—— Mistake me not: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus —— Il Coriolanus di Garrick (1754), - di Germana Maciocci

 

All’annuncio della messa in scena della ‘nuova’ tragedia romana di Sheridan, prevista al Covent Garden per l’autunno del 1754, David Garrick rispose con un revival del Coriolanusdi Shakespeare, che debuttò l’11 novembre dello stesso anno, un mese…

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—— Mistake me not: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus —— Thomas Sheridan, Coriolanus: or, the Roman Matron (1754), Parte III - di Germana Maciocci

 

CORIOLANUS, OR: THE ROMAN MATRON – COVENT GARDEN, DICEMBRE 1754

‘When new theatres were built at the end of the eighteenth century, the architectural design had entirely changed. With Henry Holland’s Covent Garden Theatre, opened on 17 September…

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—— Mistake me not: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus —— Thomas Sheridan, Coriolanus: or, the Roman Matron (1754), Parte II - di Germana Maciocci

 

‘The person who undertook to alter, and adapt the following piece to the stage, did it with a view to preserve to the theatre two characters which seemed to be drawn in as masterly a manner as any that came from the pen of the inimitable Shakespear.…

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—— Mistake me not: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus —— Thomas Sheridan, Coriolanus: or, the Roman Matron (1754), Parte I - di Germana Maciocci

 

…after 1730 there arose a definite emphasis upon a

more defensive attitude toward Shakespeare…Now,

more than ever before, Shakespeare’s characters were

wholesomely applauded, the poet was promoted

to the rank of conscious artist, and he was studied

sym…

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—— Mistake me not: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus —— John Dennis: The Invader of His Country (1719), Parte III - di Germana Maciocci

 

“THE INVADER OF HIS COUNTRY” – DRURY LANE, 11 NOVEMBRE 1719

‘A ironic turn of history has endowed this play [Coriolanus] with a new kind of ‘timely topic’, owing to the vagaries of current dictatorships. But I would incline to contend that this ‘new…

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—— Mistake me not: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus —— John Dennis: The Invader of His Country (1719), Parte II - di Germana Maciocci

  

UN CORIOLANUS PER LA PROPAGANDA WHIG

‘If Shakespearwere stript of all the Bombast in his passions, and dress’d in the most vulgar words, we should find the beauties of his thoughts remaining; if his embroideries were burnt down, there would still be…

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—— Mistake me not: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus —— John Dennis: The Invader of His Country (1719), Parte I - di Germana Maciocci

Great Britain has but little Reason to boast of its Natives

Education, since the same that they had here, they might

have had in another place.

But it may justly claim a very great share in their Nature

and Genius; since these depend in a great measure on…

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Everyday Shakespeare: Hamlet and NBC series “Grimm”
 
“And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” (Hamlet)
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Everyday Shakespeare: Hamlet and NBC series “Grimm”

 

“And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” (Hamlet)

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—— Mistake me not: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus —— Nahum Tate: The Ingratitude of a Commonwealth (1682), Parte III - di Germana Maciocci

“THE INGRATITUDE OF A COMMONWEALTH”  -  DRURY LANE, DICEMBRE 1681

‘There are two Theatres at London, one large and handsome [Dorset Garden], where they sometimes act Opera’s and sometimes Plays; the other [Drury Lane] something smaller, which is only for…

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Kill Shakespeare: Comics and the Bard
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Kill Shakespeare: Comics and the Bard

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I bought today on Amazon the…

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