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Dueling Shakespeare! Coming in September!

Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jude Law in Hamlet; John Ortiz and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Othello

Jude Law rules Hamlet; Movie star impresses with riveting turn as Melancholy Dane
‘Othello’ and ‘Hamlet’ Cast Updates
New York Times July 30, 2009 By Patrick Healy
Jude Law in 'Hamlet': What did the critics think?
L.A. Times June 8, 2009

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Theatre in Video

A Critical Guide to Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s troubled character comes to life in this program in the capable hands of leading scholars, as they discuss the major themes of the play, its plot, and the actions of its main characters. Analyzing key scenes, scholars Russell Jackson and Stanley Wells of Stratford-upon-Avon offer insights into the underlying meaning of Hamlet’s eloquent soliloquies, as well as the play’s eight violent deaths, adultery, ghostly haunting, and ultimate tragic end. Death and revenge are explored as major themes of the work, as well as Shakespeare’s playful inclusion of comedic relief. An analysis of Hamlet’s relationships with his mother and Ophelia provides interesting insights into his multifaceted character. (31 minutes)

Othello: A Critical Guide

Compelling dramatizations of key scenes from Shakespeare’s tragedy are analyzed by two noted Shakespearean experts—Stanley Wells and Russell Jackson of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon.

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New BobCat Titles for Shakespeare Research

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The apologetics of evil : the case of Iago
Shakespeare attacks bigotry : a close reading of six plays
"The book examines six of Shakespeare's plays--Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth--and explores how they satirized humanism's grounding in Aristotle's philosophy of slavery and supremacy. Shakespeare used characters like Hamlet and Aaron the Moor to lampoon that bigotry, and his stance against racism and humanism revealed his Catholic faith"
The tainted muse : prejudice and presumption in Shakespeare and his time
Introduction: the hidden imposthume -- Misogyny: the Hamlet obsession -- Effemiphobia: the Osric courtier -- Machismo: the Hotspur model -- Elitism and mobocracy: from Jack Cade to Caliban -- Racialism: the Moor and the Jew -- Intelligent design: Lear's abyss -- Afterword: lancing the canker.
Popular Shakespeare : simulation and subversion on the modern stage
Ambiguous applause. Popular Shakespeares -- Stand-up Shakespeare. Text and metatext: Shakespeare and anachronism -- Jeffrey Archer: the one that got away ; 'A play extempore': interpolation, improvisation, and unofficial speech -- A bit sexist. 'It's like a Shakespeare play!': parodic appropriations of Shakespeare -- Blasphemy. Shakespeare's popular audience: reconstructions and deconstructions -- Alternative endings. Shakespeare, space, and the 'popular' -- 'It's the famous bit!': fragments of

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