Jul 25, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - Theatre - Travel
At the eleventh hour I discovered a tome that is to be treasured – the DANTE ENCYCLOPEDIA. In spite of the occasional error (the Lucius Junius Brutus that killed the Tarquin was decidedly not the son of the Marcus Junius Brutus who murdered Caesar!), the vast effort...
Jul 23, 2006 | Shakespeare - Theatre
The battle scenes in the book are some of my favorites. I am a stage combatant, trained in different styles of swordplay and other Medieval weapons. I’ve traveled all over the world to learn from the best in the field. So when it came time to write an skirmish, then a...
Jul 16, 2006 | Shakespeare - Theatre
Kate and Petruchio (from The Taming of the Shrew) make an appearance in the novel. Actually, Petruchio makes several appearances, along with his cousin Ferdinand. A lark, but putting them in this tale was actually a textual choice based on lines in the party scene in...
Jul 15, 2006 | Books - Shakespeare - Theatre
A bit about names. Mariotto and Gianozza (also known as Lord and Lady Montague) are both taken from Masuccio Salernitano’s 33rd Novel from IL NOVELLINO – an early version of the R&J story involving secret marriages, deaths of kinsmen, and a young groom...
Jul 5, 2006 | 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...
