Shakespeare
Reimagining Shakespeare: The campus is but a stage
December 18, 2025By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor Jess: a fourth-year student, burdened by ambition and Wi-Fi issues. Advisor: a keeper of bureaucratic riddles, and a destroyer of hopes and dreams. Professor: philosopher, lecturer, and a veteran of many, endless faculty meetings. Barista: servant to the gods of caffeine and despair. Student 1: group project hero in theory, ghost in practice. Student 2: master of excuses, chronic vanisher when deadlines draw near. Weather: omnipresent, dramatic, and really a main character in its own right. ACT 378 Scene I Fog blankets the concrete halls. Students wander, pale and sleepless. The wind whispers bad…
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Sonnet 2021
November 27, 2021By: Carter Hemion, Humour Editor Shall I compare thee to an exam day? Thou art more stressful and despicable: Simon Fraser walls by clouds still grow grey And finals weeks are far too long and full: Sometimes too strict the…
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The Plague Players offer a virtual take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
May 25, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Having spent the past couple of months at home, living in my pyjama pants, I think it’s safe to say that I haven’t been out much. So, it was considerably refreshing to tune into the…
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Dr. Paul Budra gives a fascinating talk on The Shakespeare Conspiracy
April 5, 2020by Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer Sometimes I wish that I were an English major, which is what I thought I would be back in middle school. Attending Dr. Paul Budra’s talk titled The Shakespeare Conspiracy gave me a small glimpse of…
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Shakespeare is more torment than tranquility in an introductory class
November 9, 2019By: Michelle Young, SFU Student Whether or not Shakespeare should be taught in schools is often widely debated. Many maintain that Shakespearean sonnets and plays are indispensable pieces of English literature, as their themes remain timeless. Others argue that Shakespeare’s works…
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You too will fall in love with Shakespeare at Bard on the Beach
September 3, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief I have a specific “theater buddy” friend. We go to shows together all of the time, and both of us are literature nerds who like Shakespeare. This worked out nicely for the 2019 season of Bard…
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Bard on the Beach brings Shakespeare to life
June 13, 2015One of the goals of festivals such as Bard on the Beach is the promotion of the works of William Shakespeare. This is promotion not from obscurity, but from the negative association so many link with his name — so…
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Miss Shakespeare follows in her father’s footsteps
May 22, 2015[caption id="attachment_2688" align="alignright" width="874"] Photo courtesy of Bold Rezolution Studios.[/caption] What if Judith Shakespeare wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a successful playwright herself? Miss Shakespeare is a new musical by the creators of Chelsea Hotel which…
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Six Shakespeare festivals to see this summer
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2230" align="alignright" width="768"] Photo courtesy of madhava.com.[/caption] Summer has long been renowned as the ideal time for bathing in the sun, enjoying delicious icy treats, travelling to idyllic locations, and shedding away any lingering residue of the winter blues.…
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To read, or not to read
September 2, 2014How do the words of a dead man affect you? In Shakespeare’s case, the ways could be countless. This year marked the Bard’s 450th birthday, and consequently raised the following question: are his works still relevant today? The answer is…
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