“It’s striking how strongly adaptations of the anapaestically adroit Doctor’s work have performed in the US as opposed to the rest of the planet.”
Tag: 07.24.12
Three’s Not Company – Playwright Picks Up Support For Fair Use Case
“The playwright accused of lifting material from an iconic 1970s-era television show is winning support to fight what he and many in his community are saying is a violation of his First Amendment rights to fair use.”
The CT Scan For Rare Books
“If descriptive bibliography is like doing anatomy, the Hinman is a CAT scan machine. Developed in the late 1940s by the former naval cryptanalyst turned Shakespeare scholar Charlton Hinman, it is still used today to ferret out subtle typographical variations that the naked eye might fail to perceive — or go blind trying.”
New Zealand Symphony Will Not Be Axed, Says Arts Minister
“Arts, Culture and Heritage Ministry Chris Finlayson says disestablishing the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is unthinkable. The idea has been put up for discussion, among others, in a review of the country’s orchestras by the Culture and Heritage Ministry.” The report offered several possibilities for change, among them reducing or eliminating the national touring orchestra’s subsidy in favor of the four regional orchestras.
A Culture Of Decline – America’s Fear
“The wave of nostalgia for Andy Griffith’s Mayberry and for the vanished halcyon America it supposedly enshrined says more about the frazzled state of America in 2012 and our congenital historical amnesia than it does about the reality of America in 1960.”