Thursday, June 11, 2026

An Intimation and Implication from Romeo and Juliet in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“The Life and Love of Joe Coogan.” By Carl Reiner. Perf. Dick Van Dyke and Michael Forest. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Dick Van Dyke Show . Season...
Friday, May 29, 2026

A Casual Allusion to One of Gertrude's Speeches in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“My Husband is the Best One.” By Martin Ragaway. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, and Carl Reiner. Dir. Jerry Paris. The Di...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Double Twelfth Night Quotes in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Big Max Calvada.” By Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Sheldon Leonard, and Arthur Batanides. D...
Monday, May 11, 2026

A Shakespeare Plot Works its Way into an Episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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“The Muse.” By Majel Barrett and René Echevarria. Perf. René Auberjonois and Majel Barrett. Dir. David Livingston.  Star Trek: Deep Space Ni...
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Monday, April 13, 2026

The Dick Van Dyke Show Provides a Quote that Hamlet Never Said

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“Will You Two Be My Wife?” By Carl Reiner. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, and Morey Amsterdam. Dir. John Rich. The Dick ...
Friday, April 10, 2026

A Bit of the Balcony Scene in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“The Foul Weather Girl.” By Carl Reiner. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, and Joan O'Brien. Dir. John Rich. The Dick Van Dyke Show...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Mixed Shakespeare in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra.” By Frank Tarloff. Perf. Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Dir. John Rich.  The Dick Van Dyke Show . Seas...
Friday, April 3, 2026

The Long-Awaited Direct (More or Less) Quotation from Shakespeare in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“What's in a Middle Name?” By Carl Reiner. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, and Rose Marie. Dir. John Rich.  The Dick Van Dyke Sho...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Book Note: Boy

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Galland, Nicole. Boy .  William Morrow, 2025. It took me a long time to make it through this historical novel—even though it's set in Sh...
Monday, March 30, 2026

The Dick Van Dyke Show Offers a Summary of Romeo and Juliet

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“The Curious Thing About Women.” By Frank Tarloff. Perf. Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Dir. John Rich.  The Dick Van Dyke Show . Seaso...
Friday, March 27, 2026

A Shakespeare Joke in The Dick Van Dyke Show

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“Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?” By Walter Kempley. Perf. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Richard Deacon, and Lennie Weinrib. Dir....
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

The First Feature-Length Hamlet

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Hamlet . Dir. Hay Plumb. Perf. Sir J. Forbes-Robertson, Miss Gertrude Elliot, and the Full Drury Lane Company. 1913. On-line video [availabl...
Monday, March 9, 2026

C. S. Lewis on Hamlet

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Lewis, C. S. "Hamlet: The Prince or the Poem?" In Selected Literary Essays , edited by Walter Hooper. Cambridge University Press, ...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Julie Taymor's Midsummer Night's Dream

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream . Dir. Julie Taymor. Perf. Kathryn Hunter, David Harewood, Tina Benko, Max Casella, Zach Appelman, Brendan Averett...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Book Note: The Quality of Mercy

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Kellerman, Faye. The Quality of Mercy . Fawcett Crest, 1989. Note: I have not made it through this novel. And the more often I start over fr...