Shakespeare makes life better.
It looks like Julie Taymor has completed filming her upcoming A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I wasn’t a big fan of her Tempest and I’ve only seen pieces of her Titus, so I guess I’m not really into her directorial style. But! I’m a big fan of Shakespeare on film so I’m always interested in new … Continue reading Predictions for Julie Taymor’s Dream?
So the other day, the good people at Familius wrote and asked if I’d like a review copy of Mel Ryane’s “Teaching Will : What Shakespeare and 10 Kids Gave Me that Hollywood Couldn’t“. A book about an actress who starts a Shakespeare Club at the local elementary school? How could I resist? Having gone … Continue reading Review : “Teaching Will” by Mel Ryane
This post has almost nothing to do with Shakespeare, but I think it’s an important and related topic that I don’t want to go by without a mention. Beauty is truth, truth beauty – that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know. -John Keats, Ode To A Grecian Urn The … Continue reading And Now We Break For Science
During my browse through that “Alphabet of History” I also spotted the really cool Natural History of Shakespeare. This is not a book *about* Shakespeare, per se – this is a collection of quotes from Shakespeare’s work, organized by what bits of nature he mentioned: A pretty neat way to flip through the works if … Continue reading A Natural History of Shakespeare
So tonight my wife’s at work and I’m putting the kids to bed. My older girls are in their rooms reading, and I’m laying (lying?) down in my 5yr old son’s bed with him. “Daddy!” yells the 9yr old from her room, “There’s a Shakespeare quote in my book!” “Which one?” I yell back. “Life’s … Continue reading Geeklet Story Time