Archive - Shakespeare News

Mortimers, Mormons, and Mad Kings

Plus: "the ideological implications of the unclothed or partially clothed body"

Aug 3

July 2026

Bouncy Castles, Blast Furnaces, and Bill Nighy

Plus: Hat Shakespeare

Jul 27 • Kate Pitt

Benny Hill, Margaritaville, and Scotch

Plus: "Kean kept one of Cooke’s toes"

Jul 24 • Kate Pitt

Stags, ads, and witches tags

Plus: The Parr Shakespeare Prize

Jul 23 • Kate Pitt

Two Gentlebots of Verona, The Haus of Montague, and The Hex Pistols!

Plus: We could have had a Charles Ludlam "Titus"

Jul 22 • Kate Pitt

Pedro Pascal, Fine Leather Goods, and the Marilyn Monroe Shakespeare Festival

Plus: The inherent capaciousness of salad

Jul 21 • Kate Pitt

Racoons, Venereal Disease, and a Slings and Arrows Prequel

Plus: "Have you got balls?"

Jul 20 • Kate Pitt

May 2026

Michael Pennington: Hong Kong, Helicopters, and Henry IV

May 28 • Kate Pitt

Michael Caine, August Wilson, and Oscar Isaac

Plus: Something Rockin’ in Denmark

May 26 • Kate Pitt

Euphoria, Puppet Eroticism, and macb*tches

Plus: "What if the Scottish king was actually a 13-year-old child star?"

May 18 • Kate Pitt

Shakespeare is the Met Gala

Plus: King John, understatement, and energy-sucking butt magnets

May 12 • Kate Pitt

Swordfighters, Sets, and Secret Shakespeare Fans

Plus: Macbeth but with cats

May 5 • Kate Pitt

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