Will Shakespeare, Mr. Congeniality
“Revisiting the Regency: England, 1811–1820” opens Saturday, April 23, which happens to be William Shakespeare’s birthday. While the Regency era took place 200 years after Shakespeare’s death, it nonetheless felt the great playwright’s genius.
Writers’ Block
Kenneth Warren’s latest book—”What Was African American Literature?”—is based on a set of lectures he delivered at Harvard a few years ago. This week he’ll take the podium in The Huntington’s Friends’ Hall to share a bit from what he hopes will be part of his next book.
A Single Manuscript
While “The King’s Speech” is not yet available on DVD, you can rent “A Single Man” and watch Firth’s Oscar-nominated performance from last year. That film is based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986), whose papers are at The Huntington and include drafts of “A Single Man.” His second draft, with handwritten corrections, is currently on display in the Library’s Exhibition Hall.
Bukowski on iTunes
Sara S. “Sue” Hodson, literary manuscripts curator at The Huntington, discusses the unordinary life of one of the most original voices in 20th-century American literature in nine short audio clips, available on iTunes U.
