By Ken Longworth for the Newcastle Herald, 12 April 2015 The premiere of Where Late the Songbird at the Civic Playhouse on April 22 is appropriate. That is the birth date of the play’s central character, William Shakespeare. Or is it? Carl Caulfield, who wrote the play and is cast as the Bard, extensively researched Shakespeare’s life while on a […]
By Stuart Miller for The New York Times, 5 April 2015 Billy Magnussen climbed slowly and silently up an outdoor stairway in northern Manhattan on a blustery afternoon. He stopped briefly to wave to the woman draped in a shawl awaiting him two landings above. But once he reached her, he returned to the bottom of the John T. Brush […]
By Janet for Denver Public Library’s blog, 17 March 2015 We’re excited to announce that the latest Big Library Read is now live, offering millions of users around the globe the opportunity to join the largest global eBook club in the world. For the next two weeks the eBook Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates will be available to borrow without any wait lists […]
By David N. Dunkle for PennLive.com, 14 March 2015 In “Women Playing Hamlet,” a present-day actor named Jessica is having an identity crisis, brought on by her casting as Hamlet in a new production of the 400-year-old Shakespearean tragedy at Gamut Classic Theatre. Is she up to it? Should she be — or is it better not to be — the […]
By Moze Halperin for Flavorwire, 13 March 2015 When a director does Shakespeare today, it seems there are three options most commonly selected, each of which has its drawbacks. The first is to do a loyal interpretation, maintaining the original setting and time specified by the Bard (for if you’re the type that chooses loyalty, you also may use this […]
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