“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”William Shakespeare’s The Tragedie Of Romeo And Juliet reinvented theatrical Tragedy by taking standard Comedic elements and subverting them, with unhappy outcomes. This makes Romeo & Juliet less a Tragedy than a Comedy-Gone-Wrong.While it is strange
I am often asked what’s my favorite Shakespeare play. It’s like asking me to pick my favorite ice cream. Sure, there are favs, but it’s ice cream – the worst I’ve had is terrific. Having performed about two-thirds of the canon, any list of mine would have Much Ado and Twelfth Night
In addition to Shakespeare, Dante, and Nellie Bly, I am also a comic book aficionado. As such, I am always fascinated on how stories change and transform between mediums. In this case, the cross-pollination of comic books to radio – or rather, vice versa – when it comes to the
Shakespeare’s unmatched linguistic prowess allowed him to coin and popularize a staggering number of words. It’s estimated that he introduced around 1,700 words to the English language at least, his plays are the first recorded use of these words. Perhaps the greatest aspect of his literary legacy is his penchant for coining
Playing the expectations game is dangerous. You rewrite Romeo & Juliet, you’d best bring something new to the table. You write about the fall of Jerusalem, there had better be something uplifting in that awful story. And if you write a novel about William Shakespeare, you’d best hope that you