American Shakespeare In The Shadow
When you watch a movie of a Shakespeare play, or a filmed stage version, or listen to an audiobook what do most of the actors have in common? Most are … Continue Reading ⇒
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Is Shakespeare Meant to be Read and Not Performed?
After quite a few mentions to this topic in the last few posts on The Shakespeare Blog – the first being For Readers’ Eyes Only – I thought I should … Continue Reading ⇒
Instant Shakespeare: Just Add Time
Studying Shakespeare is not for the impatient. To the astute scholar this may seem obvious. But to the young enthusiast and/or less Shakespearienced actor can always use a reminder. There … Continue Reading ⇒
Theatre -> TV/Film?
I promise this post will be a bit off topic. Not about Shakespeare exactly, but theatre in general. For those of you theatre students and other theatre practitioners out there: … Continue Reading ⇒
Wherefore art thou ignorant?
If I decided to make a Word-of-the-Millenium category, this word would be the only entry: WHEREFORE. It means WHY! NOT WHERE! Juliet is asking “Why are you ‘Romeo’? Why not … Continue Reading ⇒
Blood and the Bard = Bad?
While reading a post on another Shakespeare Blog (I’m not the only one!) I found an interesting post that sparked some interest: Bloody Good Shakespeare? – The Shakespeare Blog. You … Continue Reading ⇒
The new year approaches
With 2008 only hours away, a time of reflection seems appropriate. No, I won’t tell you about my year. But I’m definitely thinking about it and I’m sure you’re thinking … Continue Reading ⇒
Bardophobia: where is the cure?
People of all ages these days strongly dislike Shakespeare, and it’s not just that they’ve had a lot of experience with his works and decide they don’t like it – … Continue Reading ⇒
A Shakespeare Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope you all are conviving with your friends, family, and/or loved ones. Now that you all have gift certificates and some cash on hand, it’s a good … Continue Reading ⇒
See, read, listen, enjoy!
You can read all the books about Shakespeare you’d like, take tons of classes, but on top of all that the way to be an expert on the Bard is … Continue Reading ⇒