David Sheward reviews Twelfth Night starring Anne Hathaway as Viola.
He notes that the production is very musical, taking its cue from the first line of the play: “If music be the food of love, play on.” The score is produced by Hem, with the cast (including Hathaway) singing. Here is a video from one of [...]

Wouldn’t you love to see Stacey Keach as King Lear? Now you have one additional week to catch this show, almost to the end of July.
Playbill News: A Week More to Rage: DC King Lear, Starring Keach, Extends to July 19
Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, has added a week to the run of its [...]

This article originated as a commenter’s request. And it was a great idea: What should an actor’s resume look like?

Download my resume and follow along.
Warning
Your agent may want all their clients to use the same format. Check with them, otherwise all your creativity will be wasted. If you don’t have an agent, or the agency [...]

Why reading your lines will do very little for you:
This image is from an article called Learn Anything on Litemind.com
By The Book
Learning by rote does not limit you to learning by the book. Too many actors review their lines by reading their script silently over and over again. As you can see from the diagram, [...]

This is the largest selection I’ve found of merchandise for the Shakespeare lover: Shakespeare’s Den
You can shop by type of product, they have everything from Action figures to Writing Journals. I stumbled upon a pillow that had every euphemism for sex in Shakespeare’s plays. And if you haven’t been reading carefully, there are a lot [...]

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley declared Thursday “Talk Like Shakespeare” day in honor of the 445th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth.
“Instead of saying, ‘Hey you,’ [it's] ‘Hark thee!’ or ‘Prithee,’ ” says Barbara Gaines, founder and artistic director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. “Instead of saying, ‘you,’ say ‘thou.’ The men are called ’sirrah,’ and the [...]

I just stumbled on this page, a collection of hundreds of words and phrases that first appeared in print with Shakespeare.
Words and Phrases Coined by Shakespeare
The author acknowledges the difference between first attestations rather than certain inventions. For example, “alligator” appeared for the first time in print as an English word in “Romeo and [...]

A British academic is publishing a book called Enter Pursued by a Bear in which he claims to have discovered more works by Shakespeare. His first comedy was supposedly Mucedorus. His first tragedies are Locrine and Arden of Faversham.
I have not read his monograph, nor the plays he refers to, so I have no opinion [...]

locabulary: Hip-Hop in the Classroom presents this great video, a summary of the plot elements in Macbeth.
Macbeth Video, Click Here
Flocabulary offers CDs of their raps as well as teacher resources related to verse and rapping. Much of the CD contains the Shakespeare’s verse rapped, others that are classically performed, and some that are interpretation or [...]

If you’re concerned about learning your lines, consider young Adam:

Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton and Mel Gibson.
Tonight, add 10-year-old Adam King of Folsom to the list of those brave actors who will memorably utter the line – “to be or not to be.”
The Empire Oaks Shakespeare Academy opens its production of Hamlet in the elementary [...]