The Last Lear

http://www.indiabolbol.com/2008/09/bollywoods-last-lear-a-treat-for-shakespeare-lovers/ The chances I’ll ever see this Bollywood movie are about zero, but it looks pretty neat.  I love this line about Amitabh Bachchan, playing a reclusive stage actor who quotes Shakespeare with relish and is making his movie debut at an old age: “…in one scene, Bachnan chases a reporter out of his house for misspelling the name of Oberon, the king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Sounds like my kinda guy.

Shakespeare Cryptograms

http://bookmineset.blogspot.com/2008/09/saturday-word-play-shakespearean.html That’s right, *crypto*grams, not the anagrams.  By the time you get to this post all 10 may have been answered, but I’m linking because it’s a new blog (to me) and I’m not sure how often they post Shakespeare stuff.