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The Trial of Romeo Oscar review – Ayckbourn goes back to the future with android accused of murder https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep/11/the-trial-of-romeo-oscar-review-alan-ayckbourn-stephen-joseph-theatre-scarborough #Theatre #Stage #Culture #AlanAyckbourn #Comedy #Comedy #StephenJosephTheatre #Technology #Robots #RomeoAndJuliet #WilliamShakespeare

The Trial of Romeo Oscar review – Ayckbourn goes back to the future with android accused of murder
By Nick Ahad

Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThe playwright explores our relationship with technology, asks if robots have souls and even questions the value of art in this sci-fi courtroom drama

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep/11/the-trial-of-romeo-oscar-review-alan-ayckbourn-stephen-joseph-theatre-scarborough

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Movie Review: As You Like It (1978)

Title: As You Like It
Release Date: December 17, 1978
Director: Basil Coleman
Production Company: Time-Life Television Productions | BBC
Main Cast:

• • Helen Mirren as Rosalind
  • Brian Stirner as Orlando
  • Richard Pasco as Jaques
  • Angharad Rees as Celia
  • James Bolam as Touchstone
  • Clive Francis as Oliver
  • Richard Easton as Duke Frederick
  • Tony Church as Banished Duke
  • John Quentin as Le Beau
  • Maynard Williams as Silvius
  • Victoria Plucknett as Phebe
  • Marilyn Le Conte as Audrey
  • Tom McDonnell as Amiens
  • David Lloyd Meredith as Corin
  • Arthur Hewlett as Adam
  • Jeffrey Holland as William
  • Timothy Bateson as Sir Oliver Martext
  • David Prowse as Charles
  • John Moulder-Brown as Hymen
  • Paul Bentall as Jacques de Boys
  • Peter Tullo as Palace Lord

• Mike Lewin as Palace Lord
• Carl Forgione as Banished Duke’s Lord
• Max Harvey as Banished Duke’s Lord
• Chris Sullivan as Dennis
• Paul Phoenix as Page
• Barry Holden as Page

Synopsis (via Letterboxd):

Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all.

My Thoughts:

I’ve returned to BBC Television Shakespeare which is always a good option for Shakespeare’s plays that don’t get as many movie adaptations.  I was hoping to watch a 1961 Royal Shakespeare Company performance with Vanessa Redgrave as Rosalind, but couldn’t find the film anywhere (although the audio is on YouTube).  Of course, Helen Mirren is no slouch and she shines in her performance of Rosalind.  Unlike most of the BBC productions which are filmed on sound stages, As You Like It is filmed entirely on location with the better part of the movie set in the forest.  With that being said, it is a bit strange that all the characters just hang out in the woods with no tents or other structures.  The cast is talented but the script doesn’t allow anyone to stand out apart from Mirren.  Dave Prowse, famous for playing Darth Vader, makes an appearance as a wrestler.  As one of Shakespeare’s more musical plays, there are some delightful songs as well.  The problem though is that this production is just too much of a straight, by-the-book run-through of a play that really needs a more compelling dramatic approach.

Rating: ***

The Debate Over This Writing Thing

Several weeks ago there was quite a debate bouncing around about what writing is or might or might not become in this era of Artificial Intelligence. Quite a lot was written about the subject. I watched and read most of it beginning with John Gruber’s piece on Daring Fireball about Anthropic’s use of watermarks for AI-generated writing. Gruber called it a “perversion of writing.” Many others weighed in with words, words, words. And more words.

I particularly liked Dan Moren’s piece in response, primarily because it lines up with what I’ve learned and currently think about AI-writing. Here’s a quote:

That might be the case if AIs were writing. But they are not; they are simply generating text. Those two things are not the same. As per the premise of John’s piece, writing is about carefully picking the words and crafting the meaning of what you’re saying, things that AI do not—and patently cannot—do.

In case you’re wondering, I’m in the camp that says that AI isn’t capable of “writing.” If you know anything about the tech at all, you should be too. AI might be able to predict the next word, but that’s a mathematical equation not writing. If you insist otherwise, I hope the kool-aid tasted good on the way down.

Back in the days of my youth, one of the many rituals of sorting wheat from the chaff in childhood education was teaching us to to write mechanically, moving slowly but steadily up to writing things with meaning (remember book reports?) and once we moved into college there was Freshman Comp. Do they still teach Freshman Comp these days?

It wasn’t until later in college when I actually learned what I came to believe writing was all about. Dr. Ralph Cohen, an English professor who taught courses on Shakespeare, film as a narrative art, and surveys of literature, was one of the few professors who kicked my butt. He challenged me in ways others didn’t and I ended up taking most of the classes he offered.

In teaching Shakespeare, he laid out what the physical act and monetary cost of writing during the Bard’s time actually required. There was a real cost to committing an idea to the paper he made out of rags and old linens. Simply put, it meant the work of writing happened in the man’s brain and soul either before or as he was scribbling away with his quill and ink.

I was never good at writing with pen/pencil and paper. Nevertheless, I fought my mother tooth and nail when she insisted I take a typing class in high school. She won. I’m glad she did. Writing for me did become easier on a keyboard and a keyboard has been the primary medium of committing my thoughts to paper or digital bits ever since.

In thinking about this debate I pulled a dust covered dictionary off of one of my book shelves to look up the definition of writing. It’s The American College Dictionary published by Random House copyrighted in 1961. Here’s what that says below:

I also looked up the word “write.”

And the word “writer.”

Google Gemini’s AI summary provides the following:

The highlights in that result are Google’s. Certainly there are many other dictionaries with differing and distinct definitions spelled out. I’d wager that most, like those above, focus on the mechanical. Perhaps that would steer the debate more towards those who think AI can “write.” Frankly, I find that devaluing when I think of the act, or dare I say the art of writing.

Having spent a life in the theatre, written a few plays and musicals along the way, and heard the chimes at midnight with many a playwright and composer searching for the right words or notes, I believe there’s an element that’s missing when most engage in this debate. I’d call it the soul.

Otherwise the infinite monkey theorem comes into play and renders all writing reductive to a fault. Or if The Simpsons is more your cup of tea, 1000 monkeys with a 1000 typewriters.

There are some that are trying to define parameters of this debate as being about process. But that’s any creator’s thing. Some want to frame the discussion about how the march of technological progress always presents change. So, why resist it?

If writing, or any other art form was supposed to be easy or easier that’s when the devaluing kicks in. The playing fields of creation have never be level. Why start doing so now?

That last link above is from a piece from Tim O’Reilly on the subject. I’m not sure if he wrote it or he coached an AI to do so. You’ll understand that if you do read the piece. Regardless, it’s worth your time if you have interest in the debate. Here’s a quote:

We’re in the early days, still shooting filmed stage plays. The masters of this instrument will uncover themselves. When they do, what they produce isn’t going to be slop. In the meantime, I don’t think we should be shooting down people who are trying to push AI’s limits in writing or art. Writers should be trying to figure out the medium, just as software developers are doing in coding.

We may indeed be in the early days. I translate that in our current moment to folks paying for and investing a lot of money to use beta software that promises much, doesn’t always work, and more often than not yields different responses to the same prompt. But that’s the slippery slope we’ve fallen down with most tech these days.

Early filmmakers may have indeed been constantly adapting and evolving the technology they used and the way they used it. Although to pick a nit, the early filmmakers analogy doesn’t really hold up, as most early films were shot outdoors until lighting technology caught up, allowing for better filming of interiors. That’s when filming stage plays really began. (Thanks, Dr. Cohen.)

The distinction is that those early filmmakers were pushing their technology envelopes to better tell a story in a new medium of motion pictures. Not mimic one that had existed since man first painted tales of the hunt on cave walls. That assumes you accept the pieces of the definitions of writing  that describe it as a method of using symbols, characters or words on some surface in order to communicate an idea.

But back to my thoughts on writing in opposition to those I disagree with. It’s safe to say that my bet is anything AI writes, no matter how well prompted, won’t endure for 400 or so years the way Shakespeare has. Or in later generations, Chekov, Ibsen, Miller, Mamet or Shepard. Not even the summaries. Of course, who knows what will endure 400 years into this wacky future we seem hell bent on creating? Or is that erasing?

I’ll end this with a quote from Mr. Shakespeare:

Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears
Moist it again, and frame some feeling line
That may discover such integrity.

Two Gentlemen From Verona, Act 3, Scene 2

A 1000 monkeys indeed.

(Images from KinoMasterskaya on Shutterstock. Dictionary photos by the author.)

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A quotation from Shakespeare

FOOL:             And thus the whirligig of time brings in
   his revenges.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 5, sc. 1, l. 399ff (5.1.399-400) (1601)

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Movie Review: William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (1953)

Title: William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Release Date: June 4, 1953
Director:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Main Cast:

• Marlon Brando as Mark Antony
• James Mason as Brutus
• John Gielgud as Cassius
• Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar
• Edmond O’Brien as Casca
• Greer Garson as Calpurnia
• Deborah Kerr as Portia
• George Macready as Marullus
• Michael Pate as Flavius
• Richard Hale as a Soothsayer
• Alan Napier as Cicero
• John Hoyt as Decius Brutus
• Tom Powers as Metellus Cimber
• William Cottrell as Cinna
• Jack Raine as Trebonius
• Ian Wolfe as Ligarius
• Morgan Farley as Artemidorus
• Bill Phipps as Servant to Antony
• Douglas Watson as Octavius Caesar
• Douglass Dumbrille as Lepidus
• Rhys Williams as Lucilius
• Michael Ansara as Pindarus
• Dayton Lummis as Messala
• Edmund Purdom as Strato
• Paul Guilfoyle as First Citizen
• John Doucette as Second Citizen
• Lawrence Dobkin as Third Citizen
• Jo Gilbert as Fourth Citizen

Synopsis (via Letterboxd):

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

My Thoughts:

Julius Caesar receives the full MGM classic era treatment: big sets, big crowds, and big stars!  And it’s mostly effective.  For it’s cast of thousands, the success of this movie is down to the talents of its three lead actors.  Marlo Brando breaks from the mumbler typecast he had at the time to be an inspirational Mark Antony while John Gielgud is imperious as the conspiracy leader Cassius.  I have to admit that I usually find James Mason to be very creepy, but his creepiness is toned down here allowing him to play a sympathetic antihero in Brutus.  Producer John Houseman decided to break the tradition of an all-British cast in Shakespeare productions and it pays off in performances such as Edmond O’Brien’s very Brooklyn approach to Casca.  Joseph L. Mankiewicz is known for being a dialogue director which feels like it should be right for a Shakespeare, but his approach is too faithful in presenting it as a historical drama.  For a movie released just after the end of World War II, I had hoped that the crisis of dictators with ambitions would feel more present. While the monologues are strong, the movie lacks an overall sense of urgency and intrigue.

Rating: ***1/2

A quotation from Shakespeare

ISABELLA:                   Truth is truth
   To the very end of reckoning.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Measure for Measure, Act 5, sc. 1, l. 51ff (5.1.51-52) (1604)

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William Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Judi Dench – Helen Mirren – Diana Rigg – Ian Holm 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Ry0lUghcw

Restored Version by Shakespeare Network. – This was the first live-action version of this play to be filmed in colour.

‘I want to hit 100’: Derek Jacobi on Aids, ageing and failing to boil an egg https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/derek-jacobi-aids-ageing-interview #Film #DerekJacobi #Culture #Stage #Television #FrancisBacon #LucianFreud #WilliamShakespeare #TelevisionRadio

Film Review: HAMLET (2025): Riz Ahmed Uniquely Plays the Title Role in a New Spin on the Bard's Classic Tragic Story

Link: https://film-book.com/film-review-hamlet-2025-riz-ahmed-uniquely-plays-the-title-role-in-a-new-spin-on-the-bards-classic-tragic-story/?fsp_sid=181995

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"To beer or not to beer"
- William Shakesbeer

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A quotation from Shakespeare

HAMLET:                               O, I die, Horatio!
   The potent poison quite o’ercrows my spirit.
   I cannot live to hear the news from England.
   But I do prophesy th’ election lights
   On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice.
   So tell him, with th’ occurrents, more and less,
   Which have solicited — the rest is silence.
                              [Dies.]

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Hamlet, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 389ff (5.2.389-395) (c. 1600)

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All the world's a stage, right? So here are all the plays of #Shakespeare painted as a schematic #map to show approximately the place where Will set them. As I too was born and bred in #StratforduponAvon, this painting is my love letter from a Stratford girl to a Stratford boy.

Which Shakespeare did you "do" at school? I did Midsummer Night's Dream, but my fave play is King Lear. Oooh, such violence and pathos! It's like a Nordic Noir TV drama.

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Which Shakespeare did you "do" at school? I did Midsummer Night's Dream, but my fave play is King Lear. Oooh, such violence and pathos! It's like a Nordic Noir TV drama.

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Which Shakespeare did you "do" at school? I did Midsummer Night's Dream, but my fave play is King Lear. Oooh, such violence and pathos! It's like a Nordic Noir TV drama.

Poster and more info: https://janetomlinson.com/products/shakespeare-map

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Which Shakespeare did you "do" at school? I did Midsummer Night's Dream, but my fave play is King Lear. Oooh, such violence and pathos! It's like a Nordic Noir TV drama.

Poster and more info: https://janetomlinson.com/products/shakespeare-map

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Which Shakespeare did you "do" at school? I did Midsummer Night's Dream, but my fave play is King Lear. Oooh, such violence and pathos! It's like a Nordic Noir TV drama.

Poster and more info: https://janetomlinson.com/products/shakespeare-map

Tea towel: https://janetomlinson.com/products/shakespeares-plays-tea-towel

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A quotation from Shakespeare

HELENA: Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
   Love can transpose to form and dignity.
   Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind;
   And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
   Nor hath Love’s mind of any judgment taste.
   Wings, and no eyes, figure unheedy haste.
   And therefore is Love said to be a child
   Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1, sc. 1, ll. 238ff (1.1.238-245) (1605)

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A quotation from Shakespeare

KING RICHARD: You may my glories and my state depose
   But not my griefs; still am I king of those.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 4, sc. 1, l. 201ff (4.1.201-202) (1595)

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A quotation from Shakespeare

KING RICHARD:      For within the hollow crown
   That rounds the mortal temples of a king
   Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits,
   Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,
   Allowing him a breath, a little scene,
   To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks,
   Infusing him with self and vain conceit,
   As if this flesh which walls about our life
   Were brass impregnable; and humored thus,
   Comes at the last and with a little pin
   Bores through his castle wall, and farewell, king!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 165ff (3.2.165-175) (1595)

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A quotation from Shakespeare

KING RICHARD: For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground
   And tell sad stories of the death of kings —
   How some have been deposed, some slain in war,
   Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
   Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed,
   All murdered.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 160ff (3.2.160-165) (1595)

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Book Review: Richard III by William Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare
Title: The Tragedy of Richard III
Publication Info: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009, c1996.
Summary/Review:

Reading Shakespeare in order has the advantages of being familiar with the Henry VI trilogy which forms the background of this drama.  It also becomes clear how much Shakespeare’s style and writing are improving.  I previously read Richard III in my college Shakespearean Tragedy class, even though it is technically classified as a history, it does demonstrate Shakespeare’s increasing skill as a tragedian.  It’s also fun because the protagonist is an evil, little shit.  Granted the historical accuracy is shaky as this was basically a propaganda piece or, “kissing up to Queen Elizabeth by valorizing her grandfather” as my college professor put it.  But, Richard is a realistic tyrant, and his conniving and self-serving ways are all to relevant to present-day tyrants.

Rating: ****

You have one more weekend to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

We'll hopefully be there Saturday night; get your tickets and join us: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

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You have one more weekend to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

We'll hopefully be there Saturday night; get your tickets and join us: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

You have one more weekend to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

We'll hopefully be there Saturday night; get your tickets and join us: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

You have one more weekend to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

We'll hopefully be there Saturday night; get your tickets and join us: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

We again encourage everyone to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

See more and get your tickets: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

We again encourage everyone to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

See more and get your tickets: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

We again encourage everyone to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

See more and get your tickets: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

We again encourage everyone to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

See more and get your tickets: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

We encourage everyone to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

See more and get your tickets: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

We encourage everyone to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

See more and get your tickets: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

We encourage everyone to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

See more and get your tickets: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

We encourage everyone to go see the Ohio Shakespeare Festival perform "The Tempest" under the stars at the beautiful Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron! Not only is this one of William Shakespeare's most intriguing plays, but also his most inspired by pastorale, the historic fantasy subgenre we're experimenting with commedia dell'arte at Pennsic next moth!

See more and get your tickets: https://www.ohioshakespearefestival.com/

#Theater #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #Tempest #OhioShakepseareFestival #OhioShakes #OSF #StanHywet #StanHywetHallAndGardens

Book Review: Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare
Title: Henry VI, Part 3
Publication Info: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009.
Summary/Review:

The concluding part of the Henry VI trilogy captures the most troubled times of the Wars of the Roses.  The Duke of York claims the throne as Edward IV.  Henry VI requests that he be able to remain monarch the remainder of his life and Edward agrees.  Problem solved, right?  No!  Because Queen Margaret and the would-be heir Prince Edward along with several families with grudges against the Yorkists go to war.

There are many battles and atrocities but Edward’s supporters hold the upper hand.  But when Edward marries Lady Grey at the same time that his supporter Warwick is trying to secure a marriage with the daughter of the King of France, Warwick is insulted and shifts allegiance to Margaret.  More bloody battles ensue and many of the primary characters are killed in horrible ways.  The play ends with Edward believing he finally has a firm hold on the throne, but his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester is plotting (to be continued in Richard III).

Of the the three plays this one is the most action-oriented with four battles on stage.  Despite the events depicted taking place over a dozen years and in numerous location, this also feels like the most focused plot.  Shakespeare appears to be developing his writing skills with several key monologues and dialogues.

Rating: ***1/2

Oggi è la #GiornataMondialeDelLibro
La data è stata scelta perché il #23aprile 1616 sono morti sia #WilliamShakespeare che #Cervantes.
Ma in realtà i due giganti della letteratura non sono morti nello stesso giorno perché in Spagna era già stato adottato il calendario gregoriano, mentre in Inghilterra vigeva ancora quello giuliano, quindi c'erano 13 gg. di differenza.
Un po' come la "rivoluzione d'ottobre" che ha come ricorrenza il 7 novembre, data (gregoriana) dell'assalto al Palazzo d'Inverno