May 17, 2007 | Essential Posts - Shakespeare - Theatre
I never enjoy productions of Romeo & Juliet that play the Tragedy from the beginning. In fact, I think the famous Prologue is tacked on – it doesn’t appear in the First Folio! In the earliest texts we have, the show begins with two guys walking down...
May 15, 2007 | Essential Posts - Shakespeare - Theatre
For the last nine or ten years, I’ve been giving a lecture on Romeo & Juliet to students at Howell High School in Michigan. In a couple of days, I’ll be doing it again, six hours straight of repeating a fun but exhausting run-through of all the...
Apr 20, 2007 | Publishing - Reviews - Theatre
The release date is three months away, and already the snowball-effect has begun. I just finished my very first interview about the novel, I’m being contacted out of the blue by some of the advance readers, and the first two major reviews – Kirkus and...
Mar 21, 2007 | Film & Television - Shakespeare - Theatre
I’ve gotten some amusing notes from friends regarding the Muppet Lear post. So let me digress even further to note that, while wonderful, the Muppets are not my ideal cast for King Lear. That honor goes to the kids from South Park. Imagine – Cartman as...
Mar 18, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Theatre
As I finish work on the sequel, I’m lining up theatrical work for the rest of the year. Up next, I’ll be directing THE COMPLEAT WRKS OF WLLM SHKSPR (abridged) at Noble Fool Theatricals in St. Charles. This job fell into my lap out of the blue. I have...
Mar 16, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Theatre
A short post. Finished playing Brutus yesterday, so today it’s back to the writing routine. I’ve just finished the second book’s big battle sequence. Now it’s a race to the finish, involving a sequence in Venice, and then a quick retreat while...
