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When approaching a frequently interpreted work, such as a Shakespearean play, a director can choose between three possible routes...
...betrayed. Barry has denied that Silvester is specifically Haughey. However, there are some obvious parallels - both are ex-Irish Prime Ministers, both have had affairs with journalists, and both are accused of dubious financial dealings. At one point Silvester even growls, "I have done the state some service," the Shakespearean quote famously employed by Haughey...
...loose paraphrase of Shakespeare, the actor’s role is to mirror humanity, revealing what is intrinsically genuine and affirming in life. AA Bronson thoughtfully and movingly takes up the Shakespearean mantle as a visual artist. He explores the questions of human suffering and identity in the context of the global AIDS pandemic in his exhibit “Mirror Mirror” at MIT’s List Visual Art Center...
Garber is a Shakespearean; all the better to carry on Harvard’s humanist tradition. She is a fixer; she was brought over from the English department to lift up the Visual and Environmental Sciences Department after the disastrous administration of its previous chair. Her work in film, queer studies, as well as her directorship of Harvard’s Humanities Center, have placed her at the center of numerous academic debates and faculty discussions. Finally, after the lukewarm reception of her last book Sex and Real Estate: Why We Love Houses, Garber may want a decade-long break...
...publisher of his own songs, he controlled who recorded or licensed them. And as he aged, he got pickier about interpretations - a rare misstep for the master marketer; he should have understood that the life of an old song, like that of a Shakespearean play, is extended, not obliterated, by even the most radical new readings. It is said he was so annoyed by Elvis Presley's 1957 version of "White Christmas" that he financed a call-in campaign to have the song pulled from radio stations. In the late 80s Berlin turned down Steven Spielberg's pleas...