An imagined story of Shakespeare's family life, focusing on what is usually mentioned only in footnotes - his wife and children, including the death of his son Hamnet during childhood. What's fascinating is that Shakespeare's name is not mentioned once in the story!
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Hogarth Shakespeare project is a series of 8 books written by contemporary writers, each book being inspired by a story by Shakespeare. I was very excited about these books when I first heard about them, and now I got to read one of them - "Hag-Seed" by Margaret Atwood.
During the past 2 months I documented my learning journey with the online course Bard101x, Shakespeare Matters by University of Adelaide. In this post I share my key takaways as wrap-up of the course.
I continue my online learning journey with Bard101x, Shakespeare Matters by University of Adelaide. Time for the last installment of the course: Henry V!
In case you are as excited as I am, just go and watch Hamlet now - it's available only until the 19th of April - click for Youtube link. Shakespeare's Globe, the world-famous cultural center from London, offers free streaming of their shows. There is the possibility to support them with a voluntary donation: "In … Continue reading You can watch Shakespeare’s Globe plays for free on Youtube
I continue my online learning journey with Bard101x, Shakespeare Matters by University of Adelaide. The play of the day: The Winter's Tale!
I'm back with sharing my learning journey about Shakespeare's plays. Next: Othello!
I continue my online learning journey with Bard101x, Shakespeare Matters by University of Adelaide. After a brief introduction into Shakespeare's world in the opening module and discussion about Hamlet in the first module, now it's time to get into A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
I'm so excited as I start my online learning journey with Bard101x, Shakespeare Matters by University of Adelaide. After a brief introduction into Shakespeare's world in the opening module, now it's time to get into Shakespeare's life and his most famous play - Hamlet.
"Shakespeare may have died over 400 years ago, but he is still very much alive today" In a recent post about Hogarth Shakespeare I shared my interest in learning about Shakespeare’s stories in simple men's language. While (randomly) looking for literature-related courses on the edX plaform, I found THE course: "Bard101x, Shakespeare Matters" by University … Continue reading Bard101x, Shakespeare Matters – I enrolled in the most engaging online course about Shakespeare
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