Archive - Shakespeare News

December 2024

Welcome to Shakespeare News

Plus: Happy New Year!

Dec 31, 2024 •

McSweeney's Macbeth, A Muppet Christmas Carol, and Manuscripts in Mercury

Plus: Merry Merry!

Dec 23, 2024 •

Gladiator II, Hot Lear, and Ketanji Brown Jackson

Plus: Cynthia Erivo as The Douglas

Dec 15, 2024 •

The Princes in the Tower, Grand Theft Hamlet, and Star Wars Macbeth

Plus: Richard Nelson on Shakespeare in Ukraine

Dec 9, 2024 •

Buses, Blackface, and Batman

Plus: Are we born Wicked or do we have wickedness thrust upon us?

Dec 1, 2024 •

November 2024

Richard III's Voice, the Federal Theatre Project, and Breakdancing Shakespeare

Plus: "Wherefore" still does not mean "where"

Nov 24, 2024 •

Timothy West, Antiques Roadshow, and Even More AI Shakespeare

Plus: *Are* The Youth F**ked?

Nov 17, 2024 •

“The worst is not so long as we can say ‘This is the worst'"

Plus: Gone Girl, skunks, and why Bill Nighy doesn't do Shakespeare anymore

Nov 11, 2024 •

History Plays, Hot Ones, and the Heat Death of the Universe

Plus: Sherman takes a break from burning Atlanta to go to the theater

Nov 3, 2024

October 2024

AI R&J, Audio Plays, and Broadway

Plus: Radiohead Hamlet, cursed gloves, and racoons. So many racoons.

Oct 27, 2024 •

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