Beware the Ides of March
Thanks to Shakespeare the stark warning of the soothsayer, “Beware the ides of March,” means that people always remember March 15 and it is forever imbued with a sense of foreboding. The I ...
Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
Malvolio has a sex-change. National Theatre casts Tamsin Greig as Malvolia
Robert Tanitch reviews Twelfth Night at National Theatre/Olivier Actresses are taking over male roles. It started with Fiona Shaw playing Richard II. More recently audiences have seen Helen Mirren as ...
“Trippingly on the tongue…”
Shakespeare played a major role in the transformation of the English language. He contributed more phrases and sayings to the English language than any other individual, and most of them are still in ...
Indiana Jones and the lost pension
So we are to have another film starring the septuagenarian Harrison Ford as his action hero Indiana Jones. While a great fan of the films and of Harrison, I wonder if he is the right man for the job. ...