Jun 28, 2007 | Shakespeare
Due to the recent interest in this site, and seeing as how the publication of THE MASTER OF VERONA is upon us, it seems appropriate to explain how the book (and, in turn, the blog) came about. Early in 1999 I was directing Romeo & Juliet at the Ann Arbor Civic...
Jun 27, 2007 | Essential Posts - Shakespeare - Theatre
There are two battles at the top of Macbeth. Whenever I am in charge of the staging, I try and open the show with both of these, just to make things clear. But whether or not they're staged, they are laid out in Act I scene ii. Appropriately, they come from two...
Jun 26, 2007 | Essential Posts - Shakespeare - Theatre
There are perhaps three uber-famous speeches in Macbeth, but the one that is most often quoted is the "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" speech. It’s often taken as an existential lament, recited by actors and professors with a deep sorrowful...
Jun 25, 2007 | Shakespeare
More from Marty Smith: Pistol and Bardolph and Nym Found their friend old Sir John looking grim; They mourned him quite well, And then turned to Nell, Who soothed them in ways not so prim. ...
Jun 22, 2007 | Shakespeare
Marty Smith is an actor I’ve worked with a couple of time in the last fifteen years, and now I’ll be murdering him nightly – he’s playing Duncan in Mac. As a rehearsal challenge, our stage-manager has requested limericks about Shakespeare....
Jun 9, 2007 | Shakespeare - Theatre
A couple days ago I reconnected with Harlan Underhill, my high school Shakespeare teacher from half a lifetime ago. Harlan was also the co-director of my very first production of the Bard’s work (of course, it was Romeo & Juliet. And, yes, I...
