As You Like It

The celebrations of Shakespeare’s 450th anniversary at Sofia University, organised by the Department of English and American Studies and the University’s Cultural Centre, was opened on 19 February with a students’ production of As You Like It in the original language. The show is a product of the BA elective course Shakespeare through Performance taught …

Shakespeare on Stage and Screen

This review was produced for the elective M.A. course: Shakespeare on Stage and Screen. For more information click here   Review of Hamlet (directed by Yavor Gurdev) at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre  (January 15, 2014) and Wittenberg Revisited (directed by Ivan Dobchev) at the Theatre Laboratory Sfumato (January 20, 2014) Vassilena Pavlova   William …

Prof. Marco Mincoff

Alexander Shurbanov A SHAKESPEAREAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN (The European English Messenger, Volume 23.1 – Summer 2014, pp. 43-49)   ‘His eye for detail is so acute and his understanding of the dramatist’s craft so subtle, he opens up aspects of each play that surprise and persuade… His was a mind that we will miss’, wrote …