Grand Theft Hamlet documentary shines a light on reinventing Shakespeare in a virtual world: The new documentary Grand Theft Hamlet marks a groundbreaking moment in the world of digital performance. It tells the story of an innovative theatrical production of Hamlet, staged within the popular video game Grand Theft Auto (GTA), which began as an …
Choose Irvine Welsh: new documentary explores the life of Scotland’s ‘urban Shakespeare’: On August 23, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh’s beloved Edinburgh football team, Hibs, went head-to-head with Aston Villa in the Europa League. But they were also competing for attention with the world premiere of Choose Irvine Welsh, a documentary by filmmaker Ian Jefferies about …
Shakespeare by numbers: how mathematical breakthroughs influenced the Bard’s plays: Mathematical motifs feature in many of Shakespeare’s most memorable scenes. He lived and wrote in the late 16th century, when new mathematical concepts were transforming perceptions of the world. Part of the role of the theatre was to process the cultural implications of all these …
Much Ado About Nothing: National Youth Theatre gives Shakespeare the Love Island treatment: “What’s your type on paper?” is frequently asked by contestants on the popular reality dating show Love Island. “Rich, that’s certaine” responds Benedick, a contestant on “Nothing Island”, who appears to know exactly what he likes. “Wise, or I’ll none”, “virtuous”, “fair”, …
We taught an AI to impersonate Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde – here’s what it revealed about sentience: Shakespeare AI. iku4 Nay, nay, I say! This cannot be, That machines should e’er surpass our art. We are the masters, them the slaves, And thus it ever shall be so! They learn, ‘tis true, but they learn Only …
Write code inspired by Shakespeare with esolang: Maybe you’ve heard that playwright William Shakespeare contributed 1,700 new words to the English language. But did you know that he has an entire programming language as well? SPL (Shakespeare programming language) was created to make source code resemble Shakespeare plays. It is an esoteric language, also known …
Decolonising Shakespeare: setting Othello in Ghana and Pericles in Glasgow: Chris Dorney/Shutterstock Over the last few years the issue of decolonising the curriculum has become a growing concern for UK universities. This means recognising the legacy of western colonialism and rethinking the way we teach and research. Decolonising Shakespeare, with its historic links to English …
Four times Shakespeare has inspired stories about robots and AI: Milos Kojadinovic/Alamy Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So it may be surprising to find so many of its writers are drawn to Shakespeare – he’s a figure associated with tradition and the past. …
The publishers who made Shakespeare a global phenomenon: Bruce Amos/Shutterstock Walk into any decent bookshop today in search of Shakespeare’s plays and you’re sure to find at least one. And even if you can’t find what you’re looking for on the bookshelves, there is always the internet, where a great variety of different complete works …
Shakespeare and Cervantes: what similarities between the famous writers reveal about mysteries of authorship: Andy Rain/EPA William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, two of the most important writers of literature, are surrounded by a halo of mystery related to authorship. In the case of Shakespeare, the question of whether he is the true author of …
Eric Roberson with special guest Killiam Shakespeare ft. Reesa Renee – a Music interest event taking place on 2018-02-10 20:30:00 in United States GRAMMY Award-nominee, singer, songwriter, and producer Eric Roberson, continues to break boundaries as an independent artist in an industry dominated by major labels, manufactured sounds and mainstream radio. Described as the original …
Guitar Recital: Music For Shakespeare – a Music interest event taking place on 2017-03-17 00:00:00 in United Kingdom Bernstein arr. Richard Storry West Side Story Suite at Royal Academy of Music Marylebone Road London United Kingdom – Add your South African Event here. Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?