O what fools we mortals be…for Shakespeare | Foolery news for the week of Oct 7, 2011

Kim — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:53:58 +0000

Foolery for this week includes all the scary parts of Halloween including Zombies galore and our own personal suggestions for Shakespearean Halloween Costumes you can do. We'll also throw in a little Britney Spears and Steve Jobs, just to keep it interesting. See how it all relates to Shakespeare by clicking on the article!!

O What Fools These Mortals Be…for Shakespeare | Shakespeare Foolery News for the Week of September 23, 2011

Jeremy — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:47:52 +0000

Neil Gallagher, of the Brit band Oasis, doesn’t get Shakespeare. To answer the band’s question from its smash hit song, Champagne Supernova, it appears as though we were all in English class while Mr. Gallagher was getting high.

More here on Mr. Gallagher’s contention that Shakespeare is “f***ing gibberish.”

Ophelia’s (Tropical) Depression:

A New(?) Play by William Shakespeare.

Francis — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:07:59 +0000

Tomorrow I will post the first part of a two part review of The Tragedy of Arthur, an upcoming and unusual book.

The book has a forward novel (yes, I said novel) by Arthur Phillips, son of the man who claimed to have stolen an original copy of a theretofore unknown quarto from 1597.

Here is the [...]

Kitty Hamlet

Caroline — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:19:43 +0000

The LOLcat craze has now done more than annoy me. Why are misspelled baby talk captions under a picture of a cat funny? I don’t get it. Sure, a couple of them gave me a little chuckle, but for the most part they kind of make me want to shoot myself. And I like cats. [...]

Evidence Lady Gaga wrote Shakespeare’s works

Jessica — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:34:14 +0000

This cheeky article provided by the American Shakespeare Center provides the top ten reasons why pop star Lady Gaga is the real William Shakespeare. Visit the ASC’s website for the full list!

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Jessica is a Senior at Waldorf College in Iowa. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor's of Theatre Arts degree [...]

Star-crossed peacocks

Jeffrey — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:57:39 +0000

Two peafowl named for the title characters in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet broke out of the confines of their Ohio yard in what I sincerely hope was a Chicken Run-esque kind of escape, as this article reports. Sadly, Romeo was lost not to poison, but to a traveling motor vehicle. That’s why the chicken [...]

Was time travel the reason for Shakespeare’s greatness?

Caroline — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:53:17 +0000

I mean, we all know the aliens built the pyramids, so why is it so incomprehensible to think that Shakespeare was motivated by an accommodating dude wearing a purple suit with glowing buttons and a helmet (obviously, earth doesn’t have oxygen in the future) who also has an affinity for ripping a hole in the [...]