Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Shakespeare Goof in Gilmore Girls

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“Application Anxiety.” By Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino. Perf. Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. Dir. Gail Mancuso.  Gilmore Gi...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Book Note: Angela's Ashes

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McCourt, Frank. Angela's Ashes . Simon & Schuster, 1996. I came very late to Angela's Ashes . But perhaps I'm doing better t...
Friday, January 31, 2025

John Barrymore Quotes Hamlet in Svengali

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Svengali . Dir. Archie Mayo. Perf. John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, and Donald Crisp. 1931. DVD. Alpha Video, 2022. I put the John Barrymore fi...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Book Note: Flibbertigibbety Words

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Guthrie, Donna. Flibbertigibbety Words: Young Shakespeare Chases Inspiration . Illus. Åsa Gilland. Page Street Kids, 2020. A little while ag...
Friday, January 3, 2025

The "10 Classics in 10 Minutes" One-Minute Version of Romeo and Juliet

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Becker, Jim, Andy Meyer, and John "Mighty Mouth" Moschitta.  Romeo and Juliet . From 10 Classics in 10 Minutes . CD. Barnes and No...
Monday, December 30, 2024

Book Note: Incidental Shakespeare in Two Children's Books about Dictionaries

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Fagan, Cary. Maurice and his Dictionary: A True Story . Illustrated by Enzo Lord Mariano. Owlkids Books, 2020. Sierra, Judy. The Great Dicti...
Friday, December 27, 2024

Romeo and Juliet in (or, really, after) The Office (BBC)

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“Special Features.” Perf. Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais. The Office  Special   [BBC] . Extra features. BBC. DVD. BBC Home Entertainment...
Monday, December 23, 2024

Book Note (Well, Short Story Note, Really): "Gertrude Talks Back"

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Atwood, Margaret. "Gertrude Talks Back." In Good Bones and Simple Murders . Rockland, Massachusetts: Wheeler, 1994. I recently cam...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Cracking the Shakespeare Code: A Norwegian Shakespeare Conspiracy

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Cracking the Shakespeare Code . Dir. Jørgen Friberg. Perf. Petter Amundsen, Robert Crumpton, and Stanley Wells. 2017. DVD. Synergetic, 2018...
Monday, December 16, 2024

Book Note: The Collected Poems: 1956–1998 by Zbigniew Herbert

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Herbert, Zbigniew. The Collected Poems: 1956–1998 . Translated and Edited by Alissa Valles. Additional translations by Czeslaw Milosz and Pe...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

A Fragment of the St. Crispin's Day Speech in an Episode of Phineas and Ferb

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“The Lizard Whisperer.” By Sherm Cohen and Chong Suk Lee. Perf. Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Dir. Zac Moncr...
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Monday, December 9, 2024

Book Note: Equivocation: A Play by Bill Cain

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Cain, Bill. Equivocation . Dramatists Play Service, 2014. Bill Cain's Equivocation  was recommended as a play about the Gunpowder Plot t...
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Friday, December 6, 2024

Shakespeare in FoxTrot's Big Dweeb Energy

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Amend, Bill. Big Dweeb Energy . Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2024. We've reached the end of our FoxTrot Fridays—for now. We've come ...
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

The Brain (of Pinky and the Brain) Reveals that he has Directed Shakespeare

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"Yes, Always." By Peter Hastings. Perf. Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, and Harry Andronis. Dir. David Marshall.  Animaniacs . Seas...
Monday, December 2, 2024

Book Note: William Shakespeare: Complete Works—The Royal Shakespeare Company Edition

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Shakespeare, William. William Shakespeare: Complete Works . [The RSC Shakespeare.] 2nd edition. Ed. Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. New Yo...