Understanding Shakespeare

01/02/2024

Our children's freedom to read is under attack by the Utah State Legislature. To Utahns who represent the great variety of readers, come, and support intellectual freedom.

Join the Read-In at the State Capitol!

Come to the Utah Capitol Rotunda on February 22nd for a read-in to support Utahns’ right to read!
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18/07/2023

"I hope all members of the Folger’s Board, as they deliberate about choosing a new director, will carefully read Elizabeth Winkler’s paradigm-shifting book." -- Richard M Waugaman, Letter to The Washington Post, July 14, 2023

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova’s story was epic and touching.

04/12/2022

This must have been created by a librarian.

A GRAND TAXONOMY OF SHAKESPEAREAN INSULTS

Who's worthy of being called a 'Bacon-fed Knave' today?

29/11/2022

17/11/2022

If true, there goes large elements of the Shakespeare authorship question.

A portrait which used to hang in a Yorkshire stately home has been unveiled as the only signed and dated image of William Shakespeare painted during his lifetime.

15/11/2022

Cheryl Eagan-Donovan's documentary film "Shakespeare: The Man Behind the Name" was released by Controversy Films in a global distribution deal with Gravitas Ventures. The film was streamed in the UK by Sky Arts on Sunday, November 13 in conjunction with the the The De Vere Society's annual meeting.

Stay tuned for Sky Arts' global announcement about its availability to U.S. audiences.

This is "Shakespeare The Man Behind the Name Trailer.mp4" by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

11/11/2022

Now out in paperback: "Thomas North: The Original Author of Shakespeare's Plays" by Dennis McCarthy.

Paperback version of "Thomas North: The Original Author of SHakespeare's Plays" will be out soon. As this is being self-promoted and will be ignored by Shakespeare academics, it needs word of mouth. If you do agree there's something to the North story, please do let others know. https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-North-Original-Author-Shakespeares-ebook/dp/B0BKC66VFP/

14/07/2022

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06/06/2022

Acclaimed Shakespeare scholar Jonathan Bate has made his journey to popular writing and takeb revenge on Cambridge. Bate's most recent book is his memoir "Mad about Shakespeare: From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room" https://www.amazon.com/dp/000816746X/

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2022/06/jonathan-bate-to-me-shakespeare-is-the-great-enabler

How the acclaimed critic made his journey to popular writing, finds solace in Shakespeare, and took revenge on Cambridge.

19/04/2022

Shakespeare Readers: Salt Lake close reading Macbeth.

14/01/2022

Shakespeare on the seas. Beware the tempest!

Cunard has joined forces with the Royal Shakespeare Company to bring renowned theater to its transatlantic stage. According to a press release, guests of t...

28/08/2021

What is the connection between Golding's Ovid translation, John Clapham's Narcissus (1591), and William Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis (1593)?

Bonner Cutting's hypothesis shared with listeners in the most recent Don't Quill the Messenger podcast is mind-blowing. She explains why the first two works published under Shakespeare's name are dedicated to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.

The podcast is sponsored by the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship on the Dragon Wagon Radio network.

The latest from • Steven welcomes Bonner Miller Cutting, author of , back to the series to discuss her interpretation of the most glowing dedication of to the 3rd . Together they explore the implications the epic poem and its famous dedication could have had at the time of its publishing and the appearance of the name for the very first time.

08/08/2021

https://www.stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/anne-shakespeare-and-daughters-added-to-national-biography-of-notable-figures/

The entries also aim to commemorate the anniversary of the burial of Hamnet, Judith’s twin brother who died aged 11.