William Shakespeare

Recommended reading:

Reading Rat

Reference:

Open Source Shakespeare

Shakespeare On-line, by Amanda Mabillard

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet, by Terry A. Gray

Fixing Strindberg, Shakespeare, et al.: What playwright’s ghosts endure, by Roger Sandall, Culture Cult

Criticism (articles, essays, reviews):

Married to the myth, by Charles Nicholl, review of Shakespeare's Wife, by Germaine Greer, Saturday September 1, 2007, The Guardian

For his Nose was as sharpe as a Pen, and a Table of greene fields by Michael Dobson, review of William Shakespeare, Complete Works: The RSC Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, London Review of Books, May 10, 2007

The readiness to deconstruct is all by Carlin Romano, review of More images Shakespeare the Thinker by A. D. Nuttall, and Shakespeare's Philosophy by Colin McGinn, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 6, 2007
(via Arts & Letters Daily)

Uncommon fervor marks 'Henry IV' by Damien Jaques, review of a production by the Milwaukee Shakespeare Company, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 24, 2007

The true face of Shakespeare? by Peter Beal, review of The True Face of Wiliam Shakespeare Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel, translated by Alan Bance, The Times, London, April 18, 2007
(via Arts & Letters Daily)

'Words, Words, Words' by Anne Barton, review of The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups by Ron Rosenbaum The New York Review of Books, March 29, 2007

Shakespeare and the Uses of Power by Stephen Greenblatt, The New York Review of Books, April 12, 2007

Rethinking Macbeth by Steve Spice, review of Milwaukee Shakespeare Company production, Shepherd-Express, March 8, 2007

'Words, Words, Words' by Anne Barton, review of The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups by Ron Rosenbaum, The New York Review of Books, March 29, 2007

'Macbeth' staging offers toil and trouble by Damien Jaques, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 5, 2007

The First Existentialist by Jason Powell, preview of MacBeth, performed by the Milwaukee Shakespeare Company, Shepherd-Express, March 1, 2007

Shakespeare Sung by Rick Walters, review of MacBeth, performed by the Florentine Opera Company, Shepherd-Express, March 1, 2007

Playwright of the Globe by Paul A. Cantor, Claremont Review of Books, Winter 2006
(via Arts & Letters Daily)

The Sound and Fury by Steve Spice, previews of productions of MacBeth by the Florentine Opera Company and the Milwaukee Shakespeare Company, Shepherd-Express, February 22, 2007

Suozzi power behind thrones of 'Macbeth' by Tom Strini; Double, double toil and trouble; with word and song does her cauldron bubble. "MacBeth" the opera and "MacBeth" the play will open within nine days of each other in our area... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel February 20, 2007

Who Owns Shakespeare? review by Rachel Donadio of Will in the World, by Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times, January 23, 2005

A Scholar of the Outre Returns to Shakespearean Basics, review by Dinitia Smith of Shakespeare After All, by Marjorie Garber, New York Times, January 11, 2005

'Hear Me More Plainly', review by Katherine A. Powers of The Arkangel Shakespeare, Washington Post, December 26, 2004

The Politics of Gratitude, by Peter J. Leithart, First Things, December 2004

The Stratford man, review by Terry Eagleton of Will in the World, by Stephen Greenblatt, New Statesman, November 15, 2004

Making the Angels Weep, review by Edward Short of The Age of Shakespeare, by Frank Kermode, Crisis, November 2004

The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet, by Stephen Greenblatt, New York Review of Books, October 21, 2004

Reinventing Shakespeare, review by Colm Toibin of Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, by Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times, October 3, 2004

The Writer's Tale, review by Richard Byrne: In a new biography, the founder of New Historicism finds a paper trail that links Shakespeare's life, beliefs, and morality, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 1, 2004

Shakespeare's Leap, by Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times, September 12, 2004

Average Bill, by Paul A. Cantor, review of Shakespeare by Michael Wood, Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2004

Dramatist of Forgiveness, review by Edward T. Oakes of The Age of Shakespeare, by Frank Kermode; Shakespeare, by Michael Wood; The Trial of Man: Christianity and Judgment in the World of Shakespeare, by Craig Bernthal; First Things, June/July 2004

Shakespeare's Coined Words Now Common Currency, by Jennifer Vernon, National Geographic News, April 22, 2004

An Unweeded Garden, by David Allen White, review of The Complete Works of Shakespeare (5th edition), edited by David Bevington, Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2004

Lear for Real, review by Geoffrey O'Brien of King Lear, by William Shakespeare, directed by Jonathan Miller, New York Review of Books, March 25, 2004

The Bard, the Black, the Jew, by R. V. Young, First Things, March 2004

Company Man, by Terry Eagleton, reviewed of The Age of Shakespeare, by Frank Kermode, Nation, March 1, 2004

Why Shakespeare Is For All Time, by Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal, Winter 2003

The destructiveness of Ressentiment Man, by Roger Sandall, Salisbury Review, Spring 2003

An Iranian Tale: Tehran audiences hadn't seen an English production of Shakespeare for 25 years. Director Dominic Hill had a few surprises for them, The Guardian, January 29, 2003

The Original Band of Brothers, by Judith Shulevitz, New York Times, January 26, 2003

The Rebirth of Purgatory, review by Carol Zaleski of Hamlet in Purgatory, by Stephen Greenblatt, First Things, December 2001

Writing about Shakespeare, by Frank Kermode, London Review of Books, December 9, 1999

Shakespeare’s Millennium, by Edward T. Oakes, First Things, December 1999

Berryman at Shakespeare, review by William Logan, of Berryman’s Shakespeare by John Berryman, The New Criterion, May 1999

Coriolanus, by Roger Sandall, Quadrant, October 1993

Shakespeare: Made in America, by George Santayana, New Republic, February 27, 1915

Shakspeare; or, the Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men (1850), Chapter V, American Studies at the University of Virginia

On Shakespeare, by Ben Jonson, Harvard Classics, at Bartleby

Humor:

Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended

MORRISTOWN, NJ—"When most people hear The Merchant of Venice, they think 1960s Las Vegas, but it's time to shake things up," said maverick director Kevin Hiles.

Shakespeare Insulter, by Chris Seidel