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Book Review: ‘Dark Aemelia’ by Sally O’Reilly
This dark and riveting tale of love, witchcraft and passion brings the Elizabethan age to vivid life.
Read More »Mine Eye Hath Played the Painter: Len Cariou in Video Sonnet on Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday
New York Shakespeare Exchange is setting all of Shakespeare's sonnets one by one to short films set all around New York City.
Read More »Star Performances Make Three Day Hangover’s ‘Big Boozy Benefit’ a Smash
Three Day Hangover's 'Big Boozy Benefit' at Rockwood Music Hall was a smashing show that predicts an incredible season of fun, music, drink and amazing, interactive Shakespeare.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Richard III’ at the Secret Theatre
A scathing production set in the London punk rock scene.
Read More »Interview: Edward Choy from Toy Factory’s Singapore ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Toy Factory presents a version with some of Shakespeare's most famous speeches turned into song.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Throne of Blood’ – The Criterion Collection
It’s the transplanting of the story to feudal Japan that makes it possibly the best film adaptation of Macbeth.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Shakespeare on Theatre’ by Nick de Somogy
This is a surprisingly lively and entertaining collection of Shakespeare's writings about theater in his plays, with commentary illuminating the business of the theater at the time.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Harlem Summer Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
Shakespeare's most culturally outdated play gets a boisterous Caribbean-ized production at the Riverbank State Park amphitheater by the Hudson River.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Shakespeare on Theatre’ Edited by Nick de Somogyi
The first in a series exploring great playwrights' philosophies and attitudes towards theatre is an easy read that offers rewards for anyone who has studied or staged Shakespeare.
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