William Shakespeare

This charming film approaches Indian-British relations through the motif of a touring theatre company which had its palmy days performing Shakespeare in the time of the British Raj, offering English cultural capital for the pride...

In providing readers with a guide to understanding Shakespeare 's plays, Smith takes a lively approach: at one point she warns her readers that Falstaff, it must be said, is not always fit company for...

Most of the stories are reprinted from periodicals. The book also includes excerpts from s and journal entries, as well as notes taken during Greek classes with William Cory , and six unpublished poems. A...

NS opened here a new field in fiction for children: that of the serious work and ambition necessary for even the youngest recruits to the world of theatre and ballet. As in The Whicharts...

But most poems in this volume are occasional, more or less public. MWD wrote about buildings: the fake-medieval Hockley Abbey near Birmingham and the genuine medieval Kenilworth Castle. She wrote about Scotland: ballads...

The diary provides a full and vivid account of girlhood in the years leading up to Victoria 's reign, in addition to musings on familial and personal topics. It contains substantial literary criticism, such as...

The fragments consider the art criticism of Ruskin and the philosophies of Carlyle on the question of happiness. Others concern her Anglican faith, sexism in the profession of writing, Joan of Arc , and her...

She waxed satirical to Elizabeth Vesey about the two poems entered for the Academy's prize, and especially about the reading of Voltaire 's paper against Shakespeare (whose plays, recently translated into French, he thought capable...

MB visited Stratford upon Avon, whose associations with Shakespeareproved a perfect source of inspiration to her.

She often visited Stratford-on-Avon to meet friends and to see Shakespeare plays; she noted that these trips restored and revitalised her.

They travelled via Stratford upon Avon, where they were gratified by the historical memory of Shakespeare , and then Ludlow, Montgomery, Dolgellau, and Caernarfon, to the seaside town of Barmouth...

Her role in the Porgy and Bess touring company was MA 's passport to travel the world. In Montreal she felt able for the first time in her life to look freely at white people...

Railway stations and refreshment rooms were now added to the list of amenities subject to critical comment. Clipped yew hedges near Nettlecombe in North Somerset were regarded as a relic of the past. They noted...

A truck came to pick her up in the morning, giving her time to pack only a few warm clothes and books. She mistakenly packed two Bibles, and two collected Shakespeare s (which were...

Their move back to England was facilitated by a legacy of £5,000 from Anne's father. They bought the estate the previous year for £13,000 (including standing timber worth £3,280). AM sold the house, estate...