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Month: November 2017

Published on Leave a comment on “Shakespeare and Censorship,” Hay Festival, 2016
Hay Festival in Wales, UK, is the largest literary festival in the world. On our panel with actor Simon Callow on June 3, 2016, we explored issues of censorship in appropriating and teaching Shakespeare. 

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Published on Leave a comment on London Flooded
Thames flooded
Thames flooded

My research on Shakespeare and intercultural global performances took me to London, where I was working on a book on how diasporic artists approach Shakespeare and how their works are received.      One day, I rented a bike and rode along the Thames. One section was flooded due to high tide, and I rode with the ducks.

This section of beautiful Chelsea seems to be flooded often during high tide of the Thames. Ducks swam on the street.

Published on Leave a comment on “You are welcome to Elsinore”
Elsinore
Elsinore, Denmark
In act 2 scene 2, Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern that "gentlemen, you are welcome to Elsinore. Th' appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony. Let me comply with you in this garb—lest my extent to the players, which, I tell you, must show fairly outwards, should more appear like entertainment than yours. You are welcome."
When I had the good fortune to visit Elsinore in Denmark on a special occasion, I received a rather different kind of welcome. No wink, no irony, and much warmer.
This photo was taken outside the Kronborg Castle, Hamlet’s castle, in Elsinore, Denmark, where I gave the keynote speech at the conference on “Shakespeare: The Next 400 Years.”
Photo with Kaitlin Culliton (Trinity College Dublin), Ema Vyroubalová (Trinity College Dublin), and Shauna O’Brien (Trinity College Dublin).

Published on Leave a comment on Iguazu Falls at the End of the World
Iguazu
Iguazu
My research on Shakespeare and globalization took me to various parts of the world. In summer 2016 I found myself at Iguazu Falls, Argentina.
The mist from the powerful waterfalls created a permanent fog. It was quite an experience walking through that fog. I was drenched head to toe without realizing it.
This photo was taken at the Iguazu Falls on the Brazilian side.

Published on Leave a comment on Rio de Janeiro just before the Olympic Games
An Olympian effort by a group of Chinese tourists on a rock overseeing the coast, with Rio in the background. The positioning of the famous rock allows for the illusion of cliffhanger photos (if photos were taken from a certain angle), and it draws droves of tourists. It is perfectly safe, but the photos show the illusion of one hanging by the edge of a rock over an abyss. We were waiting for  our turn after this big group to finished taking their photos.
An Olympian effort
An Olympian effort

Photo taken at "Pedra do Telegrafo", State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 2016)

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