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☆ 460 Years Ago, Shakespeare Was Born Here. Or Somewhere.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Elizabeth Winkler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sometime in the late 18th century, a sign appeared outside a shambly butcher’s hut in the English town of Stratford-upon-Avon: “The Immortal Shakspeare was born in this house,” it announced, using a then common spelling of his name. Devotees began making pilgrimages — dropping to their knees, weeping, singing odes: “Untouched and sacred be thy shrine, Avonian Willy, bard Divine!”A tradesman grew rich selling carvings from a local mulberry tree, like pieces of the true cross. Some skeptics suspected that the sign was part of a scheme to bring visitors to Stratford; others wondered if it had been hung by the property’s occupant. About 250 years after its break from the Catholic Church, England had its own Bethlehem and manger. The problem: No one really knows where Shakespeare was born.

Persons: Shakspeare, Avonian Willy, Shakespeare Organizations: Avon, Catholic Church Locations: Stratford, ”, England, Bethlehem

☆ Art dealing can be a tricky business. Insiders share the ins and outs of their 'unusual' world
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

After a degree in fine art, Lambert imagined he would become an art teacher, but a chance meeting with an art dealer who hired him as an assistant set him on a different path. Then, after a stint at another dealership, he opened his own gallery in September — Lambert Fine Art — in the British town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Dealing in art is a trade Lambert described as "unusual," because art is often a purchase driven by emotion rather than need. 'The business needs new blood'The world of art dealing can be intimidating to new entrants, according to Olya Johnson, an interior architect and co-founder of art and interiors business Relic, which she set up in 2023. Risks of dealing artThe occupation can also be risky, because dealers often own multiple pieces of art without knowing when they will be sold, according to the dealers CNBC spoke to.

Persons: —, Mark Lambert, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Lambert, …, — Lambert, " Lambert, Olya Johnson, Johnson, Rasid, Relic, Colefax, Fowler, Natalie Vosloo, it's, Tom Rooth, Jack Roberts, I've, Roberts, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Banksy, Shannon Finney Organizations: Art, CNBC, — Lambert Fine Art, Fair, Anadolu, Getty, Washington , DC Locations: Stratford, Avon, London, Battersea Park, Washington ,

☆ Julia Stiles Wanted to Be Just Like Kat Stratford, Too
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Jessica M. Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Julia Stiles starts lunch with a disclaimer: “I’m kind of like a bundle of emotions, because I have a 5-month-old baby and I went into directing my first movie.”Maybe you didn’t know Stiles had gotten into directing. Her feature, “Wish You Were Here,” doesn’t yet have a release date and has only been lightly covered. You definitely didn’t know about the baby, because Stiles declined to do the standard-issue celebrity-birth promotion (post an announcement on Instagram to get aggregated by People magazine). It’s not that she doesn’t know the norms. “I didn’t really talk about it,” she said of her latest pregnancy, though she was excited to talk about it now, about how being a parent (her older sons are 6 and 2) nourishes her work.

Persons: Julia Stiles, Stiles, ”, She’s, It’s, “ Organizations: People

☆ London Overground gets a rebrand, with six new line names revealed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“The London Overground network has grown considerably over recent years. “Giving each of the six routes their own line name and colour will make travel on London Overground easier and simpler for our customers.”A London Overground train in orange livery. Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/hutterstockThe routes will be known as Lioness line, the Mildmay line, the Windrush line, the Weaver line, the Suffragette line and the Liberty line from autumn. The Mildmay line, which will appear as blue parallel lines, runs from Stratford to Richmond/Clapham Junction. The Suffragette line, which will be marked in green parallel lines, runs from Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside.

Persons: “, Haria, Mildmay, ”, London Sadiq Khan Organizations: CNN, London Overground, Transport, London, ”, TfL, England women’s, UEFA, Wembley, Liverpool Street, TFL Locations: London, Euston, Watford, Stratford, Richmond, Clapham, Shoreditch, Highbury, Islington, West Croydon, Caribbean, Cheshunt, Enfield Town, Chingford, Barking Riverside, East London, Romford, Upminster, Havering, ”

NEW YORK (AP) — On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and publishers are offering collectors editions of Shakespeare's plays, including one that sells for $1,500. The British Museum is collaborating with Rizzoli Books in New York on “Shakespeare’s First Folio: 400th Anniversary Facsimile Edition,” contained within a slipcase cover. Besides Doran's introduction, the Folio Society release includes a foreword by Dame Judi Dench. “In an era when everything seems disposable, I feel like there's a good market for fine editions of classic books,” says Folio Society publishing director Tom Walker. “You can buy a Ben Jonson folio for a few thousand dollars; a Shakespeare folio will cost you millions.

Persons: Shakespeare's, Mr, William Shakespeares, Shakespeare, “ Macbeth, ”, ” Gregory Doran, Adrian Edwards, George R.R, Martin's, Dame Judi Dench, Neil Packer, “, Tom Walker, Chris Laoutaris, Ben Jonson, Benjamin Jonson ”, Henry, Emily Folger, Sir George Grey, ” Laoutaris, ’, James Shapiro Organizations: Royal Shakespeare Company, British Museum, New York Public Library, British, Rizzoli Books, Folio Society, Folio, Shakespeare Institute, Avon, Columbia University Locations: New York, London, playwright's, Stratford, British, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France

☆ Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Willard Spiegelman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shakespeare’s funerary monument in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Photo: Brian Seed/Bridgeman ImagesIn the final act of “The Tempest,” the wizardly Prospero may have drowned his book of spells. But of making books about Shakespeare there is no end. In particular, a set of questions about the writer—concerning identity, authorship, legitimacy—has vexed readers for centuries. Of Shakespeare, we know a few things, but lack of knowledge has never prevented people from speculating, sometimes wildly.

Persons: Brian Seed, Prospero, Shakespeare, —, William Shakespeare’s, George Bernard Shaw Organizations: Avon Locations: Stratford, Avon, England

☆ Can These Three Much-Loved Musicals Ever Be Truly Revived?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Like the movie, it was a blast, even if its satire, coming from all directions, seemed to have no target. (Much of what it pokes fun at are the conventions of musicals themselves.) Last year at Stratford, “The Rocky Horror Show” suffered from a similar problem — but recent Stratford productions of “Chicago,” “The Music Man” and “Guys and Dolls” (all directed and choreographed by Donna Feore) did not. (We’ll have a chance to find out with the arrival of a completely different “Spamalot” revival on Broadway this fall.) Maybe comedy needs to skip a few generations until minds that know nothing of migratory coconuts can test its enduring worth.

Persons: ”, Donna Feore, Lezlie Wade, Jesse Robb, “ Spamalot ” Organizations: “ Locations: Stratford, “, “ Chicago

☆ Michael Boyd, 68, Who Invigorated the Royal Shakespeare Company, Dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Neil Genzlinger | More About Neil Genzlinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Michael Billington, a theater critic for The Guardian, had criticized the outgoing director, Adrian Noble, for “attempting to create a revolution within the R.S.C. Mr. Boyd, The Guardian said in summarizing his decade of leadership, presided “over a spectacular financial and architectural turnaround.”In announcing in 2011 that he was stepping away, he said the job had begun to wear on him. He continued to direct notable productions, including “Tamburlaine, Parts I and II,” the Christopher Marlowe classic, for Theater for a New Audience in New York in 2014. It’s a bloody tale from 1587 about the warrior Tamburlaine, and Mr. Boyd didn’t hold back; the show used 144 gallons of stage blood a week. For one effect, blood was pumped from beneath the stage so that it would creep up the skirt of a particular character.

Persons: Michael Billington, Adrian Noble, ” Mr, Boyd, “ I’ve, ”, “, Christopher Marlowe, Boyd didn’t Organizations: Barbican Center, The Guardian, Armory, Guardian, Birmingham Evening, Theater Locations: London, Stratford, Avon, Manhattan, New York

☆ Shakespeare's works have inspired innovation for over 400 years. Now, 5G could make his plays even more immersive.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Sarah Sloat | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Royal Shakespeare Company has been using tech to transform The Bard's work for years. The Royal Shakespeare Company is a theater group based in Stratford-upon-Avon, England — Shakespeare's birthplace. The Royal Shakespeare Company hasn't used 5G in production yet, but the deployment is on "a very close horizon," Ellis said. In 2016, the Royal Shakespeare Company incorporated a digital avatar into a real-time performance of "The Tempest," Shakespeare's last play. A Royal Shakespeare Company actor performs in "Dream."

Persons: William Shakespeare, Sarah Ellis, Ellis, that's, Ellis —, it's, Ariel, Stuart Martin Organizations: Royal Shakespeare Company, Ericsson Locations: Stratford, Avon, England, Swedish

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Canary Wharf may be in trouble once again. While CWG’s average tenancy agreement still has 10 years left, the risk is that itself and the wider Canary Wharf area slip into a vicious circle. Rental incomes on apartments are roughly on a par with offices, per square foot, according to a person familiar with the matter. The 45-storey skyscraper in Canary Wharf has been HSBC's home for more than 20 years. Canary Wharf Group, which runs the east London financial district, declined to comment.

Persons: Paul Reichmann’s Olympia, Morgan Stanley, CWG, Knight Frank, Hong Kong’s Cheung, Bear Stearns, that’s, Liam Proud, Pranav Kiran Organizations: Reuters, Docklands, HSBC, York, Saudi Arabian, Canary Wharf Group, Barclays, Estates, Brookfield Property Partners, Qatar Investment Authority, Brookfield, Canary, QIA, Moody’s, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Hong Kong’s Cheung Kei Group, Churchill, NYK, Transport, BT, Thomson Locations: London, Canary, Canadian, Saudi, U.S, Brookfield, That’s, Docklands, Stratford, Wharf, QIA, Canary Wharf, Europe's

☆ Young at heart: England's Royal Shakespeare Company redefines age
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

STRATFORD, England, June 29 (Reuters) - Celebrated British actor Geraldine James thought it was a joke when she was asked to take the lead in the Royal Shakespeare Company's latest production of "As You Like It", a comedy of young love. Playing at the Royal Shakespeare Company's home in Stratford, central England, until Aug. 5, the production is in step with a trend for experimental casting - last year Britain's Ian McKellan, now 84, played the student prince Hamlet. She brings her craft "to a role and words that in more kind of traditional casting, we wouldn't be able to hear". Her one criticism of Britain's greatest playwright is that his best female roles, such as Rosalind, are young. Reporting by Sarah Mills; writing by Barbara Lewis, Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Geraldine James, Shakespeare, Omar Elerian, James, Ian McKellan, Richard Attenborough’s, Rosalind, Elerian, Lear, Prospero, Sarah Mills, Barbara Lewis, William Maclean Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: STRATFORD, England, British, Italian, Stratford ,

☆ VC Ian Chiu's passion for education began when he shared his secrets to getting scholarships in a book. Now he helps edtech startups make a difference as a top investor at Owl Ventures.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

At 18, Ian Chiu started writing a book with his brothers on how to land college scholarships. Now as managing director at Owl Ventures, Chiu has coached founders that are edtech success stories. If you ask Owl Ventures' Ian Chiu about the moment he first realized he could help others through education, he will immediately have an answer. So the three brothers decided that writing a guidebook on getting scholarships could be a fun project to share their newly acquired knowledge. But beyond the business side, writing the book also showed Chiu how his work helping others access better education opportunities could make a difference in people's lives.

☆ Fixer-Uppers With Waterfront Views: The U.S. Is Unloading Lighthouses
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Looking for a place with waterfront views? The government might have a deal for you. The General Services Administration said on Friday that it was giving away six lighthouses to nonprofits or government agencies that promise to maintain them, and planned to sell four others to the public at auction. The lighthouses are on some of the most picturesque waters in New England and the Midwest. But aspiring lightkeepers should be prepared to do some repair work before living out their 19th-century maritime fantasies.

☆ Communities near California's reformed Tulare Lake are unlikely to flood this year, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

California officials Monday said communities near Tulare Lake will likely not experience drastic flooding this year as weather conditions improve following a series of powerful atmospheric river storms that refilled the basin. Several weeks ago, scientists and officials had warned of worsening floods in the Central Valley due to a large amount of snowpack from the Sierra Nevada melting and sending more water into the basin. The forecasting prompted concerns over potential levee breaches and displacement of residents in communities such as Corcoran and Stratford. However, officials said they no longer expect those communities to flood due in part to state efforts to raise levees and farmers' work to divert more water for irrigation. Gavin Newsom said the state would spend $17 million to bolster the levees protecting Corcoran from floods.

☆ Seen Big Ben already? Here's a Londoner's guide to visiting other parts of the city
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Central London's City of Westminster is its political heart, while the City of London is where the capital's financial decisions happen. But be warned: Several paths across Hyde Park are pedestrian-only, and police often fine people who cycle on them. The City of London is a blend of old and new, with St Paul's Cathedral close to skyscrapers as well as Roman ruins. While north London has Hampstead Heath, south of the river is Richmond Park, which dwarfs its northern counterpart in size. There's also a branch in central London's Covent Garden — the flower-filled restaurant The Petersham — that has an sit-down deli and bar.

☆ Tuesday Morning says it wants to close 265 stores as part of its bankruptcy filing. See if your local store is on the list.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

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☆ ABBA's successful avatar show in London offers a glimpse at a daring new direction for live music
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"Our ambition is to do another ABBA Voyage, let's say in North America, Australasia, we could do another one in Europe. Dave J Hogan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesIt was also designed for flexibility. Promotional image for ABBA Voyage, the digital avatar-based live show currently running in London. For Cox, live shows that provide a "shared experience" like ABBA Voyage hold a greater appeal than headset-based virtual experiences, though there will certainly be more of those available in future. Frazer Harrison | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images

Leslie Phillips, the British actor in the “Harry Potter” and “Carry On” films, has died following a long illness. Phillips, who was the voice of the Sorting Hat in the “Harry Potter” films, starred in over 200 movies, TV and radio series during a career that spanned more than 80 years. From left, actors Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips and Richard Griffiths on Feb. 8, 2007, in London. He was mobbed everywhere he went,” Zara said to the newspaper. Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee promote their BBC radio show 'Navy Lark' in London on March 26, 1969.

☆ Up to 5 million student-loan borrowers might have to submit income verification documents when they apply for relief. Here's what that would look like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It estimates that up to five million borrowers will have to submit extra documents to verify income. That will apply to the borrowers that have a higher chance of missing the income threshold. In a document submitted to the Office of Management and Budget last week, the department estimated at least one million borrowers will need to submit additional income documentation. "The number of people who must fill out the income verification form is dependent on the number of total applicants, which is greatly uncertain as well as other factors," the document said. "It is estimated that between approximately 1 million and up to approximately 5 million borrowers will be required to submit the verification form and provide supporting documentation."

☆ Popeyes' UK restaurants are proving so popular that customers at one location lined up from 5:00 a.m. to get their hands on fried chicken
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

UK sales are booming and its Stratford site has the chain's highest sales globally. A map showing Popeyes' current and upcoming UK restaurants. The company aims to have 350 UK restaurants by 2031. Popeyes was credited with starting the chicken sandwich wars in 2019, when its sandwich became an instant success following huge social-media buzz. RBI bought sandwich chain Firehouse Subs in 2021.

Now, one day after the monarch’s funeral, strikes are back on as workers press their claims for better pay and conditions and annual inflation hovers around 10%. More strikes could be on the way this fall, threatening unprecedented disruption across a range of industries. Teachers, doctors and nurses are set to vote on strike action in the coming weeks. The walkout will overlap with strike action by hundreds of dockworkers at the Port of Liverpool, another key UK trade hub. Last week, the country narrowly averted a rail strike by more than 50,000 workers after unions and railroad companies came to a tentative deal over pay.

☆ At 82, Glenda Jackson Commands the Most Powerful Role in Theater
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-27 | by ( Parul Sehgal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The Broadway play as envisioned by the director Sam Gold, however, is lush; the set, a jewel box, with brassy, Trumpian accents. “Glenda is so lean, and I don’t just mean that physically,” the actor Elizabeth Marvel, who plays Goneril, told me. Jackson is the smallest person on stage, but you won’t notice it — she arrives cascading over the language, dominating it. “Glenda is going to do something very intense, very special, very big,” he said. Glenda Jackson is going to endure this, and you’re going to witness it.”For most of its history, this ritual has been considered too traumatizing for the stage.

Persons: “ King Lear, ”, Deborah Warner, Jackson, Sam Gold, Lear, — “, ” Jackson, Glenda, Elizabeth Marvel, Goneril, Shakespeare, Ophelia, Prince of, ” Gold, Lear I’ve, Gold, “ Glenda, You’re, Glenda Jackson, Charles Lamb, Samuel Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Edmund, Gloucester Locations: Prince of Stratford, ”

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