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Kevin Kline and Stephen Colbert’s Shakespeare Showdown

By David
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July 28, 2010

Kevin Kline appeared on The Colbert Report on Tuesday to perform Shakespeare using only facial expressions and grunts.
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Shakespeare in the dugout

By Caroline
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May 23, 2010

I’m more of a hockey fan myself, but for those of you who long to sit in the stands with a hot dog and a beer singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” while considering your paper submission for the SAA on games on the Early Modern stage, this article is for you.
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ASC posts Top Ten Sexiest Romeo & Juliet Quotes

By Jessica
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May 3, 2010

After votes and help from Facebook fans, the American Shakespeare Center located in Staunton, Virginia, has finally posted their Top Ten Sexiest Quotes from R&J. Some of these quotes include favorites such as, “You kiss by the book”  (Act I, Scene V) and “Give me my sin again” (Act I, Scene V). To read...
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Shakespearean math

By Caroline
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April 19, 2010

I was a theatre major, people.  Math is not my strong point, which is why I have a calculator with me at all times.  But when a friend shared this mathematical interpretation of Shakespeare on Facebook — SHAMLESS PLUG: BECOME A FAN OF THE SHAKESPEARE STANDARD ON FACEBOOK…ahem…sorry sometimes those things just sneak out,...
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Semantics

By Caroline
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April 19, 2010

Here’s another gem from McSweeney’s.  If you need a wholly satisfying nerdy laugh today, click here.
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Puppet Shakespeare

By David
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April 8, 2010

Aspiring puppeteers taking a workshop with the Canadian puppetry group Unraku recently completed a project they dubbed Monster Shakespeare. The puppeteers all had to select, memorize, and perform a sonnet or soliloquy from Shakespeare using a “Monster” puppet.  The result is this entertaining and well-produced video featuring performers more expressive than Julia Stiles’ Ophelia....
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Hamlet game for your PC

By Caroline
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March 25, 2010
Hamlet game for your PC

Indie Games is releasing a video game version of Hamlet to PC April 8, 2010.  I watched this trailer, but am still not sure how, exactly, one makes a Hamlet video game.  Adult Swim already made ’5 Minutes to Kill (Yourself)’ — wouldn’t that pretty much take care of the action in a Hamlet...
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What if Shakespeare wrote a “sassy gay friend”

By Caroline
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March 16, 2010

Well, Second City thinks that Juliet and Ophelia and Desdemona would have fared much better — and, of course, had better hair and fashion sense.  I must say that if someone had pointed out to Juliet that she “took rufies from a priest,” she might have had some sense knocked into her.  Then again…”the...
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ASC actor Hoben plans her wedding while on tour

By Jessica
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March 11, 2010

American Shakespeare Center actor Ginna Hoben plans for her own wedding while performing around the country for ASC On Tour. Hoben is in the process of planning an October wedding while continuing to participate in the ASC’s summer/fall/winter seasons. To read Hoben’s helpful wedding planning suggestions for the busy ASC bride, visit the ASC’s...
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Wellesley College makes an attempt at 24-hour Shakespeare marathon

By Jessica
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March 8, 2010

On Friday, March 5, Wellesley College students attempted their first 24-hour Shakespeare marathon, sponsored by the college’s Shakespeare Society. The group took a full day to read aloud the 154 sonnets and 39 plays written by Shakespeare. For more information about this unique event, visit Wicked Local’s article here.
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