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Tag Archives: William Shakespeare

The Theater of History (Richard III)

December 16, 2018

Ever since it first appeared onstage, Richard III has remained among Shakespeare’s most widely produced and popular plays, and its …

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Divine Comedy (The Comedy of Errors)

August 8, 2018

One of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, The Comedy of Errors is also two plays in one. The action begins with a …

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Topsy-Turvy, or the Feast of Epiphany (TWELFTH NIGHT)

October 7, 2017

On the twelfth night after Christmas—no later than January sixth—the great Elizabethan houses held enormous festivals of eating, drinking and …

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The Double Meanings of MACBETH

March 23, 2017

Macbeth, more than perhaps any of Shakespeare’s other plays, seems to have been written fast. It feels like a feverish …

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The Birth of Modern Tragedy (ROMEO & JULIET)

August 16, 2016

[The long version of the program essay. Having taught the play the semester before at the New School, I had …

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Shrewd Ambiguities (THE TAMING OF THE SHREW)

August 16, 2016

[Written for Ed Sylvanus Iskandar’s production, which employed an immersive frame and frequently disrupted Shakespeare’s text via Duncan Sheik pop …

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The Beast With Two Backs (Othello)

February 10, 2016

In August of 1600, a 42-year-old man named Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud sailed to London. An ambassador from the court …

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Bottomless Dream (2015)

September 2, 2015

[Updating of my old Midsummer note for the 2015-16 Free For All production] There’s a famous proverbial saying about music criticism, that …

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Brave New World (The Tempest)

November 21, 2014

Written in the fall of 2014 for Ethan McSweeny’s production of The Tempest at STC. I am including Albrecht Durer’s portrait of …

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Wanderlust (As You Like It)

November 3, 2014

Written for STC’s inaugural show of the 2014-2015 Season, As You Like It, in a beautifully intimate production, starring Zoe Waites …

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