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Shakespeare Revisited
Globe Theatre, 10 March - 7 May 2016

Shakespeare Revisited: Globe Theatre

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Jo Nesbø: "...a walking shadow" (Macbeth) 2016 Oil on canvas 79 x 100 cm Private Collection
Jo Nesbø: "...a walking shadow" (Macbeth)
2016
Oil on canvas
79 x 100 cm
Private Collection

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016, Random House decided to commission a group of authors to produce a novel inspired by a Shakespearean play of their choice. In collaboration with the publishers, the artist produced a series of portraits, which were first displayed at the Hogarth Shakespeare book launch at the British Library in 2015 and then as part of the inauguration of the Shakespeare400 festival at Kings College London in 2016.

 

The portraits included authors Margaret Atwood, Gillian Flynn, Jo Nesbo, Tracy Chevalier, Anne Tyler and Howard Jacobson, with each portrait drawing inspiration from the writers’ oeurvre as well as the Shakespearean plays they chose to retell. Later that year they were exhibited in Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, as part of their celebrations for Shakespeare400.

 

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Works
  • Howard Jacobson: "no sighs but of my breathing..." (The Merchant of Venice) 2015 Oil on panel 64 x 55 cm Private Collection VIEW MORE
    Howard Jacobson: "no sighs but of my breathing..." (The Merchant of Venice)
    2015
    Oil on panel
    64 x 55 cm
    Private Collection

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  • Jo Nesbø: "...a walking shadow" (Macbeth) 2016 Oil on canvas 79 x 100 cm Private Collection
    Jo Nesbø: "...a walking shadow" (Macbeth)
    2016
    Oil on canvas
    79 x 100 cm
    Private Collection
  • Tracy Chevalier: "show me thy thought..." (Othello) 2015 Oil on canvas 80 x 74 cm Private Collection
    Tracy Chevalier: "show me thy thought..." (Othello)
    2015
    Oil on canvas
    80 x 74 cm
    Private Collection
  • Margaret Atwood: The "abysm of time..." (The Tempest) 2016 Oil on panel 93 x 67 cm Private Collection
    Margaret Atwood: The "abysm of time..." (The Tempest)
    2016
    Oil on panel
    93 x 67 cm
    Private Collection
  • Anne Tyler: "sit by my side and let the world slip..." 2015 Oil on canvas 56 x 45 cm National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (acquisition made possible through the generosity of David Kowitz)
    Anne Tyler: "sit by my side and let the world slip..."
    2015
    Oil on canvas
    56 x 45 cm
    National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (acquisition made possible through the generosity of David Kowitz)
  • Gillian Flynn 2016 Oil on canvas 69 x 110 cm Private Collection
    Gillian Flynn
    2016
    Oil on canvas
    69 x 110 cm
    Private Collection
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