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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: ASC Education in 2013
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ASC Education in 2013. As we wrap up another great year at the American Shakespeare Center, we're gearing up to offer even bigger and better programming in 2013 (and beyond). Here's a sneak peek at what we'll be bringing you over the next twelve months:. The No Kidding Shakespeare Camp: London Edition. Is now open, and we would love for you to join us next summer. From Class to Cast: 2013 Summer Teacher Seminar. Members of ASC Education will make appearances at the Shakespeare Theatre Association. And He...
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: Cakes and Ale: Christmastide and Twelfth Night in Early Modern England
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Cakes and Ale: Christmastide and Twelfth Night in Early Modern England. While modern culture in the West has extended the holiday season backwards to Thanksgiving (and, at least judging by many big box retailers, all the way to November 1st), our medieval and early modern ancestors instead pushed the celebration later, into January. The four weeks before Christmas, during which we now haul out the holly and deck the halls, were the season of Advent. Stephanie Holladay Earl as. Photo by Michael Bailey.
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: April 2013
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Shakespeare's Influence, Far and Wide. It's April 23rd again, and that must mean it's time for the Shakespeare Birthday Project. I'm pleased to once again be taking part in this celebration of Shakespeare's life and the great joy he's brought to so many people for so many years. The thing of it is - I wasn't quite sure what to write about this year. I've already devoted a post to how Shakespeare shaped my life path. And last year I discussed his inspirational power to teachers. It's unlikely. But the...
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: "The pancake bell rings, the pancake bell! Tri-lil, my hearts!": Shrove Tuesday in Early Modern England
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The pancake bell rings, the pancake bell! Tri-lil, my hearts! Shrove Tuesday in Early Modern England. But for Shakespeare and his contemporaries in late-16th century England, this day was something different: Shrove Tuesday. And on Shrove Tuesday, you ate pancakes. Why pancakes? This tradition is the subject of several scenes in Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday. Where the apprentices of the City of London look forward to a great feast:. The pancake bell rings, the pancake bell! Tri-lill, my hearts!
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: Adventures in Dramaturgy: Rehearsals - Special Effects
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Adventures in Dramaturgy: Rehearsals - Special Effects. Just because the Blackfriars Playhouse is a theatre which embraces Shakespeare's staging conditions doesn't mean that we don't use technology in our shows; it means that we use technology that would have been available to Shakespeare and his company, and in many cases, those techniques can produce dazzling effects. Watching the 2013 Actors' Renaissance Season troupe rehearse Julius Caesar. Dan Kennedy and Rene Thornton Jr. Photo by Jay McClure.
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: March 2013
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In states unborn and accents yet unknown": Caesar's legacy. It's been 2057 years since Brutus, Cassius, and between six and sixty other conspirators stabbed Gaius Julius Caesar to death in the Senate's makeshift meeting-place, a theatre built by Caesar's friend, ally, and eventual nemesis, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. Over two millennia later, the words "Beware the Ides of March" are all over the Internet today. Would it please Caesar to know that his death is still remembered? Credit An American in Rome.
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: March Madness - Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
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March Madness - Let's Get Ready to Rumble! So, inspired by The Shakespeare Standard asking on Twitter last week which Shakespeare character we thought would win in a bar fight, I decided it could be entertaining to celebrate March Madness by pitting some of Shakespeare's greatest combatants against each other, Mortal Kombat. Meet the competitors, listed here in alphabetical order (the first round of matches will be randomly generated, so the numbers here don't represent any kind of seeding). A wench of t...
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: Leadership Seminar: International Paper
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Leadership Seminar: International Paper. Leadership Seminar participants from International Paper, back three rows, with ASC coaches and staff, front row. Photo by Ralph Alan Cohen. And The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing your Organization and the World. Here's one that one of our actor-coaches, Gregory Jon Phelps, wrote during our planning sessions, which we gave to the IP group as an example:. How can they appeal to that audience? Are numerical details important? IP part...
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: "In states unborn and accents yet unknown": Caesar's legacy
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In states unborn and accents yet unknown": Caesar's legacy. It's been 2057 years since Brutus, Cassius, and between six and sixty other conspirators stabbed Gaius Julius Caesar to death in the Senate's makeshift meeting-place, a theatre built by Caesar's friend, ally, and eventual nemesis, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. Over two millennia later, the words "Beware the Ides of March" are all over the Internet today. Would it please Caesar to know that his death is still remembered? Credit An American in Rome.
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The American Shakespeare Center's Education Department Blog: Adventures in Dramaturgy: The Packet
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Adventures in Dramaturgy: The Packet. I recently completed one of my Big Projects for the year, and it was one that was a little new and different for me - a dramaturgy packet for use in the Actors' Renaissance Season production of Julius Caesar. I was excited to tackle it, since Caesar. Revisiting my old Roman buddies was (as anyone who passed my desk while I was working on the project could attest) a giddy delight for me. So, however interesting I may find the nuances of the Roman political system or m...
