“A Rose By Any Other Name…”
July 18, 2022
During Shakespeare’s time even a theatre was constructed on Bankside entitled “The Rose” and in previous years Henry VIIIth had a warship built called the
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During Shakespeare’s time even a theatre was constructed on Bankside entitled “The Rose” and in previous years Henry VIIIth had a warship built called the
Lady Elizabeth Russell (Dowager Countess of Bedford) A semiotic analysis of Elizabeth’s striking appearance in this portrait suggests, at least from the voluminous white-laced hood
Jeanne D’Arc or Joan, the Original and Presumptuous… The second in my series of Shakespeare’s “She Wolves” I have featured Joan of Arc who was
There has often been quoted a well-known phrase, especially when writing historical summaries or stories that “History is written by the Victors”, and yet to
It is widely assumed that William Shakespeare was born and died on St. George’s Day, the 23rd of April. However, this too is a misapprehension
Among those specialised subjects that William Shakespeare had some unusual interest in is the medical, herbal and anatomical knowledge which would only have been of
In Shakespeare‘s third sonnet we encounter an interesting quotation which says: Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewestNow is the time that
In a series of articles I have been taking on the myriad aspects of Shakespeare’s personality, the depth of his knowledge and whether the Stratford
There are now over 4,000 distinct fields of study and analysis regarding Shakespeare and his literary works including in summary the text itself, its transmission,
In a letter to Edmund Spenser, the playwright and poet, Gabriel Harvey wrote:“Would to God in heaven I had awhile…the mysticall and super-metaphysical philosophy of