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Amateur dramatics in the forest! time to learn lines... #MoonMad
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In the 2016 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream dir. Erica Whyman the 'mechanicals' were played by amateur groups from around the UK. David Mears, here as Bottom, was from The Bear Pit in Stratford.
A photograph of a character in a play. A young man with red beard and hair, wearing a workman's apron over a neat striped shirt and blue dungarees. He's also wearing a cap, and he's gesturing with his hands and speaking enthusiastically.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Bottom: but what BEARD for Pyramus? 🧔🧔‍♂️Quince: ??!! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Part of the joke is that, if Will Kempe (R) is playing Bottom, he already has a beard... This is still often the case: here's Kevin Kline in the 1999 film.
A woodcut illustration. On the left, a man in a hat is playing a drum and pipe. He's looking over his shoulder at another man, with a beard, wearing breeches and doublet, with bells below his knees and scarves on his arms; he has a hat with a feather in it, and he's dancing. A still from a film. A man with messy brown hair and a neat beard and moustache is gesturing with his right hand and holding a soft-bound script in his right hand. His mouth is open. He wears a smart white linen jacket and a bowtie.
February 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Ross Wilson gives a public lecture at Concordia University, Montreal, 17th February

[caption id="attachment_10224" align="alignright" width="275"] Image credit: Paul Klee, Affected Place (1922). Zentrum Paul Klee,...
Ross Wilson gives a public lecture at Concordia University, Montreal, 17th February
[caption id="attachment_10224" align="alignright" width="275"] Image credit: Paul Klee, Affected Place (1922). Zentrum Paul Klee, Bernhttps://www.centreforexpandedpoetics.com/events-1/2026/2/17/ross-wilson-benjamins-power-of-judging[/caption] Ross Wilson will be giving a lecture entitled 'Walter Benjamin's Power of Judging' for the...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Dominic O’Key publishes new research on Tsitsi Dangarembga's filmmaking

[caption id="attachment_10217" align="alignright" width="300"] Image credit: Nyerai Films 2002[/caption] Dominic O’Key, Teaching Associate in the Faculty, has...
Dominic O’Key publishes new research on Tsitsi Dangarembga's filmmaking
[caption id="attachment_10217" align="alignright" width="300"] Image credit: Nyerai Films 2002[/caption] Dominic O’Key, Teaching Associate in the Faculty, has published a new article on Tsitsi Dangarembga in Interventions, the international journal of...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Snug can ROAR extempore! #MoonMad
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Snug (Laurie Jamieson) & Quince (Helen Monks) 2024 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream dir. Eleanor Rhode 📸Pamela Raith & the Brook Dream 1972, actors uncredited (not sure if casting had changed?): Bottom (L) teaches Snug how to ROAR.
A photograph of a play in performance. In the foreground, a young man with red curly hair and beard, wearing brown dungarees over a fawn top, with a tool belt and red neckerchief, is listening attentively to a woman who is speaking. She is wearing an orange striped jacket over a green striped dress and has a necklace of big colourful beads. A black and white photo of characters in a play. Head and shoulders, two men both roaring like lions. The man on the left has a scruffy beard, and is wearing a string vest and a tweed flat cap; the man on the right also has a messy beard and long curly hair. He's bare-chested. There are white walls behind them.
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM