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Shakes' Flakes

In a review of the current UK production of Love's Labours Lost, the reviewer states, "As so often in Shakespeare's love affairs, too, it is the men who prove flighty, the women more clear-sighted." The writer's assertion got me thinking not only about this particular comedy, but about... [More]

Macbeth Squarepants

Fuzzy stuffed animals, videogames, coloring books, Macbeth, cartoons - what do all of these things have in common? Well, it turns out, they are all entertaining to kids. While the Scottish play wouldn't top my list of Plays to Introduce Children to Shakespeare, it nonetheless has served that... [More]

Father of the Year

If you're looking for advice on love, who better to read than Shakespeare? There isn't a type of love The Bard hasn't covered. He's certainly written volumes on romantic love (ahem, sonnets!), but he also used plenty of ink to explore paternal love, maternal love, filial love, ideological love... [More]

Shakespearean Experts

A review of a new production of As You Like It opens with the following statement: "Lovers of Shakespeare's plays know that there is a big difference between productions put on by well-intentioned people and those put on by trained experts. Ambition is one thing, aptitude another." While I... [More]

Is Will What We Will?

Religion figures heavily in Shakespeare, not just when it happens to be a central part of the plot or characters, as in Measure for Measure. In fact, if you look closely enough, religion and spirituality are invoked in virtually every play in one way or another. An article recently revisited... [More]

Coriolanus at a Clip

For those of you who like your tragic heroes with an excess of pride and a massive stubborn streak, it's hard to get any better than Coriolanus. Although not as well known as some of the other tragedies, Shakespeare's Roman drama is centered on a title character who can't quite get over himself... [More]

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