Shakespeare Blog Carnival #6
It’s that time again! Let’s see what the month brought in. Feel free to explore some blogs you haven’t seen before. Thanks to everyone who submitted and thanks to any … Continue Reading ⇒
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What Would Shakespeare Think?
In a lot of articles and interviews with people who are creating scholarly, theatrical, or other artistic products of or based on Shakespeare’s works there seems to be a common … Continue Reading ⇒
Staging Textbook Shakespeare
By textbook Shakespeare I mean a history lesson exploring the time that the play is set in as well as learning about the audience mentality during the era when the … Continue Reading ⇒
Hamlet and Son
The Shakespeare Geek has asked yet another interesting question that got me thinking quite a bit. “What do you think Hamlet’s relationship was with his father?” and later says, “… … Continue Reading ⇒
Wicked Sisters?
In King Lear, the sisters Goneril and Regan are often seen to be rather… evil. They do after all turn away their father from their houses. But each time I … Continue Reading ⇒
What are you reading?
It’s time for some show and tell. I’m curious to hopefully find some new reading material…So who’s reading some good books right now? Currently I’m working on a very interesting … Continue Reading ⇒
Hamlet Uncut is 5 Hours Long!
“The play as written is 4 1/2 to five hours long,” “Depending on the staging, a full, uncut production of Hamlet can last four to five hours.” “Uncut, Hamlet runs … Continue Reading ⇒
Shakespeare Blog Carnival #5
The month of July didn’t bring in many submissions at all. I’m sure you were all out playing in the sun. I sure wasn’t. I’ve spent too much time indoors … Continue Reading ⇒
Condemning of ‘The Shrew’
The Taming of the Shrew is a wonderful play that we theatre artists all love for the great characters, the comedy, the language… But what about the “problem” of the … Continue Reading ⇒
Choose Your Own Shakespearean Adventure
I came across a review of a show that was very intriguing to me. It’s called Choose Your Own Shakespeare. Did you ever read those action series novels Choose Your … Continue Reading ⇒