The strategy board game Reversi played on a 8*8 board is marketed under the name of which Shakespearean character?
"Othello (video game) Versions of the game were first released on home consoles by Philips Magnavox on the Odyssey 2 as Dynasty in 1978, and later on the Atari 2600 in 1980. The original version of the game was public domain software. Othello is based on the board game ""Reversi"", which was marketed as Othello. It is played with two-sided (black and white) chips, also called discs, on a board. The player can choose between black or white chips. Games are either player versus computer or player versus player. The goal is to end the game with as many chips"
"squares in all eight orthogonal and diagonal directions and is thus a bit like a very short queen. The general has the moves of a mann and a camel, that is it can jump to the eight adjacent squares or to the opposite corner of a 2×4 rectangle. Pawns can make an initial three-step move and a king castles by moving either two squares king-side or four squares queen-side. Paulovits's Game Paulovits's Game is a chess variant on a 10×10 chess board, designed by István Paulovits, around 1890. It was described in the book ""Dames de Paulovits"" and in the"
"commercial success. The name was selected by Hasegawa as a reference to the Shakespearean play ""Othello, the Moor of Venice"", referring to the conflict between the Moor Othello and Iago, and more controversially, to the unfolding drama between Othello, who is black, and Desdemona, who is white. The green color of the board is inspired by the image of the general Othello, valiantly leading his battle in a green field. It can also be likened to a jealousy competition (jealousy being the central theme in Shakespeare's play, which popularized the term ""green-eyed monster""), since players engulf the pieces of the"
"December 2, 1992, with the Lord Ruthven character's name changed to ""Ripley"", who is frozen in the late eighteenth century but revives in modern times and becomes a successful businessman. In England, James Planché's play ""The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles"" was first performed in London in 1820 at the Lyceum Theatre based on Charles Nodier's ""Le Vampire"", which in turn was based on Polidori. Such melodramas were satirised in ""Ruddigore"", by Gilbert and Sullivan (1887), a character called Sir Ruthven must abduct a maiden, or he will die. In 1988, American playwright Tim Kelly created a drawing"
"with much more fluid movement of pieces. Baroque that is similar to Maxima with additional pieces and rules. As shogi is to chess, Renaissance to Baroque—Pieces may be revived and reborn. Renaissance is played on a 9×9 board with a Swapper (or Resurrector or Ankh) that moves like a queen for all ordinary purposes, but for swapping actions must move like a king, trading places with any adjacent piece (both friend or foe), never capturing it. Consistent with the concept of the Swapper (or Resurrector) being a piece wholly incapable of killing, it can also step into any adjacent empty"
"Equivocation (play) Equivocation, written by Bill Cain, is a play about telling the truth in difficult times. It proposes the question: what if the government commissioned William Shakespeare (known as Shagspeare in the play) to write the definitive history of a national crisis, the Gunpowder Plot, as one of his plays. London. 1605. A room. Sir Robert Cecil has called for Master William Shagspeare (Shag for short) to commission a play for King James. After reading what it is he should write about, Shag quickly rejects the offer, but is overpowered by Cecil and is forced to take the commission."
"from 1557. The colloquial expression to ""play fast and loose"" — to act or live recklessly or thoughtlessly — has come into our common usage from Shakespeare. Sometime in the 18th or 19th century, the scam was resurrected with a new method — one which used a continuous loop of string. The scam artists who worked the docks would often play this con on a barrel top for the sailors. This new version of the game was called ""On the Barrelhead,"" from the phrase, “Put your money on the Barrelhead.” It was also known as ""The Figure Eight"" and later"
"five men against eight, and that one of the five was a ""Branán"", or chief. A number of 7×7 boards have been found, the most famous being the elaborate wooden board found at Ballinderry in 1932, featuring holes for pegged pieces, possibly to allow for portability of the game. The name ""brandub"" means ""black raven"". Hnefatafl (sometimes now referred to as ""Viking Chess"") was a popular game in medieval Scandinavia and was mentioned in several of the Norse Sagas. Some of these saga references have contributed to controversy over the possible use of dice in playing hnefatafl. The rules of"
"off scene as a song usually given to a minor character was sung by Anne in front of the enraged Queen Katherine. Henry VIII (play) Henry VIII is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of King Henry VIII of England. An alternative title, All Is True, is recorded in contemporary documents, the title Henry VIII not appearing until the play's publication in the First Folio of 1623. Stylistic evidence indicates that individual scenes were written by either Shakespeare or his collaborator and successor, John Fletcher. It is also somewhat characteristic of"
"took it upon himself to find a way of lifting the curse – risking his own safety to try to track down the mystical gemstone Twilight. Auberon (comics) Auberon, is a character who appears primarily in DC Comics' adult-oriented Vertigo line. He is inspired by (and implied to be the same character as) the faerie king Oberon from William Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". As part of his comic ""The Sandman"", writer Neil Gaiman planned a small arc involving William Shakespeare entering a deal with the Dream King to write plays that would live on after him. Having introduced"
"Philostrate Philostrate (; meaning ""lover of battle"") is a fictional character in a number of literary works, including William Shakespeare's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1596). In that play, he is the Master of Revels at Theseus' court, meaning he is in charge of his lord's entertainments, making recommendations to Theseus, as well as altering the text of some of the plays performed in his court. Shakespeare may have used this character to poke fun at play censorship in London at the time. In early performances of the play, the actor who played this character probably also played the part of"
"of London. Arthur's name implies reference to archetypes: Arthur Penhaligon might be a play on Arthur Pendragon, who is otherwise known as King Arthur. A pun to this is that he is known as Lord Arthur, by some Denizens. The ""Return of the Pendragon"", a supposedly prophesied idea wherein King Arthur would return from the land of the dead and bring a golden age to the Earth, may be implied here; Lord Arthur of the House represents the Pendragon, in which role he restores balance to the House and thence to the Universe. The metal gloves of Grim Tuesday may"
"his activities as manager more is known. Court documents relating to the King's Men generally list Heminges as the recipient of money due the company; the records of Henry Herbert indicate that Heminges at least sometimes served as the point of contact between the company and the Master of the Revels. He appears to have owned a structure abutting the Globe Theatre, which may have been used as an alehouse. He served as trustee for Shakespeare when the latter purchased a house in Blackfriars in 1613. John Heminges John Heminges (spelled Heming, Hemynges and — in both the First Folio,"
"chess variant called Quest Chess, based on principles from Conquest. Conquest (board game) Conquest is a strategy board game created and published by Donald Benge. First published in 1972 with cardboard pieces, it evolved to plastic pieces and a deluxe set in pewter plated in various metals including gold. The game is based on point to point movement and capture, with an innovative recapture interspersed. Pieces may mount each other such as a soldier mounting a chariot, and both boarding a ship. The pieces also include elephants and knights. Starting with a two player version, a four player board was"
"role at Shakespeare's Globe. In 2017, actress Tamsin Greig portrayed a female version of the character (renamed Malvolia) in Simon Godwin's revival of the play at the Royal National Theatre. Some Shakespearean scholars hypothesize that the character Malvolio was inspired by Puritan landowner Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby, who was involved in a well known court case against many of his Yorkshire neighbours in the 1600s. Hoby sued his neighbours when they came uninvited to his house, drank, played cards, mocked his religion, and threatened to rape his wife. Hoby won damages in the case, which may have influenced the scene"
"Bedivere In the Matter of Britain, Sir Bedivere ( or ; ; , also spelt Bedevere) is the Knight of the Round Table of King Arthur who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. He serves as Arthur's marshal and is frequently associated with Sir Kay. Sir Lucan is his brother and Sir Griflet is his cousin. Bedivere is one of the earliest characters to be associated with the Matter of Britain, appearing in a number of early Welsh texts in which he is named as Bedwyr Bedrydant (""Bedwyr of the Perfect Sinews""), a handsome, one-handed knight under Arthur's"
"Original registered the mark in the rest of the world. All intellectual property regarding Othello outside Japan is now owned by MegaHouse, a Japanese toy company that acquired PalBox, the successor to Tsukuda Original. Each of the disks' two sides corresponds to one player; they are referred to here as ""light"" and ""dark"" after the sides of ""Othello"" pieces, but any counters with distinctive faces are suitable. The game may for example be played with a chessboard and Scrabble pieces, with one player ""letters"" and the other ""backs"". The historical version of Reversi starts with an empty board, and the"
"instead of lines. The central line/square of the middle row, sometimes referred to as ""the Castle"", is indicated by a ""sáhkku""-symbol (""X""), sun symbol, or other ornament. The game features several ""gálgut"" (""women"") and ""olbmát"" (""men""), and one ""gonagas"" (""king""). The men and women are collectively referred to as “soldiers” in most variants. The most common number of soldiers on each side is fifteen, but the number has varied according to the length of the board. The smallest number of soldiers described as being used is eight (Boris Gleb), and the highest is twenty. The latter is described as being"
"would erect to this supremacy."" The play offers an alternative to the feudal-Machiavellian polarity, an alternative foreshadowed in France's speech (I.1.245–256), in Lear and Gloucester's prayers (III.4. 28–36; IV.1.61–66), and in the figure of Cordelia. Until the decent society is achieved, we are meant to take as role-model (though qualified by Shakespearean ironies) Edgar, ""the machiavel of goodness"", endurance, courage and ""ripeness"". The play also contains references to disputes between King James I and Parliament. In the 1604 elections to the House of Commons, Sir John Fortescue, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was defeated by a member of the Buckinghamshire"
"to forgive them. His fate after Goliath's loss to the Toast Marketing Board is unknown. The Prince of Denmark, from the Shakespeare play. He accompanied Thursday on her return to the real world at the beginning of ""Something Rotten"", as he was concerned at the perception in the Outland that he was an indecisive character. During his time there, he became romantically involved with Lady Emma Hamilton and found a new decisiveness within himself, one that he originally planned to take back into his play and rewrite it from within, portraying himself as a much more dynamic character. Ultimately, however,"
"again, this could be due to earlier censorship which was later relaxed). The play is divided into five acts and its structure is as formal as its language. It has a double complementary plot describing the fall of Richard II and the rise of Bolingbroke, later known as Henry IV. Critic John R. Elliott Jr. notes that this particular history play can be distinguished from the other history plays because it contains an ulterior political purpose. The normal structure of Shakespearean tragedy is modified to portray a central political theme: the rise of Bolingbroke to the throne and the conflict"
"Elizabeth's chief councillor Lord Burghley, and the 1584 ""Doctrine of Equivocation"" by the Spanish prelate Martin Azpilcueta that was disseminated across Europe and into England in the 1590s. Perhaps Shakespeare's most direct reference in the plays to contemporary religious issues comes at the birth of Queen Elizabeth in ""Henry VIII"", during whose reign, as the character Archbishop Cranmer, architect of the reformation, predicts: ""God shall be truly known"". The words in question, however, are generally attributed to Fletcher, and not directly attributable to Shakespeare. One perspective is that to deduce from the evidence a definite Anglican Shakespeare is to misapprehend"
"the search party looking for Nick Bottom in the middle of the play. Many interpret Quince to be an author surrogate, representing William Shakespeare, albeit a comical version of himself. The character is named in the title of a Wallace Stevens poem, ""Peter Quince at the Clavier"", which is written in the first person as if spoken by Quince. The character also inspired the name of Commander Peter Quincy Taggart in the 1999 film ""Galaxy Quest"". Snug is a minor character in the play. He is a joiner from Athens who is hired by Peter Quince to play the part"
"role as Guinevere's lover, Lancelot having been added to the cycle too late to seem historical. Bedivere In the Matter of Britain, Sir Bedivere ( or ; ; , also spelt Bedevere) is the Knight of the Round Table of King Arthur who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. He serves as Arthur's marshal and is frequently associated with Sir Kay. Sir Lucan is his brother and Sir Griflet is his cousin. Bedivere is one of the earliest characters to be associated with the Matter of Britain, appearing in a number of early Welsh texts in which he"
"to those who would seek power through foul play to reconsider, as they will likely be repaid by similar means. The remainder of ""Fratricide Punished"" seems at once familiar to readers of ""Hamlet"", yet at times strange. There are some important differences in the naming of characters. Perhaps the most noteworthy of these is Corambus, a name familiar in Q1 ""Hamlet"" but changed to Polonius in Q2 and the folio editions of Shakespeare's text. Corambus' son, Leonhard, is similarly named Laertes in those texts. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are noticeably absent, their roles replaced in part by unnamed Ruffians. The text"
"Anne Boleyn (play) Anne Boleyn is a play on the life of Anne Boleyn by the English author Howard Brenton, which premiered at Shakespeare's Globe in 2010. Anne Boleyn is portrayed as a significant force in the political and religious in-fighting at court and a furtherer of the cause of Protestantism in her enthusiasm for the Tyndale Bible. The play was commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe, and premiered at The Globe from 24 July to 21 August 2010 in a production directed by John Dove and with the title role played by Miranda Raison (also playing Boleyn in Shakespeare's ""Henry VIII"""
"Auberon (comics) Auberon, is a character who appears primarily in DC Comics' adult-oriented Vertigo line. He is inspired by (and implied to be the same character as) the faerie king Oberon from William Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". As part of his comic ""The Sandman"", writer Neil Gaiman planned a small arc involving William Shakespeare entering a deal with the Dream King to write plays that would live on after him. Having introduced Shakespeare, Gaiman then decided to tell the story of the first play that the writer wrote for Dream in payment of the bargain. He turned to"
"single archbishop, chancellor, WFA, or superknight (but not rose) can also force checkmate. Two FDs on different colours can force checkmate without their king's help. Betza also created a second 16×16 variant, which he termed Golden Age Chess on a Really Big Board. He wrote: ""This game is designed to create an open position in which development, initiative, and attack are all-important, the positions are too complex to calculate so you must play by intuition, and you never count Pawns -- in other words, a return to the Golden Age!"" The inverted knight in the diagram is the rose from"
"was played on a 9×9 mat of embroidered reindeer hide. In his diary, ""Lachesis Lapponica"", Linnaeus explained that the players referred to the defending pieces as ""Swedes"" and the attacking pieces as ""Muscovites"". The name of the latter pieces reflect the Grand Duchy of Moscow, a regional rival of Sweden, which changed its name to the Tsardom of Russia in 1547. Linneaus does not describe the pieces as being differently colored, but his drawing shows that one side's pieces are distinguished by being notched (the Muscovites). This way of distinguishing board game pieces is known from other traditional Sámi board"
"and his brother Gwydr. Arvirargus is a character in William Shakespeare's play ""Cymbeline"". He and his brother Guiderius had been kidnapped in childhood by Belarius, a nobleman wrongly banished by Cymbeline, and brought up in secret in Wales, but are reunited with their father and sister Imogen in time for the Roman invasion. The records of Henry Herbert (Master of the Revels) show that a play called Arviragus, was performed at the Court of Charles I on December 26 and 27 1636. Arvirargus Arvirargus (or Arviragus) was a legendary, and possibly historical, British king of the 1st century AD. A"
"out, but is allowed to move from one castle square to the other (designated a castle move). A player is limited to two castle moves during a game. Camelot (board game) Camelot is a strategy board game for two players. It was invented by George S. Parker late in the 19th century, and was one of the first games published by Parker Brothers, originally under the name Chivalry. The game was reissued as ""Camelot"" in 1930, with reduced size and number of pieces. It flourished through numerous editions and variants, achieving its greatest popularity in the 1930s, and remained in"
"principal fictional character is Sir John Falstaff, though he was originally given the name of the historical Sir John Oldcastle. His followers Bardolph, Nym and Pistol also recur, along with Mistress Quickly, the hostess of the Boar's Head Inn, where they meet. Hal's friend Ned Poins appears in both ""Henry IV"" plays. Minor characters such as petty-criminal Peto and bartender Francis also recur. Henriad Henriad is a common title used by scholars for Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, comprising ""Richard II""; ""Henry IV, Part 1""; ""Henry IV, Part 2""; and ""Henry V"". The plays depict the destabilising effects of the violation"
"and to the theatre scene of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Revolve believe in the educative and political powers of theatre, especially through Shakespearean language. Besides delivering performances completely unique to Revolve, the company strive to take their rendition of Hamlet to schools, to teach young minds about the beauty of Shakespearean language from an idiosyncratic perspective. The first performance by Revolve was a One-Man adaptation of Hamlet, in which Artistic Director, Oliver Dench, performed a total of 15 roles. The play was written using Bard's original text and was debuted at the Henley Fringe festival in July, 2014. The performance' warm"