Shakespeare makes life better.
Back in September 2016, Shakespeare Geek readers helped make life better by backing Behowl the Moon, a baby board book based on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, into existence. I’m very happy to welcome back Erin Nelsen Parekh to tell us about her follow on project “The Wild Waves Whist”, using material from The Tempest. Maybe you … Continue reading Guest Post : The Wild Waves Whist by Erin Nelsen Parekh
So you’re putting together the Motion Picture Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony, and you need a big name to host. Why not geek cultural icon, Professor Xavier and Jean Luc Picard himself, Sir Patrick Stewart? A match made in heaven. Sir Patrick, who seems to always be in the mood for such sport, is game … Continue reading Sir Patrick Brings The Shakespeare
(Just Show Me The Merch!) Shakespeare Makes Life Better We get it. Shakespeare is in the public domain. Anybody looking to make a cheap buck can throw a random Shakespeare quote (or a hundred) onto Shakespeare t-shirts and try to make a buck off of it. That’s not what we’re trying to do here. … Continue reading Shakespeare Geek Shakespeare T-Shirts
I lasted less than five minutes into this one and I’m not kidding. It opens with this scary scene straight out of Wicker Man as a girl’s arms and legs are duct taped and a mask is placed over her face. She’s then thrown into an open grave while Courtney Love (pretty sure that was her) … Continue reading Review : A Midsummer’s Nightmare
I was wondering what happened to this one, and it dropped in my lap this morning. Our “summer of Shakespeare on TV” continues tonight with Lifetime’s A Midsummer’s Nightmare, which is going to be some sort of horror story so I’m sure there’s not going to be much Shakespeare in it at all. The cast … Continue reading Almost Forgot – A Midsummer’s Nightmare Tonight!