Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Book Note: Fools and Mortals

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Cornwell, Bernard. Fools and Mortals . New York: Harper, 2019. I was a bit skeptical about this novel when I first started it. It seems like...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Shakespearean-Sounding Language in Mork and Mindy

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"Pilot." By Garry Marshall. Perf. Robin Williams and Pam Dawber. Dir. Howard Storm. Mork and Mindy . Season 1, episode 1. ABC. ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

I’ll Make a King Out of Me (The Richard III Theme Song)

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kj. "I’ll Make a King Out of Me (The Richard III Theme Song)." The Potential Musical Version of Richarrd III . Long-time blog rea...
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Monday, December 21, 2020

Shakespeare in Wishbone

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“Shakespaw.” By Adam Felber. Perf. Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, and Christie Abbott. Dir. Allison Graham and Joey Stewart.   Wishbone . Seas...
Friday, December 18, 2020

Book Note: Shakespeare: Upstart Crow to Sweet Swan: 1592-1623

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Duncan-Jones, Katherine. Shakespeare: Upstart Crow to Sweet Swan: 1592-1623 . London: Arden Shakespeare, 2011.  I'm sorry that this is t...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Book Note: The One King Lear

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Vickers, Brian. The One King Lear . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016. This is one of those points where I am making a a note about ...
Monday, December 7, 2020

Shakespeare Guest Stars in an Episode of Arthur

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"Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story." By Craig Carlisle. Perf. Drew Adkins, Bruce Dinsmore, and Daniel Brochu. Dir. Greg Bailey...
Friday, December 4, 2020

Book Note: Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth (Surprisingly Dull Fare from Tom Stoppard)

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Stoppard, Tom. Plays One: The Real Inspector Hound and Other Entertainments . London: Faber and Faber, 1996. Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

Shakespeare Allusions in The Office: Two Romeo and Juliets and a Possible Julius Caesar

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"Branch Closing." By Michael Schur. Perf. Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and Mindy Kaling. Dir. Tucker...
Monday, November 9, 2020

The 2,000-Year-Old Man Remembers Shakespeare

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The 2000 Year Old Man [sic]. By Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks. Dir. Leo Salkin. Dir. of Animation Dale Case. Acre Enterprises, Inc., 1974. Whe...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Shakespeare in The Carnivorous Carnival

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Snicket, Lemony. The Carnivorous Carnival . New York: HarperCollins, 2002. I've had this on my desktop for a long time now, and it's...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Book Note: Everybody's Shakespeare by Orson Welles et al.

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Shakespeare, William, Orson Welles, and Roger Hill. Everybody's Shakespeare . Woodstock, Illinois: The Todd Press, 1934. I've fina...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Book Note: Thinking Shakespeare: A Working Guide for Actors, Directors, Students . . . and Anyone Else Interested in the Bard

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Edelstein, Barry. Thinking Shakespeare: A Working Guide for Actors, Directors, Students . . . and Anyone Else Interested in the Bard . Rev. ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Barney Miller uses Hamlet

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“Ramon.” By Theodore J. Flicker and Danny Arnold. Perf. Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, and Abe Vigoda. Dir. Bill Davius. Barney Miller . S...
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Friday, June 12, 2020

The "Prayer-Book" scene in Loncraine's Richard III

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Richard III . Dir. Richard Loncraine. Perf. Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey, Jr., and Maggie Smith. 1995. DVD. ...