New Orleans Review submission

Earlier this year in September, I was contacted by the folks over the New Orleans Review with a tantalizing tweet:

Like I wasn’t busy enough…

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The Time and Geometry of Romeo and Juliet [UPDATE]

[updated 12/26/15]

Here’s a infographic discussing the temporal and numerical breakdown of Romeo and Juliet.  Part of workshops for the play from BillWalthall.com.

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Romeo and Juliet: Character Map

Another month, another infographic…

Here’s a infographic with a character map for Romeo and Juliet.  Part of workshops for the play from BillWalthall.com.

JPEG thumbnail of Character Map for Romeo and Juliet; infographic by the Bill / Shakespeare Project
JPEG thumbnail of Character Map for Romeo and Juliet; infographic by the Bill / Shakespeare Project

[updated 3/25/16]

[pdf available for download at Teachers Pay Teachers]

The Time and Geometry of Romeo and Juliet

Another month, another infographic… a blast to, er, from the past.

Here’s a infographic discussing the temporal and numerical breakdown of Romeo and Juliet.  Part of workshops for the play from BillWalthall.com.

[updated 12/26/15]

The Time and Geography of Romeo and Juliet [infographic]
The Time and Geography of Romeo and Juliet [infographic]

[updated 3/25/16]

[pdf available for purchase at Teachers Pay Teachers]

Podcast 107: Troilus and Cressida: “He-Man Woman-Haters Club” edition

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This week’s podcast continues our two month-long discussion of Troilus and Cressida with a discussion of misogyny in the play. Plus, a happier subject: a review of Independent Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet.

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Review: Romeo and Juliet by the Independent Shakespeare Company at Griffith Park, Los Angeles

Saturday night, my wife and son and I went to Los Angeles’ Griffith Park to catch the summer production of Romeo and Juliet by the Independent Shakespeare Company. Every summer, they present two free Shakespeare plays outdoors over the course of the summer (#ShakespeareSetFree). Later this summer, it’ll be Much Ado About Nothing (which sounds great), but you still have a chance to check out Romeo and Juliet before it closes at the end of the month.

Romeo and Juliet by Independent Shakespeare Company (at Los Angeles' Griffith Park)
Romeo and Juliet by Independent Shakespeare Company (at Los Angeles’ Griffith Park)

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Text Me, Hamlet: One last thing (Romeo and Juliet)

One last thing on the whole “early texts and editions” subject:

All editions have been edited. Period. End of discussion (though it’s really the beginning of this discussion).

I don’t know what metaphor is more apt: Shakespeare as jigsaw puzzle. Or: Shakespeare as Chinese restaurant menu (one from column A, two from column B, etc).

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What I did on my thee-year summer vacation (part two)

As I mentioned a few days ago, my wife turned me on to Prezi.com, a kind of next-gen PowerPoint tool, web- and Flash-based. As an educator, she thought it might be a good tool for students to create projects, like an ABC book (where the student[s] could break down a subject and cover it–literally–from A to Z.

Challenge accepted.
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It’s a Wrap for Now, and a Pause for the Future

OK, so today we say goodbye to my favorite play (from before this project, and through this project). Romeo and Juliet is my favorite play and tragedy thus far.

Thus far.

Tomorrow was to begin King John.

Was to.
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Podcast 47: Romeo and Juliet Wrap-Up

This week’s podcast continues our month-long discussion of Romeo and Juliet, including a discussion of one of the most important concepts of the play, a couple of reviews of Romeo and Juliet-related DVDs, a cast, a discussion of production concepts, then do our recap of this week’s blog entries.
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