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Tag Archives: Globe Theatre

What’s So Complex about Shakespeare’s Immortal Rosalind?

Rosalind and Hamlet are surely the most complex in the vast parade of Shakespeare’s characters. In another dimension they could have been brother and sister. Both premiered during the same … Continue reading

03/14/2017 · 1 Comment

Archive Book Review • SHAKESPEARE’S WIFE by Germaine Greer • pub. Bloomsbury Publishing • 2007

You know you are in for a good read when an intellectual and academic, who also happens to be the adopted mother of Austral-British feminism, gets to grips with the … Continue reading

02/26/2017 · 4 Comments

The Twin Globe

Originally posted on e-Tinkerbell:
In the heart of the Villa Borghese park, hidden among the trees and surrounded by a lavish vegetation, you may find one of the most unexpected…

09/30/2015 · 4 Comments

On this day in 1613 – Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was burned to the ground

Originally posted on Tudor Chronicles:
The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 and was the home of William Shakespeare’s work; however, it was built of timber and a thatched roof.…

06/29/2015 · Leave a comment

“Shakespeare’s own playhouse” (The Globe)

04/15/2015 · Leave a comment