The Shakespeare Post

Theatre & Music

• Royal Shakespeare Company Threatens to Void ‘Hamlet’ Tickets Re-sold Online – September 27, 2008
• Royal Shakespeare Company Announces 2009/2010 Season – September 22, 2008
• Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Announces New ‘Read Not Dead’ Series – September 19, 2008
• Stratford Shakespeare Festival Announces 2009 Birmingham Conservatory Class –

Research & Scholarship

• Call for Papers: Submission Deadline for Ninth World Shakespeare Conference Extended Until February 2009 – September 21, 2008
• Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Annual Shakespeare Colloquium to Examine Shakespeare and Language – September 16, 2008
• David Bevington and Peter Holland to Speak at Purdue Symposium – September 12, 2008
• Call for Papers: Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference to Investigate ‘Performance of Place/ Place of Performance’ – September 11, 2008

Education

• RSC/NATE/National Drama Teachers Conference to Focus on Shakespeare in the Classroom – September 9, 2008
• Huntington Library Presents Lecture Series On Shakespeare and Power Politics – September 7, 2008
• Ian McKellen Records Rap Version of Shakespearean Sonnet With London Teenagers – August 28, 2008
• Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to Host Conference on Blackfriars Theatre – August 12, 2008

Books

• British Library Publishes Facsimile of the New Testament from The Tyndale Bible – September 17, 2008
• List of New Shakespeare Books Published in August – September 2, 2008
• Controversy, Calls for Boycott Follow in Wake of Arden Shakespeare Decision to Fire Editor – August 20, 2008
• Shakespeare’s Wife Shortlisted for Prime Minister’s Literary Award in Australia – August 7, 2008

Exhibitions

• New Folger Library Exhibition Traces the Birth of the Newspaper – September 24, 2008
• Rose Theatre Hosts Open House on 20 and 21 September – September 17, 2008
• Historic Shakespeare-Related Sites Open Their Doors to the Public for Heritage Open Days – September 12, 2008
• England Prepares to Celebrate 500th Anniversary of Henry VIII’s Ascent to the Throne – September 6, 2008

History & Archaeology

• First Complete ‘Collar of the Esses’ Awarded by Henry VIII Discovered at Home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge – August 23, 2008
• Archaeologist Jo Lyon Talks About Discovery of ‘The Theatre’ on New Shakespeare Post Podcast – August 13, 2008
• Archaeologists Discover Remains of ‘The Theatre’ in London - 3rd Update (Video Included) – August 10, 2008
• Scientists: Henry VIII’s Mary Rose Sank Because Crew Didn’t Speak English – August 4, 2008

Movies, TV, & Radio

• Historian David Starkey to Produce ‘Psychological Profile’ TV Series About Henry VIII – September 12, 2008
• Kristin Chenoweth to Host Documentary About Hudson Shakespeare Festival – August 15, 2008
• Scotland Being Considered as Filming Location for Movie Version of King Lear Starring Anthony Hopkins – August 10, 2008
• Julie Taymor Planning Film Version of ‘The Tempest’ with Helen Mirren as Prospero – July 27, 2008

Commentary

Foolery & Unusual News

• Lordship, Elizabethan Manor For Sale For £1.21 Million – September 4, 2008
• Sci-Fi Fans Banned From Bringing Dr. Who and Star Trek Memorabilia to RSC’s Hamlet – July 24, 2008
• More Characters Emerge in Stolen Folio Mystery and Stories Begin to Diverge –
• Tom O’Bedlam, MP: British Parliament Considers Scrapping Elizabethan Law Banning ‘Lunatics’ and ‘Idiots’ from Holding Elected Office – July 22, 2008