It’s been more than 2,000 years since Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of Roman senators, and more than 400 years since William Shakespeare immortalized the dirty deed. The Bard’s Julius Caesar has been staged, adapted, and reinterpreted countless times since, and Caesar never manages to escape the blade. However, two major backers of New York’s Shakespeare in the Park have pulled their support for this year’s production of the play after complaints that this Caesar looks a little too similar to our current President. [More]
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Bank Of America, Delta Pull Funding From “Julius Caesar” Production Seen As Critique Of Trump
By 6.12.17
Shakespeare On-Demand: The Globe Theater Offering Videos Of 50 Plays To Rent Or Buy
By 11.4.14
Can’t make it to the theater (pronounced like some snobby aristocrat, of course) anytime soon, but craving a bit of the Bard? Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London has some good news for Shakespeare fans — it’s offering 50 plays performed on its stage as part of a new video-on-demand service. [More]
Man’s Revenge On Shady Internet Seller: Texting Him The Complete Works Of Shakespeare
By 3.18.14
When it’s not practical (or legal) to unseam someone who’s done you wrong from the nave to the chops, why not use Shakespeare’s words as weapons a bit less literally? A man who says an Internet seller ripped him off by not delivering the goods after he’d paid him used the Bard himself for revenge by way of a whole lot of texts. [More]
