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  • Carol Grieb

    Carol Grieb
    Mar 5 2026
    A Truant Dispostion: Hamlet and HoratioMarch 4, 2025 Is Horatio the villain? A literary stand-in for the murderously opportunistic “friends” who stalked the halls of power in Elizabethan England? Carol Grieb imagines a Hamlet in which Hamlet’s so-called best friend is anything but. Click here to go to the book website. Click here to purchase the book.
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    27 min
  • Saul Rubinek

    Saul Rubinek
    Nov 10 2025
    The Merchant of Venice; Act 3, Scene 1 ShylockNovember 10, 2025 The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.” Actor and storyteller Saul Rubinek takes us inside his one-man show Playing Shylock, now on stage at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in New York City. Rubinek explores Shylock’s confounding genesis and reveals why one of Shakespeare’s so-called “minor” roles continues to be one of the most groundbreaking, misunderstood and controversial characters in theater history. Click here to see the Folio Version. Click here for a Modern Version of the Text. Click here for more information about Playing Shylock. Click here for Saul's book, All in the Telling. Click here for a transcript of "The Stranger's Case" by Thomas More.
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    51 min
  • Terry Knickerbocker

    Terry Knickerbocker
    Oct 22 2025
    Measure for Measure; Act 2, Scene 4 AngeloOctober 20, 2025 If the goal is to be a working actor, is training optional? Terry Knickerbocker offers his perspective on the purpose of actor training. And in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, we confront a timeless dilemma: is it better to perish for the sake of principle, or debase yourself and survive? Click here to follow along with the text. Click here to see the Folio Version. Click here for a scanned version of the text.
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    40 min
  • Bonnie J. Monte and Isaac Hickox-Young

    Bonnie J. Monte and Isaac Hickox-Young
    Sep 2 2025
    Romeo & Juliet; Act 1, Scene 4 RomeoSeptember 3, 2025 From forth the fatal loins of civil strife springs a bold new Romeo and Juliet. The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey presents this re-envisioned classic, starring Isaac Hickox-Young and directed by Bonnie J. Monte. Is it love, lust, or something more sinister that propels the star-crossed lovers to their untimely end? Romeo and Juliet runs from September 10th to October 5th at the Shakespeare Theater of NJ. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here to see the Folio Version. Click here for a scanned version of the text. Click here for information about Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey.
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    35 min
  • Tracy Michelle Arnold

    Tracy Michelle Arnold
    Aug 5 2025
    King John; Act 3, Scene 1 ConstanceAugust 5, 2025 Words, words, words. A love of words makes Tracy Michelle Arnold the perfect candidate to run the Language Project at American Player's Theater. With the focus on language, words, syntax, punctuation, Arnold is the perfect guest for the State of Shakespeare. The Language Project is the latest innovation that this gem of theater in Spring Green, Wisconsin has brought us. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here to see the Folio Version. Click here for a scanned version of the text. Click here for information about American Players Theater and The Language Project.
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    36 min
  • Mei Ann Teo

    Mei Ann Teo
    Jun 18 2025
    Twelfth Night Folger TheaterJune 18, 2025 “Most wonderful!” Olivia’s (ahem) climactic outburst isn’t just a line, it’s the line that catches the spirit of director Mei Ann Teo’s current production of Twelfth Night at the Folger Theatre. Teo, who also serves as Artistic Leader at Ping Chong and Company, teases how to treat Shakespeare’s classic as if it’s a new love (er… play.) Click here to follow along with the text. Click here to see the Folio Version. Click here for information about Twelfth Night and the Folger Theater https://www.folger.edu/whats-on/twelfth-night
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    36 min
  • Gideon Rappaport

    Gideon Rappaport
    May 29 2025
    Shakespeare, Appreciated Hamlet; Act 5, Scene 2May 29, 2025 Gideon Rappaport, author of Appreciating Shakespeare, has released a newly annotated edition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Can modern readers and actors truly grasp Shakespeare’s work as he intended? Rappaport believes they not only can, but they must. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here to see the Folio Version. Gideon's Media Connections: Appreciating Shakespeare Shakespeare's Real Take Gideon's podcast
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    34 min
  • Derek Hunter

    Derek Hunter
    Apr 1 2025
    Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists March 31, 2025 The Authorship Question may ebb and flow in popularity, but the mystery behind the origins of the Bard’s works remains endlessly intriguing. What better way to explore the rich world of Shakespeare’s contemporaries than by investigating who might have truly penned the plays? Our guest, author Derek Hunter, has spent over thirty years pursuing the possibilities. His tetralogy, Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists, presents four compelling theories. Amazon: Anonymouse Agnostic Antichrists
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    22 min