Word: bard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ashbery left Harvard to take on a post as a professor of languages and literature at Bard College, where he still teaches...
...article in the New York Times last week, Bard College president Leon Botstein had this suggestion: "The American high school is obsolete and should be abolished." It's a thought. As Botstein says, "At 16, young Americans are prepared to be taken seriously... They need to enter a world where they are not in a lunchroom with only their peers...
...Love With the Bard...
...Hollywood producer scrambles to make good on the success of Oscar hit "Shakespeare in Love." To be sure, that comedy misappropriated a few of the sonnets for dramatic purposes, but it brought lines from "Romeo and Juliet" to the screen and was filmed on a set similar to the Bard's old haunt, The Globe Theatre, recently rebuilt in London. "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a serious effort at bringing an entire play of Shakespeare's--lines and all--to the screen is scheduled for release on May 7 (Calista Flockhart/Ally McBeal as Helena seems an odd choice, but Kevin...
Meanwhile, the teen comedy "10 Things I Hate About You" is keeping the Bard's spirit alive by basing its plot loosely--very loosely--on "The Taming of the Shrew." Amidst the discussion of Prada backpacks and prom dates, if you listen closely enough, you might hear a few snatches of William's immortal verse. All of which goes to show us that more than four centuries after his first play was performed, Shakespeare stays with us as a writer for all seasons and all topics. With the help of a cool web site from MIT (www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare) which allows...