Shakespeare makes life better.
So I’m digging through the texts recently, and I always enjoy this because it gets my brain working on a different way, focusing on individual lines instead of entire scenes. When I do this I tend to spot things I’d never noticed before. Like, for example, in Midsummer: THESEUS I wonder if the lion be … Continue reading Callback Jokes?
Ok, I knew what to expect when I first heard about this one : gay Midsummer. Turns out it’s more like, “gay Dead Poet’s Society”. Gay kid at an all boy’s school, hangs out with the other “misfits”, taunted by the other boys and the very badly stereotyped homophobic rugby coach. It’s made very clear … Continue reading Review : Were the World Mine
We’ve done the “You know you’re a Shakespeare geek when” schtick from time to time, but after last night I thought I’d spin it around. Confession time, you tell us when you’re feeling your most geeky. Last night I’m reading a “Magic Treehouse” book with my 7yr old daughter. It is no Lord of the … Continue reading How Much Of A (Shakespeare) Geek Are You?
I’m taking this one straight out of Emsworth’s blog because he basically called me out by name: If the Shakespeare Geek were inviting his readers to rank their favorite practical joke scenes in Shakespeare, our favorite would be the trick Falstaff’s fellow villains played him on the highway near Gadshill. (Our second favorite is the … Continue reading Practical Jokes in Shakespeare?
http://www.rebelshakespeare.org With a Rebel yell, I cried “More, more more!” I am so pleased that Rebel Shakespeare found me last season. I love Shakespeare. I have kids. I expose my kids to Shakespeare. Which is precisely what the Rebels do – Shakespeare for kids, by kids. Earlier this season I saw teen Hamlet. This weekend? … Continue reading Well Roared…..Egeus? [ A Midsummer Review ]