The Secret to Fighting

I get a lot of compliments for my battle scenes. Which is lovely, as they’re some of the most fun and challenging for me to write. I come from the theatre, and among the hats I wear in my professional life is Fight Director. I’m trained in different styles of...

Avalanche 8 – ORIGIN OF THE FEUD

Longtime readers of this blog will certainly recognize the centerpiece of this collection – my take on the origin of the Capulet-Montague feud which led to the writing of THE MASTER OF VERONA. But I've gone much further in this collection of essays,...

Avalanche 7 – TOMORROW & TOMORROW

My wife and I have penned several short essays on Shakespeare's MACBETH. Fans of this blog will recognize a couple – our take on the famous Tomorrow & Tomorrow speech has long been a staple here. But we've expanded on that piece, along with several...

Avalanche 5 – HER MAJESTY’S WILL

Before he was famous, he was a fugitive. Before he wrote of humanity, he lived it.Before he was the Bard of Avon, he was a spy. A very poor spy. England, 1586. Swept up in the skirts of a mysterious stranger, Will Shakespeare becomes entangled in a deadly and...

EVE OF IDES aftermath

Home again after a whirlwind tour on the East Coast with my friend, Director Rick Sordelet. He helmed our reading on Monday night of EVE OF IDES, my play about Caesar and Brutus the night before the assassination. It was honestly a smashing success, beyond my dreams....