Sara Thompson
Contributor
Train journey through England. - Sara Thompson
Sara received her BA degrees in Theatre, English Literature, and History from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While there, she was active with the Warren Ashby Residential College and a proud inductee of the Phi Beta Kappa honors society. She completed her MA in Shakespeare Studies at the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. She is currently working on her MPhil at the Institute, focusing on stage architecture in modern productions of Shakespeare's Histories cycles.
Latest Articles
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William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 129"
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 129" paints a bleak picture of love and desire, leaving the reader with a view of lust that contradicts the usual expectations of a sonnet.
Feb 10, 2009
- Sara Thompson
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Sir Philip Sidney's "Sonnet 71"
Sidney's "Sonnet 71" from the "Astrophil and Stella" sequence tells an optimistic story of the power of love as a positive force in the world.
Feb 10, 2009
- Sara Thompson
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The Legacy of William Poel
William Poel proved to be a controversial figure during his lifetime because of his radical ideas and refusal to conform to the established practices of his day.
Feb 4, 2009
- Sara Thompson
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William Poel's Explorations of Hamlet
William Poel's interest in Shakespeare's texts coincided with the publication by William Griggs of facsimile copies of the First and Second Quartos of Hamlet in 1880.
Feb 4, 2009
- Sara Thompson
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The Turning-Point of the Battle of Thermopylae
Days of fighting in the pass of Thermopylae had shown the Spartans seemingly unbeatable. But the historian Herodotus tells of the treachery that finally defeated them.
Feb 4, 2009
- Sara Thompson
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The Origins of Victorian Theatrical Spectacle
The English theatre of the Victorian age remains notorious in the annals of theatre history for its excesses in production, but this extravagance has historical roots.
Jan 28, 2009
- Sara Thompson
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William Blake's The Divine Image
In Blake's collections "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience," two different versions of the poem convey a message of cruelty and pain brought on by experience.
Nov 18, 2008
- Sara Thompson
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HBO's Rasputin by Director Uli Edel
The 1996 HBO film Rasputin takes on one of the most controversial and puzzling figures of Russian history, and in telling his story, reveals post-Cold War anxieties.
Nov 17, 2008
- Sara Thompson
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Tennyson's Ulysses
In Alfred Tennyson's poem "Ulysses," the poet departs briefly from his picture of the brave, aging war hero, and reveals a man who proves a coward in the face of ruling.
Nov 17, 2008
- Sara Thompson
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The Taming of the Shrew at the Tobacco Factory
The 2008 production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol fell flat, focusing too much on male characters and forgetting the women's importance.
Nov 11, 2008
- Sara Thompson
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