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Scholarly Essays On Shakespeare
The best classical and modern essays on the works of Shakespeare, includes those by Samuel Johnson, A.C. Bradley, Harold Bloom and Marjorie Garber.
Shakespeare Siloliquys Performed
Videos of performances of the great siloliquys by Lawrence Olivier, Judi Dench, Ian McClellan, Kenneth Branaugh, John Barrymore and other greats.
Reviews of Live Performances
If there is a live performance of Shakespeare scheduled anywhere [...]
Rollins College Opening Night: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.”
I was reading the director’s note in the playbill before the curtain came up on the debut performance of Rollins College’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The cast, the director said, had had only 5 weeks to prepare for opening night.
Some of the actors had never played Shakespeare before.
None [...]
The Raven Himself is Hoarse – Macbeth – Judi Dench
The Raven Himself is Hoarse
Winter of our Discontent – Richard III – Lawrence Olivier
Winter of our Discontent – Richard III
St. Crispin’s Day – Henry V – Lawrence Olivier
St. Crispin’s Day Speech – Henry V
To Be or Not to Be – Hamlet – Lawrence Olivier
To Be or Not to Be – Hamlet
Cordelia’s Death: Did Shakespeare Go to Far?
There is so much human suffering in King Lear that for nearly two hundred years the most frequent version staged was a bowdlerized one by Nahum Tate.
Tate’s version ends happily with Lear and his much sinned against daughter, Cordelia, reunited, Edgar crowned and the villains Goneril, Regan and Edmund lying dead as earth on the stage floor.
And if that isn’t enough, [...]
Is Hamlet Insane, Cowardly or Depressed?
There are as many theories about Hamlet’s mental state as there are mental states.
Shakespeare’s Birthplace at Henley Street: Fact or Myth?
This is the house in Stratford-Upon-Avon they say Shakespeare was born in. Do you believe it?