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...
May 14, 2007 | Books - Cut Scenes - Publishing
Everyone is asking about the title to Book 2. I don’t have a good answer. I did, then something changed and events that were going to happen in Book 2 were moved to Book 3, which I’m working on right now (when not adapting classic crime fiction for the...
Apr 14, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel
This is the text that will appear on the dust-jacket flap. I am pleased to say I had a hand in crafting it – all those years hanging around my parents’ ad agency must have rubbed off a bit. Romeo and Juliet is the greatest...
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 12, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare
I was at a dinner party the other night when someone said, "So – tell us about the novel." That’s the kind of question that makes me quail. It’s probably a delayed reaction to the hated...
