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Shakespeare’s works have provided fertile ground for reimagining the nature of the book, from illustration, to typography, to format, to binding, to other aspects of physical form. The various forms of books have shaped our experience of Shakespeare, and so, in turn, have Shakespeare’s works influenced the forms that books have taken. That mutual relationship […]
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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...
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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 plays was compiled by John Heminge and Henry Condell, Shakespeare’s friends and fellows in the King’s Men theatre company. The book was in part an […]
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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, we will be accepting submissions until April 22nd. Please send all short (under 10 pages) plays to Diana and [email protected] We […]
Read MoreThroughout 2016 we are marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare by following key themes, controversies and research relating to the life and legacy of the man himself. This month we’re celebrating Shakespeare’s legacy and each day running from 1st to 23rd April we will be giving away a different prize for […]
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We delve Into The Intro of author James Shapiro's chapter Toward A New Shakespeare Biography from Shakespeare Survey 58 (2005), to examine the challenges of writing the Bard's biography.
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Simon Palfrey, the author of Shakespeare’s Possible Worlds, offers up a new model for appreciating Shakespeare's world--both the world he creates and the real one his writing reflects.
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Simon Palfrey, the author of Shakespeare’s Possible Worlds, breaks down the barriers of Shakespeare's complicated play world and the language holding it together.
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