More than 50 of the theatre’s productions will be available, including the summer seasons from 2009 onward and the complete 2012 Globe to Globe festival of Shakespeare stagings from all over the world.
Month: November 2014
Former Psychiatrist Wins France’s Top Literary Prize
Lydie Salvayre won the Prix Goncourt for Pas pleurer (“Don’t Cry”), “in which she interweaves the voices of her mother and a French writer during the Spanish Civil War. … The winner of the prize receives the nominal sum of 10 euros ($12) but can expect to see sales of around 400,000.”
Sylvie Guillem To Retire After Four-Decade Dance Career
“Guillem will bow out with a world tour called Life in Progress beginning in Modena, Italy, on 31 March … and ending in Tokyo in December. It will include two new works by Akram Khan and Russell Maliphant as well as a solo piece written for her by Mats Ek, called Bye.”
Drama Schools “Can’t Teach You How To Act” Says Derek Jacobi
“I think you’re an actor before you go in – they teach you all the other things that you need you to lose or acquire. But they can’t teach you how to act. … The attitude nowadays seems to be to get famous quickly, to get ‘celebrity’ quickly, to get known quickly … without actually learning your job.”
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Getty Trust President Argues Against Repatriating Artifacts In One Of The World’s Most Prestigious Journals
James Cuno: “In the battle over cultural heritage, repatriation claims based strictly on national origin are more than just denials of cultural exchange: they are also arguments against the promise of encyclopedic museums. … Cultural property should be recognized for what it is: the legacy of humankind and not of the modern nation-state, subject to the political agenda of its current ruling elite.”
Accept That Art Hoard And You’ll Be Sued Into Oblivion, World Jewish Congress Tells Swiss Museum
When the reclusive Cornelius Gurlitt died in May, he left his 1,200-piece collection – much of which is suspected of having been looted by the Nazis and fenced by Gurlitt’s art-dealer father – to the Kunstmuseum Bern. Now WJC president Ronald Lauder has warned that if the museum accepts, “it will open a Pandora’s box and unleash an avalanche of lawsuits.”
“Venerable But Vulnerable”: Chamber Orchestra Of Philadelphia At 50
“With its recent national tour with Branford Marsalis, 90-plus albums available on Amazon.com, and … its recently knighted music director, Dirk Brossé, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia would seem to have arrived at its landmark birthday … due for a well-earned victory lap.” But the group has been rumored to be in serious financial peril. Not quite, says CHoP’s new executive director.
The Great Auteur Of Film Trailers
“[Mark Woollen is the] 43-year-old shaggy-haired hipster introvert who makes indelible spots for Hollywood’s highbrow one percent. Terrence Malick, David Fincher, Werner Herzog, Lars von Trier, the Coen brothers, Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson … One studio executive calls his body of work ‘the Criterion Collection of trailers’.”
The Folio Prize Is Now More Than Just An Award
“The Folio Society announced in 2013 that it would be launching a new literary prize, and one that would be open to all books written in English, whether or not the writers originated from England or the Commonwealth.” After just a year, the Society has added an annual high-profile lecture and a multi-day fiction festival.