School’s back in session!

Oct 19, 2007 | Shakespeare

How can I tell? Because I’m getting a load of hits based on variations of two basic searches: 1) Capulet-Montague feud 2) Macbeth "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" Speech I’m highly amused that my rather unconventional ideas for both of these are being...

Best Synopsis Ever

Jul 23, 2007 | Shakespeare - Theatre

Okay, I should be focused on the book today, but I just read a preview of the MichShakesFest shows in the Toledo Blade, and I cracked up. This is, by far, my favorite synopsis of Macbeth ever. Ev-er. Can you tell why? Basically, Macbeth is about a heroic man who...

Thanks For My Life *

Jul 20, 2007 | Shakespeare - The Novel

I always hated Shakespeare. They made me read him. In junior high, it was Julius Caesar. In high school, first it was Romeo & Juliet, which was cool only because we wasted a week watching the movie – the Zefferelli, not the DeCaprio version. The next year it was...

Mac-beth

Jun 29, 2007 | Shakespeare - Theatre

This may seem an incredibly minor and nit-picky point, but honestly, after fifteen years of productions and between one and two hundred performances of the show, this is something that sets my teeth on edge. His name is not Mcbeth. He is not Irish. His name is...

“And young Benvolio is deceased as well…”

Jun 29, 2007 | Shakespeare - Theatre

If you wanted to throw my whole theory about the cause of the feud out of whack, you could point out to me that Lady Montague does not, in fact, have the final death in the play. I would answer with a nod, a sigh, a smile. “I know. Benvolio does.” The first legitimate...