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Why You Shouldn’t Teach Shakespeare! A while ago, Mansoor Alam posted a comment on our Top Tips for Shakespeare Teachers page suggesting that Shakespeare shouldn't always be taught - rather, the teacher's role is to guide students towards appreciation. ... Read Full Post	Mary Arden's House ... The Real One! On a recent trip to the childhood home of Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, I was amused to learn that for hundreds of years experts didn't know where she lived ... exactly. ... Read Full Post
Farewell Stanley Wells Professor Stanley Wells, Shakespeare scholar par excellence, has announced that he will stand down as director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust after 20 years at the helm. His contribution to Shakespeare studies is widely recognized and highly respected, as a host of honorary doctorates from universities around the world signifies. He has also been awarded a CBE for his services to literature and the prestigious Sam Wanamaker award by the Globe Theatre in London for his outstanding achievements. ... Read Full Post	Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon – Or Is It? I like to think that I live in "Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon" - but in truth I'm stretching my own capacity for romance! First off, the river that runs through the town is called the Upper Avon, rendering the "Upon-Avon" bit that I love so much, defunct. In fact, in Shakespeare's time the town was simply called "Stratford" which doesn't have the literary rhythm that I so often enjoy rolling off my tongue. ... Read Full Post
Shakespeare Tourists The holiday season is finally upon us, and many Shakespeare fans will be hoping to squeeze in a little "Bard fix" while traveling. So, here are my top 4 landmarks for Shakespeare tourists: ... Read Full Post	Beautiful Letters! What beautiful writers you all are! Further to my last post about fictional Shakespeare letter, I thought I would bring another gem to your attention. I'll leave you in the very capable (although perhaps controversial) hands of Douglas Spaulding: ... Read Full Post
My Favourite Fictional Shakespeare Letters Last week I proposed a little idea: to collectively write a stash of letters from Shakespeare's life. The results so far have been great ... and I'm looking forward to reading more of your work soon! ... Read Full Post	Fictional Shakespeare Letters I've recently been reading Simon Reade's tongue-in-cheek book, "Dear Mr Shakespeare" which imagines how the Bard's career would have panned out if he had to deal with today's producers and theater bureaucracies. ... Read Full Post

NYT > William Shakespeare

News about William Shakespeare, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Above right, a portrait from around 1610 that is believed to be the only authentic image of the bard made during his lifetime. Left, a later engraving.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Cynical Classic At the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, a “Troilus and Cressida” that doesn’t shortchange the title characters.	John Douglas Thompson in Shakespeare & Company’s Richard III John Douglas Thompson plays a superkinetic Richard III in Shakespeare & Company’s production of Shakespeare’s play in Lenox, Mass.
Frank Kermode Frank Kermode, an admirable critic and author, protected the reader’s freedom to be interested in whatever was interesting.	Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Looks at a Dictator Shakespeare in the Parking Lot uses cross-gender casting and a school-board theme in its production of “Julius Caesar.”
Sonnet Repertory’s ‘Twelfth Night,’ at St. Clement’s The bed is the thing in a new rendition of one of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies.	Onstage Risks and Rewards The year's busy theater season allows audience members to see the greatness of some performers -- like Roger Allam's Falstaff -- as well as the limitations of others, or to take center stage themselves.
Ancient Grudges, Anew A merchant for modern times: Shylock, still nettlesome after all these years.	Brush Up Your Shakespeare; Brush Off the Sets The Instant Shakespeare Company presents Shakespeare, the text. Never mind the sets or costumes.
Robert Byrd and the Bard American politics loses more than just its greatest quoter of Shakespeare.	Railing at a Money-Mad World Al Pacino stars in Daniel Sullivan’s marvelous new production of “The Merchant of Venice” in Central Park.
In Shakespeare, When to Underact? In a double bill directed by Sam Mendes at the Old Vic, Stephen Dillane’s Prospero in “The Tempest” is casually disengaged, while Juliet Rylance is very much “on” as Rosalind in “As You Like It.”	Star-Crossed, Tamed or Tragic: A Tour of Shakespeare’s Heroines Tina Packer leads a lively and illuminating tour through a carefully selected gallery of Shakespeare’s heroines, at Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires.
Summer Shakespeare, Outside and Urban Like heat advisories and smelly subway stations, Shakespeare among the elements is intrinsic to summer in the city.	Malevolent Design In this fantasy, machines and a magician threaten humanity.