Monday, August 31, 2009

But you don't have to take my word on the McKellen King Lear

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King Lear . Dir. Trevor Nunn and Chris Hunt. Perf. Sir Ian McKellen, Sylvester McCoy, Romola Garai, William Gaunt, Frances Barber, and Mon...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The Nine Words Most Likely to Anger King James

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The Geneva Bible: A Facsimile of the 1560 Edition . Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 2007. In the few minutes between printing hundr...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Macbeth:Duncan::Hazael:Ben-hadad?

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The Geneva Bible: A Facsimile of the 1560 Edition . Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 2007. Shakespeare's England was soaked in t...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Never Saw Never Say Macbeth

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Never Say Macbeth . Dir. Christopher J. Prouty. Perf. Tammy Caplan, John Combs, and Scott Conte. 2007. Vanguard Cinema, 2008. I have ne...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Shakespeare and Michael Jackson

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The Wiz . Dir. Sidney Lumet. Perf. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor. 1978...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Great River Shakespeare Festival: Six Performances in Search of an Audience

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Love's Labour's Lost . Dir. Paul Mason Barnes. Perf. Doug Scholz-Carlson, Chris Mixon, Andrew Carlson, Brian Frederick, Christophe...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Full House. Standing Ovation. The Great River Shakespeare Festival.

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Love's Labour's Lost . Dir. Paul Mason Barnes. Perf. Doug Scholz-Carlson, Chris Mixon, Andrew Carlson, Brian Frederick, Christophe...
Saturday, July 4, 2009

Hamlet and A Game of Chess

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Hamlet . Dir. Laurence Olivier. Perf. Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, and Teren...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Infinite Regress Hamlet

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Hamlet . Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Perf. Emile Hirsch. Overture, 2011. A new film version of Hamlet , one staring Emile Hirsch , is about ...
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Undead Again with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Undead . Dir. Jordan Galland. Perf. Jake Hoffman and Devon Aoki. 2008. C Plus Pictures, 2008. Every n...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Quick Reminder—and a Sonnet Competition

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Love's Labour's Lost . Dir. Paul Mason Barnes. Perf. Doug Scholz-Carlson, Chris Mixon, Andrew Carlson, Brian Frederick, Christophe...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Last-Minute Shakespearean Father's Day Gift Ideas

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With just a week to go before Father's Day, you're waiting anxiously (I'm sure) for the books and DVDs and diamond-studded power...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

"Well, well, thou hast a careful father, child." —Romeo and Juliet

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King Lear . Dir. Trevor Nunn and Chris Hunt. Perf. Sir Ian McKellen, Sylvester McCoy, Romola Garai, William Gaunt, Frances Barber, and Mon...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

"Why speaks my father so ungently?"

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Coville, Bruce. William Shakespeare's Hamlet . Illus. Leonid Gore. New York: Dial, 2004. The answer to the question above ("Why s...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Whew!

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“The Next Doctor.” By Russell T. Davies. Perf. David Tennant, David Morrissey, Dervla Kirwan, and Velile Tshabalala. Dir. Andy Goddard. ...