A Conversation With Sir Ian McKellen
No, I didn’t get to talk to Sir Ian, that would be a dream come true! But someone else did and got it all on video. It’s not quite an … Continue Reading ⇒
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Review: The Essential Shakespeare Handbook
by Leslie Dunton-Downer and Alan Riding When DK named their Shakespeare Guide Essential Shakespeare Handbook, they weren’t kidding: it’s definitely a handbook. It’s also about Shakespeare, and I think it’s … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: Shakespeare A to Z
by Charles Boyce When I’m working on one of Shakespeare’s plays there are a few books that I won’t go too far without. This is one of them. Shakespeare A … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: A Shakespearean Actor Prepares
by Adrian Brine and Michael York. It’s a good habit to be wary of books written by actors (especially moderately well known ones), often they use personal experience as examples … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: Thinking Shakespeare
by Barry Edelstein I picked up this book one day at a bookstore while browsing the Shakespeare section, like I do, and took a quick look inside. Knowing nothing about … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: All The Words on Stage
by Louis Scheeder and Shane Ann Younts How many times have you been reading one of Shakespeare’s plays and stumbled across a word and wondered, “How the fardel do I … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: Shakespeare.Nowheres.Com
A very simple website, and a quick way to get to Shakespeare’s plays. They have a list up of when you click on “works” of the plays organized like in … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: Shakespeare’s Words
by David Crystal & Ben Crystal This is a book that I almost can’t live without. It is essentially a dictionary of most of the words that Shakespeare uses in … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: PlayShakespeare.com
Here’s a fairly new website who strives to be something great. Believe you me, they’re on their way. Lots of websites have the complete works online, but they’re all from … Continue Reading ⇒