Romeo and Juliet
I’m going to be honest here – I didn’t bother watching R&J again to do this project. Having studied it in...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
This is one of my faves, partly because of pleasant associations from seeing it performed outdoors on more than one...
King John
I’d never seen King John before watching it to do this project. I was struck the forceful female nobility amid...
The Merchant of Venice
No one has ever accused me of being subtle. The Merchant of Venice is famously about Jewish moneylender Shylock who...
Henry IV, Part 1
I saw all three Henrys as part of a tour by the English Shakespeare Company in the late 1980s. It...
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff is back in the sack (fortified wine) for this broad comedy. The debauched old knight decides he’ll...
Henry IV, Part 2
I saw the Henrys performed in the late 1980s by the English Shakespeare Company. The entire trilogy was staged with...
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice and Benedick are surely Shakespeare’s most appealing pair of lovers. They don’t even grudgingly admit their love for one...
Henry V
If you’re reading all of these blurbs, first of all, thank you, and second of all, you may have just...
Julius Caesar
It had been quite a few years since I sat through Julius Caesar and so watching the BBC version to...
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