Actor Tom Hiddleston joins Morning Joe with co-star Hayley Atwell and director Jamie Lloyd to discuss their upcoming Broadway production of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Hiddleston says the play, an energy-filled show, is “one of Shakespeare’s warmest, funniest and most deeply romantic comedies.”
Actors Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell are set to take the stage this fall on Broadway in Shakespeare’s classic comedy ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’ The production, directed by Tony Award winner Jamie Lloyd, reimagines the play as a modern dance party. The show’s actors and director join Morning Joe to discuss bringing the production from London’s West End to New York’s Broadway for a limited 10-week engagement.
Great works of literature are not self-help books. The post What’s the Point of Reading? Just Reading. appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag What’s the Point of Reading? Just Reading. Great works of literature are not self-help books. TakiMag Credit: Reinhold Leitner When, as a young man, I applied to be an English teacher, I recall being asked during interviews why it was so vital to interest my (hypothetical) charges in literature. I felt obliged to respond with what I intuited were the expected answers: “To teach them human empathy via the medium of prose,” or some such pablum. But did I really believe this? Personally, the only reason I have ever read books is because I enjoy reading books. De gustibus non disputandum est; matters…Open
In confirming the precise location of William Shakespeare’s Blackfriars house, a British scholar raises fresh questions about what he intended to do with it.
A newly discovered 17th-century map sheds light on William Shakespeare's life in London
With the coming of spring, nature’s mysteries are out to play. The post Lizard Brains appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Lizard Brains With the coming of spring, nature’s mysteries are out to play. TakiMag After what seemed like a biblical period of rain—40 days and 40 nights—the sun at last came out, as did the lizards on the terrace of my house in France, where I luxuriated with them in the warm spring sunshine. One of my many regrets is that I am not a naturalist, though I enjoy the casual observation of the natural world. Indeed, I can happily watch the lizards for extended periods of time: if only I knew how to interpret their behavior! One curious thing that has happened to the lizards in the last five years is that many…Open
The German actor Lars Eidinger lost control of the weapon in the final scene of Shakespeare’s play.
So long to Irwin Shaw, William Shakespeare, college football, and all that. The post The 80-Yard Run appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture The 80-Yard Run So long to Irwin Shaw, William Shakespeare, college football, and all that. I rank Irwin Shaw’s 1941 short story “The Eighty-Yard Run” among the best. It’s as good as any of Papa Hemingway’s, but then Irwin’s strengths were always in that genre. I was a friend of his, having written a fan letter after the publication of his novel Evening in Byzantium. We skied a bit and played some tennis. He was a toughie, and he told me how he almost came to blows with the great Papa at the 21 Club in New York. (Hemingway by then was much too old and far too drunk to fight, so Irwin gave him a…Open
The moral midgets at London’s National Theatre are ruining art to score political points. The post Short Shrift for Shakespeare appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Short Shrift for Shakespeare The moral midgets at London’s National Theatre are ruining art to score political points. No doubt it is very weak of me, but I seem not to be able to resist looking at the feed on my phone when I wake up, rather as heavy smokers used to reach for a fag. Yesterday, I found what was advertised as a masterclass in the recitation of a soliloquy, posted by the National Theatre in London. It seems to me increasingly that English stage actors have two modes of recitation: mumbling or gross overemphasis—hamming it up in fact—with resultant harshness of diction. So it was in this case, in one of…Open
AI:Theodore Dalrymple criticizes the London National Theatre for casting an actress with achondroplasia as Ophelia in *Hamlet*. He argues that such decisions prioritize social engineering and "moral blackmail" over artistic merit, forcing audiences into a state of guilt where they feel compelled to praise the performance due to the actress's physical condition rather than her acting ability.Open
'Erased from the dominant narrative'
AI:A feminist historian claims in a new book that William Shakespeare may have been a Black Jewish woman, arguing that such an identity has been erased from the dominant historical narrative.Open