of Rome twice during his life. One critic states,

title: Shakespeare Quarterly

text: of "Shakespeare Quarterly" is Jeremy Lopez (University of Toronto). The World Shakespeare Bibliography is edited by Dr. Laura Estill (Texas A&M University). Shakespeare Quarterly Shakespeare Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1950 by the Shakespeare Association of America. It is now under the auspices of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Along with book and performance criticism, "Shakespeare Quarterly" incorporates scholarly research and essays on Shakespeare and the age in which he worked, particularly those that explore new perspectives. It includes a special section devoted to the latest ideas in Shakespeare scholarship. As a companion, the Folger Library also publishes

title: Here Is What Is

text: Here Is What Is Here Is What Is is the fifth studio album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It was first released in December 2007 as a high-quality download, and later released on CD on March 18, 2008. The album is the result of the same project that led to the 2007 documentary "Here Is What Is" that premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival in September. The movie documents the aesthetics and creative process behind Lanois' approach to music making and recording. The album has been presented as a direct soundtrack to this film, and

title: BBC Television Shakespeare

text: job very well, it was actually done so as to increase subjectivity; if Othello is having difficulty hearing what they are saying, so too is the audience. Bob Hoskins played Iago as a Rumpelstiltskin type, an impish troublemaker who delights in petty mischief and mocks people behind their backs. The "Prefaces to Shakespeare" episode for "Othello" was presented by Bob Peck who had played Iago in a 1979 RSC production directed by Ronald Eyre. The "Shakespeare in Perspective" episode was presented by author Susan Hill. Cast Director Jonathan Miller used the work of gothic painter Lucas Cranach as primary visual

title: BBC Television Shakespeare

text: best be seen as something of a mixed bag; "what the initial Messina years cost the series in tensions, alienations, and lack of fresh thought or vigorous technical/aesthetic planning it would never recover. That we have the televised Shakespeare series at all is entirely due to Messina; that we have the Shakespeare series we have and not perhaps a better, more exciting one is also in large part due to Messina." During Messina's tenure as producer, as per the financiers' restrictions, the adaptations tended to be conservative, but when Jonathan Miller took over at the start of season three, he

title: Shakespeare My Butt

text: on Pheromone Recordings, with an accompanying short film DVD "LowRoads" produced by the band's drummer, David Alexander. All songs written by Ron Hawkins, except where noted. Cassette Tape (Canada) Shakespeare My Butt Shakespeare My Butt... is an album by Canadian band The Lowest of the Low, released in 1991. At the time of its release, the album briefly became the best-selling independent release in Canadian history, although it was soon eclipsed by Barenaked Ladies' "The Yellow Tape". However, its melodic, jangly folk-punk has made it an enduring classic of Canadian music. In "Chart"'s three Best Canadian Albums of All Time

title: What Time Is It There?

text: to Paris time. Jean-Pierre Léaud, the lead actor in François Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" and actor in many other classic films, has a cameo appearance in this film. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 84% based on 51 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though it requires patience to view, "What Time Is It There?"s exploration of loneliness is both elegant and haunting." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". What Time

title: What Is Art?

text: offered at its shrine". Throughout the book Tolstoy demonstrates an "unremitting moralism", evaluating artworks in light of his radical Christian ethics, and displaying a willingness to dismiss accepted masters, including Wagner, Shakespeare, and Dante, as well as the bulk of his own writings. Having rejected the use of beauty in definitions of art (see aesthetic theory), Tolstoy conceptualises art as anything that communicates emotion: "Art begins when a man, with the purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and expresses it by certain external signs". This view of art is

title: Malaysian names

text: dialects. For example, a Tan (Fujian dialect) is Chen in the Pinyin form. In Fuzhou, the existing romanised form is Ding. As parents prefer their children to have the same romanised surname as their father, names such as Tan Jia Ling where Tan is in Hokkien and Jia Ling in Mandarin are becoming common. Officially, Malaysian Indians use a patronymic naming system combining their traditional Indian names with some Malay words, while others use Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, or Sanskrit names. A man's name would consist of his personal name followed by the Malay phrase "anak lelaki", meaning 'son of', and

title: James S. Shapiro

text: His most recent book, "The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606," was awarded the James Tait Black Prize for Biography as well as the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. He is currently at work on a book about Shakespeare in a divided America. He is married, has a son, and lives in New York City. Shapiro presented a three-part series on BBC Four called "The King & the Playwright: A Jacobean History" about Shakespeare, King James VI and I and the Jacobean era. James S. Shapiro James S. Shapiro (born September 11, 1955) is Professor of English and Comparative