Thomas Moore email: TMooreSr@me.com Telephone: 801.791.9918
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June 14, 2012
ST MARY ALDERMANBURY: A “tribute” to John Heminge and Henry Condell who saved the works Shakespeare, the greatest English playwright for the World.
Behind the Guildhall is the tiny garden churchyard of ST MARY ALDERMANBURY. The church was bombed during the Blitz, and the remains were shipped to Fulton, Missouri, where they were re-erected as a memorial to Winston Churchill, who made his famous IRON CURTIN speech at Fulton in 1946. Standing in the middle of the garden is a bronze bust of William Shakespeare fashioned in 1895 by Charles Allen. This bronze bust commemorates the burial site of JOHN HEMINGE and HENRY CONDELL. They were two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare who saved the written scripts of Shakespeare’s plays. They also produced the priceless FIRST FOLIO of his plays. ”We have collected them to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive as was our Shakespeare.” The playwright himself never bothered to save his scripts or have them published, and but for Heminge and Condell, they would most likely have been lost forever. They alone collected his dramatic writings; they thus merited the gratitude of mankind. For me, St Mary Aldermanbury Churchyard is a place of pilgrimage. HOMAGE A CONDELL AND HEMINGE.
Thomas Moore email: TMooreSr@me.com Telephone: 801.791.9918
March 2, 2012
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE: Shakespeare “around the world” in historic presentations *** Look at this!
Shakespeare in Chinese? in French? in German? Well, here we go! Shakespeare goes global at the Globe.
Thomas Moore email: TMooreSr@me.com Telephone: 801.791.9918
October 28, 2011
ANONYMOUS — Who wrote Shakespeare’s plays? Lord Cecil? FABULOUS FILM
Today, ANONYMOUS was in theaters in North America. Members of our family and I saw the film in a movie theater in Danvers, Massachusetts. I know the history of Shakespeare’s plays well, and I have been aware of the continuing discussion about who the real author was for the plays we call SHAKESPEARE. Well, ANONYMOUS puts forth the idea that the plays were written by the Earl of Oxford who, because of his high political and social position, could not have his name attached to theater during the late Elizabethan Age. I enjoyed the film immensely. The scenes were magnificent. I enjoyed the portrayals of the characters. The movie moves quickly, and unless you have been on the Internet to read the biography of Elizabeth I and the Earl of Oxford, you will occasionally be lost for moments of the story. Never mind; it was certainly worth the mental torment of trying to keep it all together. The images of London and especially the views of the Tower of London and London Bridge were outstanding. I don’t know who wrote “Shakespeare,” but I love spending an evening watching a film like ANONYMOUS. I really enjoyed it. It was like listening to art critics debate over the discovery of a newly discovered “DaVinci” painting—-is it? or isn’t it? What remains for all of us are the immortal words found in plays themselves. They are indeed the jewel of the English language.
I wonder what the critics will say?
Thomas Moore email: TMooreSr@me.com Telephone: 801.791.9918
