Suzanne Fields, The Washington Post May 14, 2014 If Shakespeare were alive and invited to give the commencement address at a major American university, the favorite spring sport on campus would explode with loud and shrill protest. Blacks could object to Othello, the angry, “erring barbarian” wife-murderer. Jews could protest Shylock, the stereotypical Jewish money lender demanding his pound of flesh. Ageists […]
BWW News Desk, Broadway World May 11, 2014 The City Shakespeare Company invites the public to a staged reading of their feature film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth on May 22, 2014. The film will shoot September in Boulder, Colorado and is already funded and partially cast. For the last year, The City Shakespeare Company (City Shakes) has been quietly and […]
Kenneth Turan, LA Times May 8, 2014 As much as theater and film have in common, and that’s a lot, their core differences can be formidable. A film is the same every time you see it, while “the thrill of theater” says Sam Mendes, who has worked in both arenas, “is that fact that it’s alive, happening once only in […]
Jon Sobel, Classicalite May 8, 2014 IDW’s popular Kill Shakespeare graphic novel series will get its first authorized radio play and podcast treatment Mother’s Day at New York City’s Kraine Theater. We might want to rename this Mother’s Day “Gertrude’s Day” in honor of this live-action manifestation of the series, which wrangles Shakespearean heroes and villains including Hamlet, Othello, Juliet, Falstaff, Richard […]
A dictionary, supposedly annotated by Shakespeare, has generated much interest from scholars and Shakespeare fans everywhere. Two New York bookstore owners found the book, Alvearie, on eBay. The owners support claim that the annotations found in the dictionary links it to words found in Shakespeare’s plays. They say it must have been his but experts are looking to do more research before celebrating. […]
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