We create and explore dramatic work.
London, England
Joined October 2023
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A young man who gives up what he treasures to honor his mother has already learned what many grown men never do: love can often be measured in sacrifice.
Ladies and gentlemen, who taught you to put others first?
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Shakespeare and 'the early modern period' is really our origin point more than anything else.
The high art of our age must have some relationship to it.
The Foundations of Shakespeare
We spoke with Dr Neema Parvini (Academic Agent) to explore Shakespeare, the Renaissance, and the foundations of education.
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A new conversation from The Base.
#Shakespeare #TheBase #AcademicAgent
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Watch this (and make sure to follow @thebasecreates).
Happy St Crispin's Day, friends, and happy Sunday.
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Happy St Crispin’s Day 🏴
We launch Project 39 again with Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3 — the St Crispin’s Day speech.
We hope you enjoy this series. Please engage with us in the comments and follow our work if you’d like to see more.
We believe that William Shakespeare must be at the heart of our culture.
Henry V - Morgan Watkins
Director of Photography - Mike Simpson
Assistant to DOP - James Hedley
Directed by Oliver Bennett and Morgan Watkins Produced by Oliver Bennett, Carolina Toczyka and Morgan Watkins
Social Media Strategy - Bonnie Poynder and Carolina Toczyka
Editor - James Hedley
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PLEASE REMEMBER: once your culture is gone, it is not coming back.
Government education has DELIBERATELY failed to teach the Great Books — the pillars of Western Civilization — for decades. This is how you erase a culture: by eroding its roots.
That's why we started our independent group to study the Western canon. If we’re to keep our civilization, we must continue the Great Conversation upon which it was built. The careful study of our roots is essential.
Western Civilization has given us the greatest works in history, but it takes effort and an open mind to read them. Read properly, Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Dante, Shakespeare, and Milton are not mere names in a syllabus but guides to more beautiful life.
Join our reading group. Study the great works with us. We read a new classic every 4-6 weeks, and meet biweekly to discuss.
Take out a paid membership if you'd like to support our mission and join the discussions directly — it makes a huge difference to the time and resources we can dedicate.
You'll get:
- Live book club discussions (biweekly)
- Essays to guide you through the Great Books
- Access to our incredible community chat
- All past recordings, essays, and podcasts
- Ability to vote on what we read next...
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See you inside.
We will be reading Electra by Sophocles this Monday (26th October) at 8.30pm on zoom. UK time.
Well done to all of those who’ve stuck out some difficult plays. We’ve made it to another big one.
We will be live streaming this to YouTube.
If you’d like to join to read, listen and discuss the play with us on Monday then DM us with your email address. All welcome.
#ancientgreece #playwright #sophocles
Old Sovereign Publishing are actually doing something. They have supported artists and helped us produce Shakespeare.
An incredible publishing company.
If we all work together we can create incredible things.
We're on a mission to publish the most beautiful editions of the greatest texts in Western Civilisation.
The Great Books deserve powerful new illustrations. We are partnering with brilliant, up-and-coming artists to reinvigorate these mighty works.
We believe it is the fire and the energy of artists everywhere that will create the future - and the future that we want is one informed by the past.
We need your support. Help us bring beauty back to the publishing industry and empower literature through art. We are providing a platform for ambitious young artists to hone their skills in the process.
Build yourself a beautiful and timeless home library. Furnish your home and mind with the best the West has produced. That is how we build a bright future.
Our books are hand-bound and built to last. They will enchant generations of readers in your home.
See our work here:
oldsovereignpublishing.com/c…
We just launched this gorgeous edition of Virgil's Aeneid in the unimpeachable Dryden translation, with artworks from British artist Sam Wild (@Art_Deano).
This is the work that T. S. Eliot described as "the classic of all Europe".
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I loved illustrating the Aeneid.
Don't miss out on getting this timeless poem.
We're on a mission to publish the most beautiful editions of the greatest texts in Western Civilisation.
The Great Books deserve powerful new illustrations. We are partnering with brilliant, up-and-coming artists to reinvigorate these mighty works.
We believe it is the fire and the energy of artists everywhere that will create the future - and the future that we want is one informed by the past.
We need your support. Help us bring beauty back to the publishing industry and empower literature through art. We are providing a platform for ambitious young artists to hone their skills in the process.
Build yourself a beautiful and timeless home library. Furnish your home and mind with the best the West has produced. That is how we build a bright future.
Our books are hand-bound and built to last. They will enchant generations of readers in your home.
See our work here:
oldsovereignpublishing.com/c…
We just launched this gorgeous edition of Virgil's Aeneid in the unimpeachable Dryden translation, with artworks from British artist Sam Wild (@Art_Deano).
This is the work that T. S. Eliot described as "the classic of all Europe".
