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My Shakespeare Set List (Fall 2008) »

This semester I am going with a new sequence of plays in my Shakespeare class and I thought I would share it.

On Katrina: `Hello, I jus' got off a road outside New Orleans . . .  »

I was run off the road by one of your trailers! . . . I was behind one of your trailers . . . the driver kept slowin' down in front of me and everybody else . . .

At Deptford & Stratford _ Scene Three »

The room at Deptford again, a month or two later.

A HIT - A VERY PALPABLE HIT »

Shakespeare *not* written by Shakespeare.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/greatest_shakespeare_movies/

LESSON 2 - SHAKESPEARE IN SCOTTISH - MACBETH - THE DAGGER SCENE »

 MACBETH by Wilhelm Shakespeare- THE DAGGER MONOLOGUE- translated into Scottish. Lesson2.Please send a check if you want the entire play in Scottish, its much improved. 

Confucius and Shakespeare Side by Side »

I had to share this with you, a segment from the 2008 Reith Lecture given by Professor Jonathan Spence. I am quoting Dr.

Novel 101- Ripeness is All »

So, it's been awhile since I've blogged here and even longer since I've had a Novel 10

`At Deptford & Stratford' _ Scene Two »

The ``great'' room of a Stratford-Upon-Avon cottage. The 1580s. A Fall afternoon, late, darkness descending, rain softly striking the windows.

King Lear and The House of Mondavi  »

What can Shakespeare teach us about a troubled family business? That’s a question I’ll try to answer at a discussion hosted by a long-lasting and large book group in Burlingame, Calif., this fall. Over the summer, the group has decided to read Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, alongside my book, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty.

"He must out-do the Devil, to be a Poet in the rank with Shakespeare" »

So said Thomas Rhymer in his 1693 treatise A Short View of Tragedy.

Lear, Gitmo, Beckett: On Torture »

In previous posts, I have drawn attention to the significance of Edmund—he is the glue of the play. And I have stressed that—for me—Lear is indeed mad from the start.

Lear: Men and Threats to their Security in Old Age »

Please watch Belle's Youtube video of her Chinese "King Lear," a graphic novel-in-progress.  

King Lear and Confucianism »

Please watch Belle's Youtube video of her Chinese King Lear, a graphic novel-in-progress 

Genius »

is the inability to not see.

`At Deptford & Stratford' _ Scene One »

Scene: a pub in Deptford, just off the Thames. Four men at a table, drinking heavily, worried.

Who Wrote Will Shakspere. »

In answer to Thomas Huynh's post, the REAL Shakespeare:

Something comes from nothing: On Cordelia's Silence »

While keeping in mind that backstage Edmund is busy accumulating power and leaving destruction in his wake, I turn now to Lear’s main plot.

Lear and its Author. »

King Lear and the wrong end of the telescope »

What is King Lear about? More importantly, who is it about? The answer is a surprising one. Logically, the answer is Edmund, the bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester.

Lear: Is 'thank you' redemption enough? »

 Please watch Youtube video of Belle's Chinese "King Lear" a graphic novel in the making  

The Other Renaissance »

Those interested in Renaissance art and literature should visit my new page at The Other Renaissance

"It Raineth Every Day": A bridge from 12th Night to Lear »

As I mentioned in my comment to Judith Tannenbaum’s blog, both plays feature talented musical fools who sing snatches of songs with the refrain “For the rain it raineth every day.”

Jennifer Gibbon's Modern Day KIng Lear »

  http://www.redroom.com/blog/jenniferkate/dallas-a-jewel-dallas-a-beautiful-sight

Leary of `Lear,' and about Cordelia and the great Junius Brutus Booth »

I sometimes talk to myself and have two daughters of my own, so writing about `King Lear' makes me a little nervous.

Revenge »

Please watch Belle's Youtube video, a Chinese "King Lear" in the making. 

Austen, Shakespeare, Shame (pt. 2) »

First lets recap: In Persuasion, Austen positions a scene of shame at the center of the novel’s plot.

Lear et al. »

A minor contribution to the Learapalooza:

Lear »

In response to Belle's Lear call, and just to kick off, here's an excited piece of PR I did when directing it:

King Lear or Dead Poets Society »

 Please watch Belle's Youtube video, a Chinese "King Lear" in the making  

Austen, Shame, Shakespeare (Pt. 1) »

Jessica Barksdale Inclan wrote recently that when she teaches Austen, she finds that the men “pretend to get bored.” With me, what I seek from such men is the experi

Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus »

 Please Watch Belle's Youtube video on her Chinese "King Lear," a graphic novel in the making  

Shakespeare's Music »

Is Shakespeare’s music the great bar to entry when it comes to appreciating Shakespeare?

Shakespeare and the Lessons of Censorship »

The lesson is simple and terrifying and so big it's like a forest you just can’t see.

American Shakespeare: 3 Snaps »

In response to my previous post on Shakespeare, Belle Yang wrote, "I know this is a blanket statement and I'll get rotten tomatos thrown at me: Americans do and can appreciate Shakespeare, but

Blog 3: On Shakespeare »

In her early post Belle Yang wonders if Shakespeare wrote "Coriolanus to please o

Directing Shakespeare for a Modern Audience »

In my ‘vast' experience, there are two keys to directing Shakespeare for a modern audience:

Nice girl, but her father was a little odd... »

I can’t watch the footage of the

In Case You Were Wondering »

where the title of my novel comes from:

I always wanted to write... »

a children's story called Fardel's Bear.  The opening line:To Bee or not to Bee; that is the question.  

Dear Mr. Shakespeare, »

Last night, I finished reading every last iambic meter of your plays, sonnets and longer poems. The Phoenix and Turtle was the perfect song to e