Shakespeare Magazine 07
Kenneth Branagh is cover star of Shakespeare Magazine 07, as the issue's theme is Great Shakespeare Actors. Stanley Wells discusses his book on the subject, while Antony Sher reveals what it's like to play Falstaff. We also go behind the scenes of the My Shakespeare TV series, and Zoe Waites chats about playing Rosalind in the USA. Other highlights include Shakespeare in Turkey, Shakespeare Opera, and the real story of Shakespeare and the Essex Plot. All this, and the Russian fans who made their own edition of David Tennant's Richard II!
Kenneth Branagh is cover star of Shakespeare Magazine 07, as the issue's theme is Great Shakespeare Actors. Stanley Wells discusses his book on the subject, while Antony Sher reveals what it's like to play Falstaff. We also go behind the scenes of the My Shakespeare TV series, and Zoe Waites chats about playing Rosalind in the USA. Other highlights include Shakespeare in Turkey, Shakespeare Opera, and the real story of Shakespeare and the Essex Plot. All this, and the Russian fans who made their own edition of David Tennant's Richard II!
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Contributors <br />
Mary Finch Our US Staff Writer<br />
studied English at Messiah College<br />
in Pennsylvania, and is furthering her<br />
obsession at Mary Baldwin College<br />
in Virginia, earning her Masters in<br />
<strong>Shakespeare</strong> and Performance. Her<br />
interest in the Bard ranges from<br />
the theatrical to the educational to<br />
the literary. Besides William, Mary<br />
has a strong affinity for succulents,<br />
typography, and limericks. Find her<br />
on Twitter: @DaFinchinator<br />
Francis RTM Boyle has worked<br />
in the theatre for 20 years. He<br />
discovered his love for <strong>Shakespeare</strong><br />
by reading Julius Caesar when he<br />
was ten. He went on to earn a BFA<br />
in Theatre from the University of<br />
Rhode Island and an MLitt and<br />
MFA in <strong>Shakespeare</strong> and Renaissance<br />
Literature in Performance from the<br />
Mary Baldwin College/American<br />
<strong>Shakespeare</strong> Center partnership.<br />
Find him on Twitter:<br />
@FrancisRTMBoyle<br />
Cansu Kutlualp is in her third year<br />
studying Comparative Literature at<br />
Istanbul Bilgi University. She has<br />
always loved literature but one day<br />
when she was in elementary school<br />
she discovered a sonnet by a bard<br />
who lived centuries ago. She couldn’t<br />
help but read it ten times and then<br />
just sat there, spellbound. After her<br />
<strong>Shakespeare</strong> lectures she is often left<br />
utterly smitten, unable to speak for<br />
hours. Find her on Twitter:<br />
@ckutlualp<br />
Meet thy makers...<br />
Just some of the contributors to this issue of <strong>Shakespeare</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
Anastasia Koroleva fell in love<br />
with Hamlet at 17, watching<br />
Kozintsev’s film of <strong>Shakespeare</strong>’s<br />
play. She went on to read Hamlet<br />
in English and all available Russian<br />
translations. Anastasia graduated from<br />
the Faculty of Philology of Moscow<br />
State University and worked in the<br />
media as an Editor. She rediscovered<br />
<strong>Shakespeare</strong> in 2013, and Richard<br />
II: The Book and www.dtbooks.net<br />
blog were born. Hamlet: The Book is<br />
already on its way. Find her on Twitter:<br />
@korolami<br />
Rebecca Franks is an arts journalist<br />
and reviews editor of BBC Music<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong>. She’s loved <strong>Shakespeare</strong><br />
since her schooldays, when a local<br />
theatre’s workshops first revealed<br />
the magic of Twelfth Night. While<br />
studying music at Cambridge, she<br />
helped commission <strong>Shakespeare</strong><br />
Deranged, three short operas based<br />
on mad scenes in the Bard’s plays.<br />
She loves classical music and books,<br />
as well as film and theatre, and blogs<br />
at www.beccamusic.blogspot.co.uk.<br />
Find her on Twitter: @Becca_JF21<br />
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