Thursday, January 10, 2019

Hamlet in WKRP in Cincinatti

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“Les on a Ledge.” By Hugh Wilson. Perf. Gary Sandy, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson, Richard Sanders, Frank Bonner, and Howard Hesseman. Dir....
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Book Note: The Shakespeare Requirement

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Schumacher, Julie. The Shakespeare Requirement: A Novel . New York: Doubleday, 2018. I've read and enjoyed Julie Schumacher's Dear...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Book Note: Shakespeare and London

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Salkeld, Duncan. Shakespeare and London . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. I'd just like to call your attention to this fascinat...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Book Note: Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway

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Scheil, Katherine West. Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. If...
Friday, October 19, 2018

Book Note: The Bard and the Bible

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Hostetler, Bob. The Bard and the Bible: A Shakespeare Devotional . Franklin, Tennessee: Worthy Inspired, 2016. I was a bit skeptical of th...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

A Bunch of Amateurs (Burt Reynolds as King Lear)

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A Bunch of Amateurs . Dir. Andy Cadiff. Perf. Burt Reynolds, Alexandra Weaver, Elesia Marie,  Camilla Arfwedson, Michael Wildman, Charles Du...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brings its Shakespeare Game

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“Operation: Broken Feather.” By Dan Goor and Michael Schur. Perf. Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Trugl...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Hamlet and Hutch

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Hamlet and Hutch . Dir. Jared Young and Matthew Young. Perf. Burt Reynolds, Elizabeth Leiner, and Emma Rayne Lyle. 2017.  DVD.  Criterion, 2...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

A Little Shakespeare Every Now and Then in Pearls Before Swine

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Pastis, Stephen. BLTs Taste so Darn Good .  Kansas City:  Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003. ———. The Crass Menagerie .  Kansas City:  Andr...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Book Note: Jo Nesbø's Macbeth

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Nesbø, Jo. Macbeth . London: Hogarth Shakespeare, 2018. We've been dealing with some heavy, darker material here at Bardfilm  lately, ...
Monday, October 1, 2018

The Film A Thousand Acres: An Adaptation of an Adaptation of King Lear

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A Thousand Acres . Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse. Perf. Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, and Michelle Pfeiffer. 1997. DVD. Walt Disney Video, 199...