Ole solvang biography of william shakespeare

Sometimes all tourists need or want is a convenient hotel that gives value and a restaurant that makes their stomachs smile. Solvang, Calif., delivers both.

Nailing down the hotel first probably makes sense. There’s a large, expensive and popular Fess Parker Wine Country Inn in nearby Los Olivos, but we have found the staff of the sister Fess Parker in Santa Barbara churlish and have never returned to this small chain.

On the other hand we have been impressed with the luxurious 20-room Santa Ynez Inn. And our kids like the 122-room Hotel Corque (it’s owned by the Chumash Indians). But if your destination is Solvang and you intend to explore, walk and taste wine, your decision surely comes down to location.

Trip Advisor’s label says it all: “Great value.” Hotels.com posts many reviews, mostly favorable, with one saying: this is a hotel “for someone who wants a great hotel but is smart enough to be on a budget…”

We stayed at the King Frederik Inn. Reviews for the hotel mentioned some traffic noise (it’s on the main street), but were positive about the convenience; the safe, clean and appealing neighborhood (it’s downtown) and features like the free parking, free pool, free WiFi and the free continental breakfast with Olsen Danish pastries. We found this older hotel, now renovated, ideal for all those features.

We asked the manager to give us a price list for our readers but she said travelers should check its website because prices change for many reasons and the website is always current. At our midweek visit the third night was free!

So off we go to this visitor-friendly small town of about 5,000 residents that pays such tribute to its Danish roots and to its Danish pastries! We sit in Olsen’s Danish Village Bakery under a 1996 photograph entitled “Worlds Largest Danish Pastry Man,” opposite Tracy Farhad, the executive director of the Solvang Conference and Visitors Bureau.

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World Shakespeare Bibliography Publications Not Yet Located

We have been unable to locate the following books, articles, and other publications. Since our information comes from a variety of sources, details may be inaccurate or incomplete. The most recently added works are marked by an asterisk (*). This list was last updated on 22 January 2025.

If you can supply a copy of--or any information about--any of the following, please contact the Editor at wsb@folger.edu or send copies to Heidi Craig, Editor, World Shakespeare Bibliography, Department of English, University of Toronto Scarboroughm 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON. M1C 1A4, Canada.

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Abele, Elizabeth. "Towards a More Profitable Life: Following Hamlet in 1990s Hollywood." In-between: Essays and Studies in Literary Criticism 17, nos. 1-2 (2002).

Accorsi, Stefano. Stefano Accorsi legge Sonetti. Rome: Emons audiolibri, 2014. [Sound recording (1 CD). ISBN: 9788898425174. OCLC: 898729753].

Activate: The Journal of the ACT Associaton for the Teaching of English 19 (??). [Entire issue.]

Ahmad, Shafi. Bangadeshe Shakespeare. Dhaka: Bangla Academy, 1988. [No loans. OCLC 59078277.]

Ahrens, Rudiger. "Die Shakespeare-Ubersetzung: Die neue Englisch-Deutsche Studienausgabe der Dramen Shakespeare." Blick 1 (2003): ?-?. [Can't locate.]

Alegret, Daniel, Joan Enric Barcelo, Eduard Costa, and Ferran Pique. "Apunto Shakespeare." 2014. [Musical score.]

Alexandropoulos, Metsos. Ho Tolstoi, ho Saixper kai hoi treloi. Athens: Ekdoseis Delphini, 1996.  [No loans. Copy at NYPL. OCLC #51974852.]

Almagor, Dan, translator. Shene bene tovim mi-Veronah=The two gentlemen of Verona. [Tel Aviv: ha-Te'atron ha-Kameri, 2003. [OCLC 58409128. No loans.]

Ambroz, Darinka, and Mojca Poznanovic. Antigona in Hamlet za maturante. Ljubljana: Rokus, 1997. [NOCLC. 1997 IBT: 3005.]

Aoki, Keiji. "Valentine's Renunciation of Silvia and Julia's Swoon: A Balance of Irony in The Two Gentlemen of Ve

One of my favorite things to do, hands down, is attend theatre and concerts in an outdoor setting. One of the most mystical, magical venues I have had the pleasure of attending is, none other than Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum.

Bringing to mind my nights when I worked at The Festival Theatre in Solvang, The Botanicum boasts several acres of land knee-deep in Topanga Canyon. You truly expect a court jester to walk by with his banjo, or swear you saw a faerie run by you. It is the ultimate “Mary Land” and a best kept secret in LA.

I got to head out last weekend to see their season’s premiere play, William Shakespeare’s tragic love classic, Romeo and Juliet. While Shakespeare is undoubtedly the most beloved playwright in history, Romeo and Juliet is easily one of his best known. With countless adaptations, you’re never sure just how you will see this play unfold, and, for The Botanicum, they have placed their star-crossed lovers in The Middle East, modern-day. The outcome? A brilliantly penned story set in the often devastating times we’re living in as a society.

It was my first time witnessing this play live. I am one of those Millennials, you could say, who best knows Romeo and Juliet from Cliff Notes and the modern twist it got in the 1996 film.

We’re introduced to our cast in East Jerusalem, a city beset by age-old prejudices, street violence and religious differences. The time has come for young beauty, Juliet (Judy Durkin) to marry, and her Father, who is Patriarch of House of Capulet, has chosen her a suitor. It is all fun and games until Juliet meets Romeo at her party. Romeo (Shaun Taylor-Corbett) just happens to be the son of the Patriarch of the House of Montague, meaning these love birds should be, in fact, enemies.

Just like her alter-ego, Durkin is also 16 years old, and Corbett looks to be early 20’s, at most. This young casting is pivotal to the play, and I am sure our duo is much like

After a 25-year hiatus, Shakespeare is returning to Elings Park.

At 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 17, the park’s Godric Grove will become an enchanted forest, where unseen fairies and sprites (think Titania, Oberon, and Puck) coexist — and often interfere with — their human counterparts (namely, Helena and Demetrius, Hermia and Lysander).

In the words of the Bard himself, “The play’s the thing.” And this one is A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed by the award-winning Topanga Canyon–based Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

“We’re thrilled to have such an experienced and established troupe visiting our beautiful park,” said Dean Noble, Elings Park executive director. The performance is part of a larger plan that Noble hopes will make Shakespeare at the Park a regular summer theater program.

“When I got here in 2019, my elevator pitch was, ‘Can this park be to Santa Barbara what Golden Gate Park and Balboa Park are to their communities?’” Noble said. “In doing research, I discovered the park had hosted Shakespeare [plays] 25 years ago. The company would do six to eight shows a year, and it was very popular. And if I’m using Balboa Park as our benchmark, and they do Shakespeare, I thought, ‘Let’s test it out and see if it’s something the community might value.’ I’m an old English major, and I’d love to see a summer Shakespeare program.”

Theatricum Botanicum’s signature production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream might be the perfect test. One of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, it is a magical mix of mistaken identities, cosmic confusions, and unrequited love.

“This is very much a family production,” said actress Ellen Geer, the company’s producing artistic director and daughter of Theatricum Botanicum founder Will Geer. The actor is best known for his portrayal of family patriarch Zeb Walton on the television series The Waltons from 1972 to 1978.

“We want you to bring your kids, no matter how young,” Ellen Geer continued. “And it’s