But what about smaller theatres and companies, new work, and the ‘liveness’ that is, in many ways, intrinsic to the medium of theatre? To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Anniversary watch commemorating the 75th anniversary of the inaugural adventure of “Blake and Mortimer”, the first graphic novel designed and scripted by Edgar P.

Re-interpreting 'The Art of Coarse Acting' with a farcical result, it's time to guess WhoDunWhat and how. The Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World (AMPRAW) commission a new version of Euripides’ Bacchaefor performance at Senate House library in November. The IGRCT is delighted to announce that our Donors' Celebration Event 2022 will be a text-only performance of HERE SHE COMES, an epic poem based on The Bacchae, written and performed by SJ Brady. Today, we’re going to talk about the origins of “by Jove” so you, too, can sound all fun and old-timey.Our shows combine text, music, and movement, and we like to perform in unexpected spaces – libraries, converted factories, art galleries – to connect with the local communities in which those spaces are situated. It is Francis Blake who indicates the minutes with his arm, the hour and minute digits using the lettering of the comic strip.

The shows were presented by much loved ventriloquist Ray Alan and his celebrated companion Lord Charles and filmed in full colour. Jupiter was the Roman god of the sky, the sovereign deity who had powers over both gods and men (he was later identified with the Greek Zeus). These mild oaths are euphemisms, the first for “by Jesus” or “by God” (Jove is another name for Jupiter, the principal Roman god), and the folksy variant by cracky for “by Christ.It’s a very British expression (as indeed is your haven’t a clue and your reference to I know a man who can, a current advertising slogan from the Automobile Association). We think about how myths, legends, and tales from the cultural canon – some familiar, some less so – can speak to audiences in the 21st century. By þe goddesse Mynerue And Iuppiter þat maketh þe þonder rynge … ye be the womman … That I best loue. Hearing company members read new work over Skype reconnected us with each other and with the material we’ve been working with for over a year now. However, we haven’t discussed “by Jove,” which wasn’t a euphemism when it first showed up in English.