Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Eve Fairbanks of and I diavlogged yesterday on, among other things, the critical issue of whether Barack Obama or George W. Bush more resembles Prince Hal of Henry IV parts 1 and 2:
This Day ... In Jewish History (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
January 5 In Jewish History 1589: Catherine de Medici, Queen of France as the wife of King Henry II passed away. Along with several other French rulers and power brokers including Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIV, she had a penchant for collecting Hebrew Manuscripts. Richelieu, Louis XIV, Henry IV and Catherine de Medici 1826: Maryland put into effect the "Jew Bill", 1826, which allowed...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
... Maria Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, consort of Charles I, born youngest daughter of Henry IV of France 1609, (died 1690). Married 1625. At the Louvre when she heard of Charles’s execution, 1649. Returned to England at the Restoration, 1660, and spent years after 1665 in France. 17 Howard Coster, portrait photographer, died 1959 (born 1885). Photographed famous figures of the 1920s...
John At CIFT (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
long but agree wholeheartedly with the main argument. not necessarily with some of the details (ie the coverage of GSEs). Moreover, blaming the current economic crash on the Chicago School is about as rational as chastising Shakespeare for Nicholas Hytner’s production of Henry IV. The structure of the market in mid to late 2008 [...]
proteanme.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... It’s not an every day occurrence. But in France 200,000 families live in houses dating back to Henry IV (1589-1610); 500,000 families live in houses of the Louis XIII period (1610-43); and 1,250,000 families live in houses of the Louis XV period (1715-74). Home is a historical landscape. And in walking through one’s neighborhood, there is the possibility to mark one’s steps along a time...
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Dear Editor, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” When I read Mr Bisram’s letter in SN of November 26, captioned ‘Obama should be given a chance to settle in,’ this line from Shakespeare’s Henry IV came to mind. So much seems to be expected of the USA’s President-elect. According to the letter, everywhere people “are hoping an Obama will rise among them to lead the charge for change… people...
RosieBell (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
An excellent series, A History of Scotland, has been playing on BBC Scotland. The most recent episode, “Bishop Makes King”, dealt with Robert the Bruce, who seemed enact aspects of the Shakespearean king in real life. Like Henry V, he...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... yesterday.Also prominent in next year's line-up will be a range of local productions including Henry IV: Part 1 and Newcastle Dramatic Art Club's Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical."We're very proud of our local productions and theatre companies," Mr Ballantyne said.
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... Sky. Her other myriad stage credits include Epitaph for George Dillon, Blood, Shoreditch Madonna, Henry IV, The Vortex, Ghosts, Mrs Klein and the Hackney Hamlet with Ralph Fiennes. She’s recently been seen on screen in Cranford. The first Priestley play revived at the NT since Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning 1992 production of An Inspector Calls, Time and the Conways centres on another...
Telegraph Blogs - Daniel Hannan (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... him pretty close).Most disappointing performance: Michael Gambon as Falstaff in Nicholas Hytner’s Henry IVs in 2005. Gambon is a genius, and I had hoped that he would finally give us something approximating the definitive Falstaff. Sadly, he decided to interpose his personality between the audience and the role, winking at the stalls and grabbing cheap laughs. For God’s sake, Michael, the...
