Presenting Shakespeare – Mirko Ilic; Steven Heller; Taymor Julie Weekendaanbieding

A skull held aloft, a lovesick donkey, a bloodied dagger-these familiar icons are instantly recognizable shorthand for the plays of William Shakespeare. In the four hundred years since his death, the Bard of Avon’s exalted place in the pantheon of theater and poetry-indeed, all of Western culture-is unequaled. As Ben Jonson proclaimed, Shakespeare “is not of an age but for all time!” And just as centuries of theatrical artists have reimagined his works through the lens of their own time and culture, so too …