Thursday, January 3, 2013

Book Note: Macbeth: A Novel

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Hartley, A. J., and David Hewson. Macbeth: A Novel . Las Vegas: Thomas & Mercer, 2012. I got this book as a possibility for a ne...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Shakespeare-Related Entries in The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

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The Onion. The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information . New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Book Note: Ungentle Shakespeare

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Duncan-Jones, Katherine. Ungentle Shakespeare: Scenes from his Life . London: Arden Shakespeare, 2001. I've been using some of my co...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Titus 2.0

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Titus Andronicus 2.0  [a.k.a. Titus 2.0 ]. Dir. Tang Shu-wing. Perf. Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio (formerly No Man's Land Group). W...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Richard III and Julius Casear in Gidget

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"A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse." By Louella MacFarlane and John McGreevey. Perf. Sally Field, Don Porter, and Ja...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Doctor Who, Richard III, and William Shakespeare

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Doctor Who: The Kingmaker . By Nev Fountain. Perf. Peter Davidson, Stephen Beckett, and Marcus Hutton. 2006. Audio CDs. Big Finish Product...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Me and Orson Welles: Setting Julius Caesar in 1937

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Me and Orson Welles . Dir. Richard Linklater. Perf. Zac Efron, Claire Danes, and Christian McKay. 2008. DVD. Warner Home Video, 2010. ...
Monday, December 3, 2012

The Great River Shakespeare Festival 2013

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The Great River Shakespeare Festival. 26 June to 4 August 2013. Readers of Bardfilm will know that one of the greatest joys of Shakespear...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Book Note: Shakespeare's Common Prayers

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Swift, Daniel. Shakespeare's Common Prayers: The Book of Common Prayer and the Elizabethan Age . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 20...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Book Note: Death at the Dolphin

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Marsh, Ngaio. Death at the Dolphin . Glasgow: William Collins Sons, 1967. Also available as  Killer Dolphin . New York: Amereon, 1983...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Book Note: Joker

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Ranulfo. Joker .  New York:  HarperTeen, 2006. A much more interesting Hamlet novel—more interesting than Hamlet: A Novel  (for which, ...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Book Note: Hamlet: A Novel

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Marsden, John. Hamlet: A Novel . Somerville: Candlewick, 2008. I've been very torn about this book. For some, this is their entrée...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Shakespeare in The Lion King—And, No, it's not the Hamlet Stuff

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The Lion King . Dir. Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. Perf. Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, and James Earl Jones. 1994. Walt D...

Book Note: The Madman of Venice

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Masson, Sophie. The Madman of Venice . New York: Ember, 2012. I'm preparing to teach a course entitled "Modern Shakespearean Ficti...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

A New Tempest—Somewhat after the Manner of Looking for Richard

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Tempest . Dir. Rob Curry and  Anthony Fletcher . Perf. Mitchell Bonsra, Paris Campbell, Kieran Edwards, Charlotte Gallagher, Afra Morris...