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Britain

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Reference: Hendley, Matthew C. ‘Cultural mobilization and British responses to cultural transfer in total war: the Shakespeare tercentenary of 1916’ First World War Studies, 3:1 (2012), p. 25-49 This article examines the important role William Shakespeare played in Britain’s experience of total war during the First World War. In the first two years of the …

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London

Admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:58:55 +0000

Monumental Shakespeares: Remembering Shakespeare in 1916 and after A work-in-progress colloquium King’s College London | 10th December 2011 How was Shakespeare ‘remembered’ in opposite hemispheres in 1916? How were memories constructed, fabricated or supplanted by acts/objects of memorialisation or commemoration of Shakespeare, in the wake of the Tercentenary? What do we mean by these categories …

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Praha [en]Prague [fr]Prague [es]Praga

adminshake — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:43:18 +0000

The relationship of William Shakespeare and Czech arts and literature is a long one. “Apart from identifying (him) and his plays with an ideal value system”[[Martin Procházka, “Shakespeare and Czech Resistance”. in Heather Kerr, Robin Eaden, Madge Mitton (eds), Shakespeare: World Views (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1996) 45.]] of a better world that goes …

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Porto Rico

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« Cette brochure a été préparée pour offrir aux enseignants de Porto Rico des suggestions susceptibles de les aider à célébrer cette journée ». Les exercices « devraient consister pour l’essentiel en chants, récitations, lectures d’extraits appropriés de Cervantès et Shakespeare, et de conférences sur la vie des deux écrivains. » Cervantes-Shakespeare Tercentenary, 1616-1916, Biographical …

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Puerto Rico

Admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:01:26 +0000

“This bulletin has been prepared to offer the teachers of Porto Rico suggestive material to aid them to celebrate the day.” Exercises “should consist, in the main, of songs, recitations, reading of adequate selections from Cervantes and Shakespeare and talks on the lives of these two men.” Cervantes-Shakespeare Tercentenary, 1616-1916, Biographical notes, selections and appreciations, …

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Paris

Admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:59:46 +0000

Après le succès remporté par les premières saisons du Vieux-Colombier, Jacques Copeau est convié par le ministère de la Propagande à faire la promotion de la culture française aux États-Unis. Le souhait de Georges Clémenceau lui donne l’occasion de faire démobiliser une partie de ses acteurs et reconstituer sa troupe. Gaston Gallimard, Louis Jouvet, Charles …

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Paris

Admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:59:05 +0000

After the success of the Vieux-Colombier first seasons, Jacques Copeau was asked by the Ministry of Propaganda to advertise French culture abroad. Georges Clémenceau’s wish that he should display their theatrical talents in the United States enabled him to demobilize some of his actors and recreate his company. Gaston Gallimard, Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, Suzanne …

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New York

Admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:57:44 +0000

La Drama League of America lors de son congrès de 1914 avait lancé le projet d’une « grande célébration nationale du tricentenaire de Shakespeare » qui souleva un tel enthousiasme que des milliers d’initiatives individuelles organisèrent des événements petits et grands dans tout le pays. Le New York Times sollicita des contributions internationales qu’il publia …

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New York

Admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:57:36 +0000

The Drama League of America at its 1914 convention had launched plans for “a great national Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration” which spurred such enthousiasm that individuals organized thousands of large and small events throughout the country. The New York Times issued a two-month series of articles about Shakespeare by international contributors. From 23 to 27 May, …

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Madrid

Admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:55:05 +0000

Avec deux ans d’avance, un Real Decreto du 22 avril 1914 donnait des directives pour des célébrations communes de Cervantes et Shakespeare, morts à quelques jours d’intervalle l’un de l’autre, et désignait des comités honoraires et exécutifs. Mais le 30 janvier 1916, l’Espagne annule par un second décret royal toutes les célébrations officielles des deux …

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