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Giovanni Boccaccio

Date of Death: December 21, 1375

Birth Place: Paris, FRANCE

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Heresy Films To Premiere DAY SIX A New 13-Minute-Long Music Film By Director Eric Fraad

On Friday 15th September 2023, Day Six, a new 13-minute-long music film will be screened in Dublin, Ireland. The song from the film, Amor, s'io posso uscir de' tuoi artigli is taken from the celebrated Irish-based medieval/jazz ensemble Anakronos' recent album, Citadel of Song. Citadel of Song presents highly innovative interpretations - fusing medieval music, jazz and other styles - of the 10 songs (found at the end of each day) in Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century literary masterpiece, The Decameron.
Heresy Records to Release 'CITADEL OF SONG' By Medieval/Jazz Fusion Ensemble Anakronos

Dublin-based Heresy Records will release Citadel of Song, a new double-album by Anakronos, whose critically acclaimed debut album The Red Book of Ossory received 5 stars from The Irish Times and was called one of the best albums of the year by RTE Lyric fm, The Journal of Music and Album of the Year.Org.
Netflix Announces THE DECAMERON Soapy Period Drama Series

The soapy period drama aims to examine the timely themes of class systems, power struggles and survival in a time of pandemic with a touch of levity, brought together by a charming and riotous ensemble of characters. The eight episode series will be directed and executive produced by Mike Uppendahl (Ratched, American Crime Story).
Virtual Theatre Today: Thursday, May 6- Meet the Next On Stage Top 30, Jeremy Jordan, and More!

Today (May 6) in live streaming: Next on Stage is back to introduce the high school Top 30, Jeremy Jordan in concert, The Secret Garden revival workshop, and more!
Virtual Theatre This Weekend: May 1-2- with Andrea McArdle, Telly Leung, and More!

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, May 1-2, 2021.
WCSU Dept. Of Theatre Arts Presents Spring Virtual Production Series

The Department of Theatre Arts at Western Connecticut State University is proud to present its Spring Virtual Production Series. The series comprises four unique productions that will be broadcast twice over two weekends spanning Thursday, Apr. 29, through Sunday, May 9. A ticket to each performance date will allow the purchaser to access the show over the course of 24 hours that day.
Write Out Loud, San Diego Public Library, La Jolla Historical Society and San Diego Writers, Ink Present the San Diego Decameron Project

Four partner organizations, Write Out Loud, San Diego Public Library, La Jolla Historical Society and San Diego Writers, Ink present the San Diego Decameron Project.
100 Theatre Directors Come Together For The 'Marin Sorescu' National Theatre Craiova's THE HEKTOMERON

'Marin Sorescu' National Theatre Craiova, one of Romania’s biggest theatres and a landmark theatre in Craiova, with a 170-year tradition in theatre production reaching international notoriety, announces the launch of its international project THE HEKTOMERON, an universal message of hope, on January 15, 2021.
VIDEO: Heresy Films Releases Pandemic Relevant Short Music Film, LOVE'S FEVER

Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, Heresy Films a division of Heresy Records, has released Love's Fever, a short covid-19 Pandemic relevant music film created by international opera and stage director Eric Fraad.
John Caird Directs Concert KNIGHTS' TALE Featuring Tokyo Phil

The 2018 critically acclaimed stage musical A Knights' Tale - written and directed by John Caird (LES MISERABLES, Jane Eyre, Nicholas Nickleby, Daddy Long Legs), music and lyrics by Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, Daddy Long Legs), Japanese translation by Maoko Imai Caird, and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Brad Haak.
Tennessee Shakespeare Company Opens its 13th Season with CLASSICAL CREATIVITY IN QUARANTINE Salon

Tennessee Shakespeare Company is launching its 'Essential' 13th performance season this Sunday, August 30 with the first of nine Coger Literary Salons titled Take Upon's the Mystery of Things: Classical Creativity in Quarantine.
Photo Flash: The Wilbury Theatre Group and WaterFire Providence Present DECAMERON, PROVIDENCE

The Wilbury Theatre Group and WaterFire Providence have released production photos from Decameron, Providence: New Stories for a New Era. 
Photo Flash: First Look At The Wilbury Theatre Group and WaterFire Providence's DECAMERON, PROVIDENCE

The Wilbury Theatre Group and WaterFire Providence announce Decameron, Providence: New Stories for a New Era. 
The Wilbury Group and WaterFire Providence Announce DECAMERON, PROVIDENCE

The Wilbury Theatre Group and WaterFire Providence have announced Decameron, Providence: New Stories for a New Era.
Thinkery & Verse Announces Decameron 2020 Podcast

Thinkery & Verse is proud to announce Decameron 2020, a podcast reading and discussion of Giovanni Boccaccio's classic work-because in an age where countless publications are referencing The Decameron, it feels great to know what the hell you're talking about. Decameron 2020 is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other major podcast directories.
Caitríona O'Leary Continues Livestreamed Series UNACCOMPANIED

On Saturday July 25, at 2:30 PM Dublin time, recording artist Caitríona O'Leary will perform the 12th installment of 'Unaccompanied', her ongoing weekly mini-concert series (in costume) live-streamed from her room in Dublin on Facebook.
BWW Review: Synetic Theatre's Midsummer 'Decameron' Series an Amazing Cornucopia of Talent

Starting this Friday, July 10, the artists at Synetic have found the answer to your summer doldrums, which are now magnified beyond endurance by social-distancing rules: a series of video vignettes inspired by the ultimate in pandemic lit, Giovanni Boccaccio's a?oeDecameron.a??
RSC Playmaking Festival Moves Online

Over 100 young people from the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) Associate Schools Programme, supported by Samsung, have been working in partnership with RSC practitioners and local theatres across the UK to share a series of original digital responses to Shakespeare's plays in lockdown.
Online Project Decameron 2.0 Launches In July

More than 30 of the state's finest established and emerging artists will collaborate and present a series of isolation-inspired stories in an exciting new online project from State Theatre Company South Australia and ActNow Theatre.
Tennessee Shakespeare Company Launches Daily Virtual Performances; Transforms Annual Benefit Into NO-GO FEAST

Tennessee Shakespeare Company has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances and their fundraising benefit: 

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