This December—six months after saying goodbye—Bloomcast is back for a Holiday Special! Join Alice, Lex and Adam as they answer your questions, play games,…

Jealousy and the suffering it inflicts on lovers is at the heart of Shakespeare's later romances, Cymbeline and The Winter's Tale . Few moments in Shakesp…

Our 2022-23 Season is dedicated to Celebrating the Memory of Peter Brook. From 2008-2019, TFANA was honored to present seven New York Premieres of works b…

The Folger is looking for exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and values of our organization. Yassine El Mansour…

The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write on…

William Shakespeare, such as Niccolo Machiavelli, or Christopher Marlow and colleagues, his contemporary generally seems to have now been turned to a mode…

This site aims to introduce Turkish Shakespeares to a broader international audience. You will find the latest news about Shakespeare in Turkey, blog post…

While Stratford is gearing up for the Shakespeare birthday celebrations this weekend, I’m winding down as I prepare to go on leave for a little while. Dur…

I want to reiterate that I greatly enjoyed the anime but were absolutely robbedof David becoming a construct for a handful of reasons, most of which boil…

↑Vgl. dazu beispielsweise die allgemeineren Ausführungen in John Russell Brown: The Shakespeare Handbooks. King Lear. A Guide to the Text and the play in…

↑“Most of these sonnets were addressed to a man. That can lead to a variety of nonsensical attitudes from exercises in special pleading to discreet white…

Shakespeares Venus and Adonis : being a reproduction in facsimile of the first edition, 1593, from the unique copy in the Malone collection in the Bodleia…

The Forest of Arden is hopping! On the run from his murderous brother, Orlando hides out in the Forest, where Rosalind, banished from the Court, is also o…

This article is about the theatre company in Washington DC. For other Shakespeare Theatres, see Shakespeare Theatre . Shakespeare Theatre Company Theatre …

Last weekend was not the first time I'd been back to New York since 9/11, but I was still struck (again) by the difference in the skyline. The ethereal o…

William Shakespeare ( bapt. 26 April [b] 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer…

Contains 36 plays: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV…

This, the first edition of the collected plays of William Shakespeare, is commonly known as the First Folio. Printed in London and issued in 1623 by Isaac…

Latinx peoples and culture have permeated Shakespearean performance in the United States for over 75 years—a phenomenon that, until now, has been largely …

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We als…

Just before 2016—a year widely regarded as mad, bad, and dangerous to know, but with none of Byron’s charm—came to an end, a new volume of Shakespeare’s p…

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We also…

We got a copy of the ad from a producer from WGOW radio in Chatanooga. Bill Lockhart, the program director for WGOW, confirmed the authenticity of the ad …

Melissa McEwan is the founder and editor of the award-winning political and cultural group blog Shakesville, a founding member of the Big Brass Blog, and …

I’ve blogged about dog-whistle politics before (most recently here , with the most famous example being President Bush’s Dred Scott shout-out during the 2…

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I regret to say that I have also resigned from the Edwards campaign. In spite of what was widely reported, I was not hired as a blogger, but a part-time …

For years homeschooled children have had to rely for all of their information on Wikipedia , which is full of dangerous ideas that homeschooling was suppo…

The Shakespeare authorship question, also known as " Anti-Stratfordianism ," is a fringe theory asserting that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon …

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We als…

I've never watched Glee so I'm not familiar with the plot line or the characters, but after seeing this clip, I'm hoping there are some fans of the show …

Welcome to Shakesville Welcome to Shakesville, a progressive feminist blog about politics, culture, social justice, cute things, and all that is in betwe…

PZ reports that the American Academy of Pediatrics has proposed a "compromise" on female genital cutting, suggesting a "ritual nick," a minor incision of …

So this cop and his partner are riding around, and he decides he wants something to drink. He tells his partner to stop at a store, and, for whatever rea…

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Introduces the strongest and innovative of the directions emerging in Shakespearean scholarship - ranging across performance studies, multimedia and textu…

Frequently, I receive requests to provide a definition of the term "rape culture." I've referred people to the Wikipedia entry on rape culture, which is p…

Oh the blessed irony. Last Tuesday, the 30th—you know, the day all the papers looked like this —President Bush was in San Diego at the Naval Medical Cente…

Most poets agree with Swinburne that “It is not only the crowning glory of England, it is the crowning glory of mankind, that such a man should ever have …

1 . Shakespeares Biography Essay SHAKESPEARE'S BIOGRAPHY Shakespeare's Biography William Shakespeare was a great writer who lead a very interesting life. …

2 . Shakespeare's Sonnets William Shakespeare Strictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes. If you liked this eBook, would you …

Mildred Loving, the "matriarch of interracial marriage," has died at age 68. Loving, who was of African and Rappahannock Indian descent, and her husband, …

With Shakespeare in the Parking Lot (now entering its 25th year as a New York City institution) and Bryant Park Shakespeare in the heart of Manhattan, TDC…

A copiously illustrated account of the famed Paris bookstore on its 65th anniversary This first-ever history of the legendary bohemian bookstore in Paris …

I saw this courtesy of Peter Daou (on Twitter), who called it "scary", earlier today: Likely voters in battleground districts see extremists as having a…

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We als…

Back in March South Dakota gov Dennis Daugaard signed into law a bill that would require women seeking an abortion to have a 72 hour wait, go to a "crisis…

ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama had tapped University of California -Berkeley economics professor Christina Romer to be the chair of the …

I'm not suggesting that not being able to spell (or edit) everything correctly makes one a bad person or in any way less than . (Maude knows I make enough…

Still defensive about the sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in myriad diocese in multiple countries, the Vatican's permanent obse…

View sonnets When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old …

Jean Jennings Bartik was one of the women computers. In 1945, she was a recent graduate of Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, the school's one mat…

Jessica points to an article by Comment is Free blogger David Cox called Feminism's Rape Fallacy that will, possibly, drive you batshit insane—unless you…

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Menu View Our History This pub takes its name from its famous namesake which was in nearby Wych Street, off Drury Lane, frequented by actors and literary…

Our notions of Shakespeare have been shaped partly by his diffuse presence in films, comics, television, popular novels, kitsch, and advertising. Through …

[Trigger warning] Why? Because Dennis Prager has completed his Magnum Dopus, "When A Woman Isn't In The Mood," and needless to say, he still views women a…

[Update: I'm moving this back to the top for a bit, because it's important stuff.] Since 9/11, President Bush has positioned himself as the best, if not …

Responding to the New York Times coverage of the heinous mistreatment of Maher Arar, a Canadian computer engineer who was "seized on Sept. 26, 2002, afte…

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[Before accusing me of attacking Obama or being a shill for Hillary or having some kind of nefarious motivation, please bear in mind that Obama is now the…

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I must admit that even with my dark and unrelenting cynicism toward the media that I'm a little bit shocked to see op-ed pieces appear in quick succession…

1 . Essay for Shakespeares Sonnet 73 Anthony Tseng Gloomy, dejected, depressed: These are the emotional elements that William Shakespeare implemented into…

The Family Shakespeare is one of the most famous works ever written. There is even a word introduced by it into the English language: "Bowdlerized". Most …

Women Making Shakespeare presents a series of 20-25 short essays that draw on a variety of resources, including interviews with directors, actors, and oth…

Written by Shakespeare and John Fletcher, this play tells the familiar story of a love triangle. Here, though, it seems distant and strange. The play is b…

Act I, Scene 1 : The Earl of Gloucester introduces his illegitimate son Edmund to the Earl of Kent and observes that he has a legitimate son as well. King…

Set in the earliest days of the Roman Republic, Coriolanus begins with the common people, or plebeians, in armed revolt against the patricians. The people…

MIT Global Shakespeares co-founder Alexa Alice Joubin spoke on a roundtable at the World Shakespeare Congress in Singapore in July, 2021. Entitled “Gender…

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- William Shakespeare Why does it seem that American society is in decline, that fairness and decorum are receding, that mediocrity and tyranny are becomi…

Gina Shakespeare is a film and television producer from New Zealand. Over the past 15 years, she has produced and directed hundreds of hours of content, i…

Shakespeare in the Park began its summer season in New York City’s Central Park last month with a “contemporary” take on the playwright’s Julius Caesar , …

William Shakespeare (bapt. 26[a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616)[b] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in…

This December—six months after saying goodbye—Bloomcast is back for a Holiday Special! Join Alice, Lex and Adam as they answer your questions, play games,…

Jealousy and the suffering it inflicts on lovers is at the heart of Shakespeare's later romances, Cymbeline and The Winter's Tale . Few moments in Shakesp…

Our 2022-23 Season is dedicated to Celebrating the Memory of Peter Brook. From 2008-2019, TFANA was honored to present seven New York Premieres of works b…

The Folger is looking for exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and values of our organization. Yassine El Mansour…

The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write on…

William Shakespeare, such as Niccolo Machiavelli, or Christopher Marlow and colleagues, his contemporary generally seems to have now been turned to a mode…

This site aims to introduce Turkish Shakespeares to a broader international audience. You will find the latest news about Shakespeare in Turkey, blog post…

While Stratford is gearing up for the Shakespeare birthday celebrations this weekend, I’m winding down as I prepare to go on leave for a little while. Dur…

I want to reiterate that I greatly enjoyed the anime but were absolutely robbedof David becoming a construct for a handful of reasons, most of which boil…

↑Vgl. dazu beispielsweise die allgemeineren Ausführungen in John Russell Brown: The Shakespeare Handbooks. King Lear. A Guide to the Text and the play in…

↑“Most of these sonnets were addressed to a man. That can lead to a variety of nonsensical attitudes from exercises in special pleading to discreet white…

Shakespeares Venus and Adonis : being a reproduction in facsimile of the first edition, 1593, from the unique copy in the Malone collection in the Bodleia…

The Forest of Arden is hopping! On the run from his murderous brother, Orlando hides out in the Forest, where Rosalind, banished from the Court, is also o…

This article is about the theatre company in Washington DC. For other Shakespeare Theatres, see Shakespeare Theatre . Shakespeare Theatre Company Theatre …

Last weekend was not the first time I'd been back to New York since 9/11, but I was still struck (again) by the difference in the skyline. The ethereal o…

Contains 36 plays: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV…

This, the first edition of the collected plays of William Shakespeare, is commonly known as the First Folio. Printed in London and issued in 1623 by Isaac…

Latinx peoples and culture have permeated Shakespearean performance in the United States for over 75 years—a phenomenon that, until now, has been largely …

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We als…

Just before 2016—a year widely regarded as mad, bad, and dangerous to know, but with none of Byron’s charm—came to an end, a new volume of Shakespeare’s p…

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We also…

We got a copy of the ad from a producer from WGOW radio in Chatanooga. Bill Lockhart, the program director for WGOW, confirmed the authenticity of the ad …

Melissa McEwan is the founder and editor of the award-winning political and cultural group blog Shakesville, a founding member of the Big Brass Blog, and …

I’ve blogged about dog-whistle politics before (most recently here , with the most famous example being President Bush’s Dred Scott shout-out during the 2…

What started out as the idea of a revolutionary new car with space-age design and new technology turned out to be an overpriced and technically flawed -- …

I regret to say that I have also resigned from the Edwards campaign. In spite of what was widely reported, I was not hired as a blogger, but a part-time …

For years homeschooled children have had to rely for all of their information on Wikipedia , which is full of dangerous ideas that homeschooling was suppo…

The Shakespeare authorship question, also known as " Anti-Stratfordianism ," is a fringe theory asserting that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon …

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We als…

I've never watched Glee so I'm not familiar with the plot line or the characters, but after seeing this clip, I'm hoping there are some fans of the show …

Welcome to Shakesville Welcome to Shakesville, a progressive feminist blog about politics, culture, social justice, cute things, and all that is in betwe…

PZ reports that the American Academy of Pediatrics has proposed a "compromise" on female genital cutting, suggesting a "ritual nick," a minor incision of …

So this cop and his partner are riding around, and he decides he wants something to drink. He tells his partner to stop at a store, and, for whatever rea…

"He encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of American women." —Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law sch…

Introduces the strongest and innovative of the directions emerging in Shakespearean scholarship - ranging across performance studies, multimedia and textu…

Frequently, I receive requests to provide a definition of the term "rape culture." I've referred people to the Wikipedia entry on rape culture, which is p…

Oh the blessed irony. Last Tuesday, the 30th—you know, the day all the papers looked like this —President Bush was in San Diego at the Naval Medical Cente…

Most poets agree with Swinburne that “It is not only the crowning glory of England, it is the crowning glory of mankind, that such a man should ever have …

1 . Shakespeares Biography Essay SHAKESPEARE'S BIOGRAPHY Shakespeare's Biography William Shakespeare was a great writer who lead a very interesting life. …

2 . Shakespeare's Sonnets William Shakespeare Strictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes. If you liked this eBook, would you …

Mildred Loving, the "matriarch of interracial marriage," has died at age 68. Loving, who was of African and Rappahannock Indian descent, and her husband, …

With Shakespeare in the Parking Lot (now entering its 25th year as a New York City institution) and Bryant Park Shakespeare in the heart of Manhattan, TDC…

A copiously illustrated account of the famed Paris bookstore on its 65th anniversary This first-ever history of the legendary bohemian bookstore in Paris …

I saw this courtesy of Peter Daou (on Twitter), who called it "scary", earlier today: Likely voters in battleground districts see extremists as having a…

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We als…

Back in March South Dakota gov Dennis Daugaard signed into law a bill that would require women seeking an abortion to have a 72 hour wait, go to a "crisis…

ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama had tapped University of California -Berkeley economics professor Christina Romer to be the chair of the …

I'm not suggesting that not being able to spell (or edit) everything correctly makes one a bad person or in any way less than . (Maude knows I make enough…

Still defensive about the sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in myriad diocese in multiple countries, the Vatican's permanent obse…

View sonnets When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old …

Jean Jennings Bartik was one of the women computers. In 1945, she was a recent graduate of Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, the school's one mat…

Jessica points to an article by Comment is Free blogger David Cox called Feminism's Rape Fallacy that will, possibly, drive you batshit insane—unless you…

Anti-corporate isn't the right term, exactly, but if you're looking for the candidate who's pro-worker and pro-regulation, Edwards is still your man, and …

Menu View Our History This pub takes its name from its famous namesake which was in nearby Wych Street, off Drury Lane, frequented by actors and literary…

Our notions of Shakespeare have been shaped partly by his diffuse presence in films, comics, television, popular novels, kitsch, and advertising. Through …

[Trigger warning] Why? Because Dennis Prager has completed his Magnum Dopus, "When A Woman Isn't In The Mood," and needless to say, he still views women a…

[Update: I'm moving this back to the top for a bit, because it's important stuff.] Since 9/11, President Bush has positioned himself as the best, if not …

Responding to the New York Times coverage of the heinous mistreatment of Maher Arar, a Canadian computer engineer who was "seized on Sept. 26, 2002, afte…

In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Barack Obama says he is deeply disappointed that John McCain has not spoken out against the attacks leveled…

[Before accusing me of attacking Obama or being a shill for Hillary or having some kind of nefarious motivation, please bear in mind that Obama is now the…

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source …

I must admit that even with my dark and unrelenting cynicism toward the media that I'm a little bit shocked to see op-ed pieces appear in quick succession…

1 . Essay for Shakespeares Sonnet 73 Anthony Tseng Gloomy, dejected, depressed: These are the emotional elements that William Shakespeare implemented into…

The Family Shakespeare is one of the most famous works ever written. There is even a word introduced by it into the English language: "Bowdlerized". Most …

Women Making Shakespeare presents a series of 20-25 short essays that draw on a variety of resources, including interviews with directors, actors, and oth…

Written by Shakespeare and John Fletcher, this play tells the familiar story of a love triangle. Here, though, it seems distant and strange. The play is b…

Act I, Scene 1 : The Earl of Gloucester introduces his illegitimate son Edmund to the Earl of Kent and observes that he has a legitimate son as well. King…

Set in the earliest days of the Roman Republic, Coriolanus begins with the common people, or plebeians, in armed revolt against the patricians. The people…

MIT Global Shakespeares co-founder Alexa Alice Joubin spoke on a roundtable at the World Shakespeare Congress in Singapore in July, 2021. Entitled “Gender…

W hile those of us stuck in self-isolation or working from home watch TikTok videos and refresh liveblogs, a meme has been going around that claims Shakes…

- William Shakespeare Why does it seem that American society is in decline, that fairness and decorum are receding, that mediocrity and tyranny are becomi…

Gina Shakespeare is a film and television producer from New Zealand. Over the past 15 years, she has produced and directed hundreds of hours of content, i…

Shakespeare in the Park began its summer season in New York City’s Central Park last month with a “contemporary” take on the playwright’s Julius Caesar , …