The Penelopiad

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood is an adaptation of her book by the same name. Playing at Stratford-upon-Avon in England.

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Stratford-upon-Avon stag weekends

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Ok so it’s not the party central stag destination, but if you’re thinking of a stag weekend in Stratford then that’s probably not what you’re looking for anyway. Don’t be fooled though there’s plenty to do in this Shakespearean town . Set in the glorious countryside there’s plenty of outdoor action activities from quad biking to clay shooting to high quality golf courses . And in the evening you and the boys can celebrate the stag night with some fine dining and upmarket bars. Here’s two of our recent Stratford-upon-Avon stag weekend packages to give you some ideas. To Tee Or Not To Tee! ... Read Full Story

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Roof rot hits church over Shakespeare's grave

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Something is rotten in the city of Stratford-upon-Avon. It's the beam that supports the roof over the grave of William Shakespeare, and the church were he lies is urgently seeking 50,000 pounds ($80,000) for repairs. The Rev. Martin Gorick, vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, said the problem was discovered three weeks ago by workmen on the roof of the church, who were alarmed to find bits of the beam falling off. The beam supports the roof of the chancel, the part of the church where the altar stands and where Shakespeare is buried. "We were doing some urgent lead repairs anyway, and ... Read Full Story

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The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood

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From: biblioklept.org

The Odyssey has long been my go-to example for phallocentric literature in the high school classes I teach. The story of wily Odysseus and his crew wandering the high seas for a decade after the Trojan War prototypifies a literature of masculine fantasy full of adventure, intrigue, and romance. While Odysseus explores the world, bedding nymphs and witches and having every kind of adventure with his boys, his wife Penelope is at home, faithful and chaste, raising kid Telemachus and keeping the would-be usurpers at bay. In short, the story of Odysseus licenses an entire tradition of phallocentric literature wherein the clever protagonist is ... Read Full Story

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A Russian Revelation at The RSC: The Drunks and The Grain Store, at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

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Read my reviews... A Russian Revelation at The Rsc: The Drunks and The Grain Store, at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-avon Shared via AddThis Read Full Story

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A Review of Trinity Players ‘Encounters’

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Read The Stratford-upon-Avon Herald’s Review of ‘Encounters’… Read Full Story

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Poet, novelist kick off annual Miami Book Fair International

Miami Book Fair International kicked off Sunday night at Miami Dade College with novelist Margaret Atwood, poet Elizabeth Alexander and a fingers-crossed hope that troublesome Hurricane Ida keeps heading north.

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Leading ladies of the book fair: Novelist, poet kick off Book Fair

''God gave unto the Animals / A wisdom past our power to see,'' goes a hymn sung by God's Gardeners, the ecologically minded, deeply spiritual but eminently practical religious cult in Margaret Atwood's fire-breathing new novel, The Year of the Flood.

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Twelfth Night, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

The setting for Gregory Doran's new RSC Twelfth Night is Eastern Mediterranean, Regency-style – all hookahs, Persian rugs, whirling dances and bushy-bearded Greek Orthodox priests. You half expect Lord Byron to swan on, like Terence Stamp in ...

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Twelfth Night, Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon

Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon: Gregory Doran's Illyia is an exotic Turkish land of hookahs, carpets, cushions, carpets, orthodox priests, bazaars, vibrant live folk music and west meets east in which he places the mercurial melancholy which underpins this strange play - one of Shakespeare's funniest and in Doran's hands also one of his saddest. Read the full review

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The Grain Store, The Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon

The Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon: The indifferent violence of the Soviet state has become one of history's darkest passages. It is estimated that in the great purges of the Russian peasantry, which took place in the thirties and forties, Stalin murdered more millions of his own people than Hitler killed in the Holocaust. Read the full review

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Also happening - Stratford-upon-Avon Observer

THE CIRCLE Singers of Royal Leamington Spa perform Sacred and Secular at St Chad’s Church in Bishop’s Tachbrook nn Saturday (October 31). The programme will include Schubert’s Deutsche Messe, interspersed with motets by Brahms, Mendelssohn and ...

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Royal Shakespeare Company and British Library launch second CD

Royal Shakespeare Company and British Library launch second CD set featuring live recordings. Essential Shakespeare Live – Encore is launched on 22 October 2009 with an event at The Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The RSC and the British Library present a second audio set of live Shakespeare recordings which, following the success of The Essential Shakespeare Live in 2005, will mean that all of Shakespeare's plays will be included...

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