{"id":30399,"date":"2016-06-03T11:56:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T15:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=30399"},"modified":"2016-06-03T11:56:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T15:56:05","slug":"greed-makes-ghosts-in-the-scottish-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2016\/06\/greed-makes-ghosts-in-the-scottish-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Greed Makes Ghosts in the Scottish Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Sydney Vollmer<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Macbeth\"<\/a>Actors have this weird superstition about the name \u201cMacbeth.\u201d I know you\u2019re not supposed to say it inside a theater unless you\u2019re actually rehearsing the play, but I wonder if there is an official rule on saying it outside before the show starts. My reason for asking is that this summer the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company has chosen to add Macbeth <\/em>to their list of free Shakespeare in the Park performances along with A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>, and Romeo and Juliet<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Both Romeo and Juliet<\/em> and A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream <\/em>have been discussed within my blogs so far. So, let\u2019s take a moment to focus on He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (No, not Voldemort, though they both have that whole \u201cI\u2019ll kill you to get what I think is mine\u201d thing \"Lady<\/a>going for them). For the sake of time, and in an effort to not be confusing, I\u2019ll just come out and say it. Macbeth. There.<\/p>\n

Never having made it to a Shakespeare in the Park performance, I can\u2019t begin to tell you what the production will look like. However, I can give you some visuals for how it would<\/strong> look in in the Highlands. Interestingly enough, this is Shakespeare\u2019s only play that is set in Scotland. It is also interesting that Scotland is the only country I\u2019ve ever visited, with the exception of Canada. Maybe this is coincidence. Maybe it was fate.<\/p>\n

\"Weird<\/a><\/p>\n

We go back to my freshman year of college\u2014long before I had any sort of inkling that I would be working for the Archives & Rare Books Library, much less spearheading a Shakespeare commemoration project. That was truly the \"Rainbow<\/a>start of it all, though. Who was the faculty leader on that trip? None other than Head Archivist Kevin Grace (or KG, as we all so lovingly called him). Our focus was on the culture of books and reading. After all, that was the title of the class. During the trip, the twenty of us were required to interview individuals on their reading habits. We were also required to each write one page of a ghost story. Our ghost wasn\u2019t anything like Banquo\u2019s, but it was quite spooky (if not also a little ridiculous).<\/p>\n

\"Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n

In between our schoolwork, we did manage to see plenty of sights, including \"Scotland<\/a>multiple castles and the rolling hills of the Scottish Highlands. These pictures should give you some good mental images for when you see the play this summer. Although the traditional setting of Macbeth<\/em> is dark and stormy (and heaven knows Scotland gets its fair share of clouds and rain), we\u2019re hoping for sunshine and cloudless skies as the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company performs in various parks around the city.<\/p>\n

\"scotland-sunshine\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To see the summer schedule for MacBeth <\/em>and the other productions, follow this link: http:\/\/cincyshakes.com\/events\/free-shakespeare-in-the-park\/<\/a>. And to \"Scottish<\/a>learn about our 2015-2016 commemoration of the Shakespeare quadricentennial, have a look at our web exhibit: http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/shakespeare400\/<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 You can discover more about the holdings of the Archives & Rare Books Library by going to our web page http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/arb.html<\/a>, emailing us at archives@ucmail.uc.edu<\/a>, calling us at 513.556.1959, visiting us on the 8th<\/sup> floor of Blegen Library, or following us on Facebook, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArchivesRareBooksLibraryUniversityOfCincinnati<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n

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