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An Extra Mixed-up Midsummer Night’s Dream

A comedy of errors gets even more complicated!

18 Apr 2016

Shakespeare through the Ages

Gail Marshall, author of Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century and Shakespeare and Victorian Women explores why Shakespeare is still so embedded in our culture and has been through the ages...

Gail Marshall | 17 Apr 2016

Hamlet as a Lion Cub, Duke Orsino as a Guitar-Toting Roustabout–Shakespearean Stories Updated for the Modern Audience

Shakespeare’s stories and characters have time and again been reimagined for modern audiences. Sometimes the inspiration is obvious, while others require a bit of thinking. Do you think that Shakespeare...

16 Apr 2016

Shakespeare – Alive at 452

Paul Franssen explores what Shakespeare's take on current world issues such as war might have been if he were still here today...

Paul Franssen | 14 Apr 2016

Emotions: A Virtual Roundtable, Sixth and Final Week

In our sixth and final Virtual Roundtable on Emotions, our experts give their thoughts on what the future might hold.

Agneta Fischer, Ross Buck, Ursula Hess, Rolf Reber, Martijn van Zomeren | 13 Apr 2016

Eat Like Shakespeare

Did you know they did indeed have chocolate back in Shakespeare’s day, but it was served as a beverage with hot pepper? Cindy Renfrow, the editor of the blog A Thousand Eggs  , is an expert in...

13 Apr 2016

Shakespeare Around the World

You can spend Shakespeare's birthday in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon, where there will be celebration aplenty, or you can take off to one of these more exotic locations he immortalized in his works.

12 Apr 2016

Publishing the First Folio…

Shakespeare’s legacy is now identified with and embodied in the book we now call the “First Folio,” published posthumously seven years after Shakespeare’s death in 1623. The volume of thirty-six...

Adam G. Hooks | 11 Apr 2016

King Richard III Has Come Undone

Toss aside the newspaper and enjoy this Shakespearean jigsaw puzzle with your Sunday coffee.

10 Apr 2016

Channel the Bard Short Play Competition Update

Wow! We have received nearly 100 submissions in less than a week, with short plays taking us to various time periods and locations but all involving Shakespeare in some way. For anyone still interested,...

8 Apr 2016

Who Were Shakespeare’s Siblings and Grandchildren?

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7 Apr 2016