Probably not, but it’s a fine excuse to get three great actors who’ve played the role – Antony Sher, Jonathan Singer and Simon Russell Beale – and Globe artistic director Dominic Dromgoole to talk about Shakespeare’s portrait of the much-maligned king.
Tag: 02.04.13
Lucian Freud Donates Degas And Corot Works To Britain
The late painter bequeathed Corot’s 1870 portrait The Italian Woman or The Woman with the Yellow Sleeve, now at the National Gallery, and three Degas sculptures – Horse Galloping on Right Foot, The Masseuse, and Portrait of a Woman: Head Resting on One Hand – currently at the Cortauld.
Philip Glass’s New Disney Bio-Opera To Be Streamed Online
“Can’t get to Madrid for the world premiere of Philip Glass’s Walt Disney opera? The Perfect American, a fictionalized account of Disney’s final days, will be broadcast live online on Wednesday, with the video available for free up to three months after.”
Bolshoi Ballet Director Says He Knows Who Attacked Him
“He has said that he knows who is behind the attack, but that he would not offer further details for fear of interfering with the investigation. A police spokesman told Interfax on Monday that the names of suspects in the attack would be made public only after they had been detained and indicted.”
Superbowl Ads – Has The Ad Industry Fallen Behind Consumers?
“Alas, the so-called creative minds of Madison Avenue chose once again to fall back on familiar strategies and themes that would have appealed more to viewers during the Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan or Clinton administrations.”
Timbuktu Residents Hid Priceless Relics When Invaders Came
“Their survival is a testament to the habit of Timbuktu’s families of hiding away their valuable relics whenever danger is near, burying them deep in the desert.”
Bones Found Under Parking Lot Identified As Richard III
In Shakespeare’s account, Richard was killed after being unhorsed on the battlefield, crying: “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.”