Act 1 Scene 1: Meet Thy Team

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Welcome to "Waking Shakespeare" ye Olde Stage Hands, Bards and Scribblers

"All the world‘s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts." -  As You Like It,  Jaques in Act II Scene VII Line 139 

About our blog

This blog aims to explore how William Shakespeare could leverage information systems and technologies in the 21st century. We plan to dissect the ideas and philosophy of Shakespeare, and explore his past strategies, in order for us to understand how he might utilize the technological advancements that humanity has made since his time. 

Now it's time to meet the team!

Enter: Shakespeare looking flustered, followed by a band of raucous youths sporting heinous attire...

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William Shakespeare - The Man Himself


AAAAArrrrggghhhh what's going on? You brought me here to write a blog? On a what? A laptop? What in the dickens? Someone fetch me a quill! On second thoughts, after being dead for 400 years, my skills are a little rusty so I give my full permission to the rest of the team to become my ghost writers. Meet Thy Team down below!
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Michael 
I will be focusing on how Shakespeare would leverage modern technology in his plays or maybe even as a film director. What would his strategy be? Where would he base himself ? - The Globe, West End, Broadway, or Hollywood?



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                                  Jina
I will unveil Shakespeare, the Strategist,
His legacy and modern influence,
On language, business, leaders of repute,
Through works which feature war, wit and dispute.

The impact of Shakespeare and his works are hard to fully comprehend, I struggle to think of the size of the tome which might attempt to tackle such a challenge. I'd love to explore the way he has influenced leaders like Marx and Mandela, and how he would react to seeing modern day Anne Hathaway!

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Rosie
I'll be focusing on how Shakespeare would use his play's to comment on today's social issues! I'll also see how and if he'd use today's methods of advertising to spread his work. Basically covering social/cultural stuff etc.!!!
I'm also looking forward to joining in on our collab series "Extending the Brief" which looks at events and people around Shakespeare's time that could have been hugely impacted by today's technologies.
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Jason
I'll be exploring the modern-day marketing and advertising techniques Shakespeare could use to market his plays or films. As well as this, I'll be examining the strategies that can be learned from some of his most famous plays.

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Young Bolger
I'll be directing the Shakespeare diaries, how he'd navigate 21st century life and his journey to reclaiming his royalties.






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