LET'S PLAY 'BEAT THE BARD' (8)
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved. Â
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved. Â
(Sara Keating's article appeared in the Irish Times, 10/5; Photo: Cora Venus Lunny, Caimin Gilmore and Olesya Zdorovetska in the Abbey Theatre's production of The Great Hunger by Patrick Kav…
(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 10/5.)Â (Public Domain; Tretyakov Gallery; Anefo / Croes, R.C. (CC BY-SA 3.0 NL) Poetry is usually lost in translation…
(Will Dudding's article appeared in The New York Times, 10/2; via Pam Green.) With "Luv" on Broadway and "Tootsie" on the screen, he wrote with knowing, slightly askew humor about subjects l…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(Roxana Robinson's article appeared in the New Yorker, 10/1; Photograh: Georgia O'Keeffe lived in a small village in rural New Mexico and rarely gave interviews. Seclusion and withholding we…
(Sarah Bahr's article appeared in The New York Times, 9/24;Â Photo: Elizabeth Alexander, the president of the Mellon Foundation, said, "We continue to call on others to join us in support…
From the moment of the appearance of if the actor passes from the plane of actual reality into the plane of another life, created and imagined by himself. Believing in this life, the actor c…
A PHOENIX THEATRE ENSEMBLE FUNDRAISER NOW ON YOU-TUBE! Tennessee Williams was in residence for his final NY play in the 80's, the intensely personal and autobiographical Something Cloudy, So…
Many thanks to Christine L. who is playing a perfect game of 'Beat the Bard', 1-5. Send answers through Leave a Reply/ Comments, if you would like to play, too. Thanks so much, Christine, fo…
(Amy O'Connor's article appeared in The Irish Times, 8/29; Pan Pan's production of WHAT IS THE WORD is due to screen in Belfast and Paris in the coming weeks. Photograph: Robbie Jack/Corbis …
 (Clare Brennan's article appeared in the Guardian, 9/27. Indira Varma, David Threlfall and Michael Sheen in rehearsals for Faith Healer at the Old Vic. Photograph: The Old Vic/Getty …
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(from The New York Times, 9/23; Article by Michael Paulson, Elizabeth A. Harris, and Graham Bowley; Photographs by Dina Litovsky, Victor Llorente and Daniel Arnold; via Pam Green.) We zero i…
(Reevel Alderson's article appeared 9/19, BBC Scotland.) A rare edition of Shakespeare's last play has been found in a Scottish Catholic college in Spain. The Two Noble Kinsmen, written by S…
A READING OF "INSULTED. BELARUS(SIA)" AT 8 PM BY ANDREI KUREICHIK TRANSLATED BY JOHN FREEDMAN DIRECTED BY YURY URNOV Saturday, September 26, 2020, AT 8 PM In solidarity with the people and t…
I came to understand that creativeness begins from that moment when in the soul and the imagination of the actor there appears the magical, creative if. . . that is, the imagined truth, whic…
A PHOENIX THEATRE ENSEMBLE FUNDRAISER Tennessee Williams was in residence for his final NY play in the 80's, the intensely personal and autobiographical Something Cloudy, Something Clear at …
(from The New York Times, 9/21; Photo: The Forward;Â via Pam Green.) The actor recalls a chance encounter that led to a memorable performance. Sept. 21, 2020 To the Editor: Ruth Bader Gin…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved
(via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency) Here's what is going on at ARS NOVA: Debut of Ars Nova Supra, New Digital Streaming Platform New $150,000+ Vision Residency Program P.S., …
 (Ajay Kamalakaran's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 9/18.) Despite Russia's overwhelming passion for the bard's works, few in the country are aware of Shakespeare's m…
Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
(Alison McCann's article appeared in The New York Times, 9/18; Photo from The New York Times: Theresa Ikoko; via Pam Green.) "There's so much more that comes with being Black apart from deal…
(Ciara L. Murphy's article appeared in The Irish Times, 9/17; Photo: The Irish Times: Druid combines representations of raw sorrow, naked nationalism, and raucous humour to honour Gregory's …