Midsummer Night’s Dream . Dir. Joseph Haj. Perf. John Catron, Regina Marie Williams, Jimmy Kieffer, William Sturdivant, Ari Derambakhsh, Jus...

Hamlet . Dir. Rupert Goold.  Perf. Luke Thallon, Jared Harris, Nancy Carroll, Anton Lesser, Elliot Levey, and Nia Towle.  Royal Shakespeare ...

Love's Labour's Lost . Adapted by Elizabeth Godber and Nick Lane. Dir. Paul Robinson. Perf. Alice Imelda, David Kirkbridge, Thomas C...

Brown, Rosalind. Practice .  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. And sometimes, as you're reading your way through the latest Modern Shak...

Ruscha, Edward, and Lannan Museum. Edward Ruscha: Words without Thoughts Never to Heaven Go . Lannan Museum, 1988. I've recently been ex...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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