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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Shakespeare’s Originality by John Kerrigan review – what the Bard pilfered and changed by John Mullan

Shakespeare inhabited a literary culture in which imitation was applauded. This erudite study teases out his alchemical transformations of what he had read or seenFor a long time, the sedulo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AM
Thursday, April 7, 2016

John Mullan on the value of a copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays by John Mullan

It's full of errors, has scribbles in the margins and isn't even complete. But imagine a world without Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar or Macbeth and you'll understand why a copy of the First F…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:50AM
Friday, May 25, 2012

John Mullan's 10 of the best: plays within plays by John Mullan

From The Spanish Tragedy to The Habit of ArtThe Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd Hieronimo exacts revenge on those who have murdered his son Horatio by staging a play and casting the two murder…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55PM
Friday, October 28, 2011

John Mullan's 10 of the best: women dressed as men by John Mullan

From Shakespeare's Rosalind to Sarah Waters's Nan Astley, here are 10 literary examples of 'manning up'. Got any more?Orlando Furioso by AriostoBradamante covers herself with armour and figh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55PM
Friday, October 14, 2011

John Mullan's 10 of the best by John Mullan

Appropriate deaths - what have we missed?BarabasIn Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta, the murderously ingenious Barabas has prepared a booby-trap for Calymath, but Ferneze finds out abo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
Friday, December 3, 2010

John Mullan on 10 of the best Hamlets by John Mullan

HamletsTom Jones by Henry FieldingTom arrives in London and goes with his witless companion Partridge to see Garrick play Hamlet. Partridge is unimpressed. "'He the best player!' cries Partr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
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