Really? Is this true?

Should I really mark down November 28 as Shakespeare’s wedding anniversary? Or is that just one of those “best guesses” that academics come up with, like that time I read that Romeo and Juliet’s wedding would have been in…March, I think they said. Seems like we should be able to know Shakespeare’s anniversary date (we have his baptism, after all), but it occurs to me that I just don’t know it.

Wordsmith’s word of the day today is “forwhy”.

My friend Rob sends these to me when they have a Shakespeare slant. Today’s word comes from Titus Andronicus, of all places! Thanks Rob!

I always love a good sequel.

This horror movie homage to the Scottish play has Macbeth rising from the dead to wreak havoc on his former kingdom. The linked article really goes into more detail than I could here, I’d just be summarizing the original, so go read that instead.

Ok, I said I’d get my act together, and I didn’t lie.  The winner of the Manga Shakespeare edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is… Bill, from Shakespeare Teacher! Congratulations, Bill!  Get in touch with a mailing address and I’ll send the book right along. Thanks for playing everybody (and to those who didn’t even realize they were playing :)).  I’ve got a good game in mind for the next giveaway, I just have to get back in touch with the publisher and get some giveaways :).

Hi Everybody,

I haven’t forgotten about the Manga Shakespeare contest, just finding myself very busy now that my old schedule has gone completely out the window with the loss of my job. You have no idea what it does to a geek like myself (and in this case I mean geek in the computer sense) when you take away the machine that he’d carried around with him daily for the last 2 years. I can’t yet comfortably sit in my office and do things the way I used to sit on the couch and churn stuff out.

But fear not, I should have something up by the end of today. Stay tuned! Thanks for everybody that played, I hope everybody that’s left a comment knows they just got entered into the contest 🙂