Shakespeare Weekend!
Volumes Two through Nine of Irish scholar Edmond Malone’s (1741-1812) The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, in ten volumes closely follow suit to his predecessors. Malone used Samuel Johnson and George Steeven’s ten volume edition as his base text and included the established scene divisions, stage directions, and dramatis personae of the time within the plays. He also published extensive footnotes throughout authored by himself, Shakespearean scholar Richard Farmer (1735-1797), and literary critic William Warburton (1698-1779) to name a few.
Within the footnotes of Henry IV in Volume Five, publisher Joseph Johnson (1738-1809) describes the difference between Filliping the Toad and a Three-Man Beetle. The note is accompanied by one of the very few illustrations found within our copy of Malone’s collection. What the collection lacks in illustrative quantity, it makes up for in quality. The middle of Volume Five houses a pull-out illustration by J. Keyse Sherwin (1751-1790) of Morris Dancers as seen on “an ancient window in the house of George Tollet Esq at Betley in Staffordshire”. The illustration is accompanied by a detailed description of the window written by George Tollet (d. 1719) who alluded to its importance as a visual reference to the costumes and culture of May Day celebrations depicted throughout Shakespeare’s plays.
Malone’s ten volume collection was published in 1790 and printed by Henry Baldwin.
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-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern
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Sowerby Rush
Often away in the past during Sowerby Rush bearing, it was high time we witnessed the spectacle. We rode the bus to Tuel Lane Top and walked briskly down to Christ Church. After spending a few moments appreciating gargoyles depicted in the yellow York stone frontage, we entered to peruse the interior. A craft fair underway, the nave buzzed with community spirit. We bought flapjacks and candles…
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Gog Magog Molly marker sketches
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Of Saint George and Mummery
Happy St. George’s Day!
What? You don’t celebrate St. George’s Day? Why the hell not? Never heard of it? Oh, I see.
Well, there’s that, and there’s something just the slightest bit, um, imperialist, or nationalistic, or jingoistic about celebrating a holiday for the Patron Saint of England. Whereas, you know, St. Patrick’s Day is about rallying to the banner of the Irish, an underdog people.…
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Thanks to the International Miku trend for saving me from art block!
So, here's a morris dancer Miku from England! There's a few objects Morris Dancers might dance with, of those this Miku uses handkerchiefs, sticks, and brooms!
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Glee’s Heather Morris, gorgeous in an LBD.
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Jackson Fisch - Matthew Bourne's New Adventures - photo by Sam Morris
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