The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, December 8th, 2014

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This week’s Shakespeare news review includes the DNA findings of the corpse of Richard III, transgressive spins on Shakespeare, the surging popularity of Shakespeare in China, and Will Ferrell doing Shakespeare. PLUS our usual recap of this week’s daily highlights in Shakespearean history.

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The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, December 1st, 2014

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This week’s Shakespeare news review includes a couple of season announcements and the big news of the past few months–a First Folio found in a French library–which spawned a resurgence of the age-old questions: “was Shakespeare was a secret Catholic?” and “was Shakespeare gay?” PLUS our usual recap of this week’s daily highlights in Shakespearean history.

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The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, November 24th, 2014

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This week’s Shakespeare news review includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream that was a tad too racy, “Shakespeare Corrected,” a 14 year-old Jennifer Lawrence tackling Shakespeare, and announcements for next year’s seasons at Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Shakespeare Dallas, and Shakespeare’s Globe. PLUS our usual recap of this week’s daily highlights in Shakespearean history.

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The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, November 17th, 2014

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This week’s Shakespeare news review includes “Decoding the Renaissance,” The Feast of Crispian veterans program, Ambition’s Debt, and Mike Tyson as Othello. PLUS our usual recap of this week’s daily highlights in Shakespearean history.

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The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, November 10th, 2014

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This week’s Shakespeare news review includes globePlayer.tv, “Shakespeare Restor’d”, Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s 2015 lineup, “What’s your Shakespearean personality?”, and a slew of reviews of Julius Caesar by the Folger. PLUS our usual recap of this week’s daily highlights in Shakespearean history.

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Review: Improvised Shakespeare Company at Largo

A couple of weeks back, I caught the latest Los Angeles appearance of Improvised Shakespeare Company, a rotating band of actors whose home base is in Chicago.

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The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, November 3rd, 2014

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This week’s Shakespeare news review includes GoodTickleBrain.com, the balcony scene (or not), Shakespeare’s Catholic Sympathies, and Shakespeare coming to the CW. PLUS our usual recap of this week’s daily highlights in Shakespearean history.

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The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, October 27th, 2014

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This week’s Shakespeare news review includes Shakespeare on the move, the identity of the Dark Lady of the sonnets, “Kill(ing) Claudio,” “Sweet William,” Much Ado About Zombies, and a Shakespeare mash-up with Latino influence (including dia de los muertos [day of the dead] imagery, characters from the works of Shakespeare, and a dying Bard coming to grips with his mortality). PLUS our usual recap of this week’s daily highlights in Shakespearean history.

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