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Shakespeare Goes to Paris - How the Bard Conquered France
J D Atkinson reviews the book by John Pemble.

Green Shakespeare: From Ecopolitics to Ecocriticism
J D Atkinson reviews the book by Gabriel Egan, part of the Accents on Shakespeare series.

Will and Me
Philip Fisher reviews Dominic Dromgoole's book about his lifelong love of Shakespeare.

The Warbling Wives of Windsor
Inspired by the RSC's planned production of Merry Wives the Musical, J.D. Atkinson looks at the Wives' operatic history.

The Shakespeare Schools Festival
A look at this exciting and groundbreaking event.

Shakespeare Drowns in Venice
J.D. Atkinson looks at Michael Radford's film of The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino.

Test Your Shakespearean Knowledge
J.D. Atkinson sets a very testing test!

Star-Crossed Lovers
J.D. Atkinson looks at the performance history of Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare Quartos Online
The British Library has launched a new website which has all of the Quartos of Shakespeare's plays (93 versions of 21 plays) in high-quality facsimile.

Who Wrote Shakespeare?
Why we should believe that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare, and not the Earl of Oxford, Christopher Marlowe - or anyone else!

The RSC Performance Database
We take a look at a fantastic research resource from the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Playing Shakespeare
If we don't equate Shakespeare with excitement, then I don't hold out much hope for his survival as a playwright, except as an item for academic study, a museum piece.

Shakespeare for the 21st century (or The Bard is Really Cool)
Philip Fisher replies!

Sponsoring the YSP
Why is the British Theatre Guide sponsoring the York Shakespeare project? How could we not?

The Way Ahead for Boyd and the RSC
No one knows better than Michael Boyd what problems he's going to have to face to get the Royal Shakespeare Company functioning as it should. We take a look at them.

The New Improved Shakespeare
Tinkering with Shakespeare, including some reviews of New York productions, by Catherine Lamm

Shakespeare: Management Guru
Jason Cattrell, director of the New Route Theatre Company, takes a slightly off-the-wall look at the Bard.

For Goodness' Sake, Let's Muck About with Shakespeare
Why we need to keep updating Shakespeare

The Problem of Shylock
Anti-Semitism in Merchant: a new interpretation of the play

Music for Romeo and Juliet
A jazz suite written for the People's Theatre, Newcastle

Henry V
A review of the RSC production

Shakespeare - Man of the Millennium
Some thoughts about the Bard on his having been voted Man of the Millennium by Radio 4 listeners

Happy Birthday, Will!
Some meditations on Shakespeare and his birthday

Shakespeare for Dummies
A review of a new book by John Doyle and Ray Lischner

Making Shakespeare Accessible
How people are trying to make Shakespeare more accessible - and thoughts on whether or not we should actually do it

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A review of the RSC's production

Shakespeare 4 Kidz
A look at the work of this company which brings Shakespeare to primary schools

DisSATisfaction with Shakespeare in Schools
How the pressures of examinations are killing the teaching of Shakespeare in schools

The Shakespeare Experience
How the English Shakespeare Company is bringing Shakespeare to schools

Macbeth on the Estate
A review of BBC2's production

 

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