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A weekly newsletter about all things Shakespeare. Click to read Shakespeare News, by Kate Pitt, a Substack publication.
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Nicholas Hytner’s ‘Richard II’ is serviceable—but nothing more
Which is a great shame, not least because there are many good reasons to return to the Wars of the Roses in 2025
prospectmagazine.co.uk

For a Shakespeare play rooted in metaphors about the cultivation of the English landscape, however, this Richard II seems to gain little from becoming a lengthy boardroom battle between suited-and-booted former frat boys (Grant Olding’s incidental music is a cloying echo of the Succession theme tune.) We get it: in this universe, Bailey’s Richard II and Royce Pierreson’s uneasy Henry Bullingbrook are fighting for majority shareholder control of Grandad Edward III’s England-Corp. The question is: why?

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Indigenous one-woman show seeks a sense of belonging
Madeline Sayet's show "Where We Belong" has its New England premiere at the Umbrella Arts Center Feb. 28-March 23.
wbur.org

The actor, director and playwright’s autobiographical play “Where We Belong” falls in line with that philosophy of questioning. The one-woman show will have its New England premiere at the Umbrella Arts Center Feb. 28-March 23. The production uses humor and research to share how her journey to England in pursuit of a doctorate in Shakespeare led her on a path of self-discovery. The trip, one her ancestor also took in the 1700s, pushes her to contend with history, colonialism and her quest for belonging.

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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal on Bringing a Powerhouse ‘Othello’ to Broadway
Vogue

“I’ll tell you exactly what happened, we were doing Gladiator, and the young boy’s down on the Coliseum floor doing all the fighting,” Washington recalls, referring to the recent sequel starring Paul Mescal. “And all us old senators are sitting around in our gowns with our pinkies up, we’re extras basically, just talking, and someone brings up Othello. And I’m like, oh man, I wish, but I’m too old now. And one of the other senators says to me, no, no, no, go back and read the play...”

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Entries open for global Shakespeare short film competition
Judges are calling for submissions inspired by the playwright's female characters.
bbc.com

Submissions have opened for a short film competition inspired by female characters created by William Shakespeare.

The annual Shakespeare Shorts contest celebrates the continued impact of the famous playwright's work around the world, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) said.

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