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Your friendly, neighbourhood Shakespeare — celebrating 20 years of mutual, glorious affection at a #RenFaire near you! linktr.ee/shakespeare.approves Patreon.com/shakespeare Ko-fi.com/Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s ready for #PirateWeekend at the Florida Ren Fest, and I’m doing my best Les S. Moore impression whilst getting ready!
Four shows per day today and tomorrow at the Cog & Corset Caberet, sharing the stage with the Crimson Pirates!
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Shakespeare’s got a new video up on the Tubes!
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareApproves #WritingSonnetsWithShakespeare #YouTube #NewVideo
Join the Writers Room each Tuesday and Thursday!
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Your friendly, neighbourhood Shakespeare is ready to play for the next three weekends at the Florida Renaissance Festival for his first time ever! Join me four times daily (12, 1:30, 3, 4:30) on the oh-so-steampunky Cog & Corset Stage, which I’m sharing this weekend with the Crimson Pirates!
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There IS sometimes a viable 3rd option: simply BE. Close your eyes, shut out the world for a bit, & simply marvel in the miracle of your own existence!
The world can wait 5 minutes. YOU can’t.
Artwork by @vivichibig on Insta
“Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings & fortunes of outrageous fortune, or to take up arms against a sea of troubles &, by opposing, end them?”
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#ToBeOrNotToBe?
#JustBE.
Lord knows being a human is rough these days (‘tho I’d be hard-pressed to name a time when it wasn’t), so give yourself some grace.
Monster Gandalf!
The Shakespeares are doing a “Lord of the Rings” watch this weekend for Valentine’s Day, but my question is:
ARE THOSE REAL HUMAN TEETH?!??
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Behold! Your friendly, neighbourhood Shakespeare’s 2026 season schedule (so far)!
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Ralphie is making sure that your friendly, neighbourhood Shakespeare is getting his admin work done today!
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The Boss hath spoken.
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We know ‘tis the #snowpocalypse because #OffscreenWife, completely ironically, used the phrase #SkibidiToilet in a sentence.
This version of reality may now end.
Your #FriendlyNeighbourhoodShakespeare and the #FloofOfATook are ready for the #snowpocalypse — art thou!?
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The Shakespeares are ready for the snö-pocalypse!
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Your friendly, neighbourhood Shakespeare’s first-ever stickers are in! They’ll be available starting at the Vermont Winter Ren Faire February 7-8!
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A new podcast coming soon!
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The code is good for $5 off ticket purchases for the 2026 Ren Faire!
The code gets applied to the entire transaction, so if you are getting multiple tickets you will need to do a separate transaction for each ticket to save $5 on every ticket.
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“My Tiny Foe Has Finished Me Once More”
Today’s brand-new sonnet from “Writing Sonnets with Shakespeare”
The ADHD super powers are strong with me for 2026, so grab your coffee, make sure the Penguins march on the Ides, and duck all of the cats flying your way!
Huzzah!
There are also a couple of wonderful super-secret projects that I’m working on with some AMAZING talents that I can’t wait to share with you once they’re ready (and allowed) to be released into the wild, so get ready for the BEST year of Shakespeare yet!
19.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This year I’m continuing the show “Writing Sonnets with Shakespeare” Tuesday mornings at 10 am on YouTube, Facebook, and the Nat21 Adventures Twitch channel from my brand-new podcast and recording studio, and starting (and re-starting) some other podcasts to come into your feed later this year.
19.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 02026 also marks the long-awaited return of “Richard 2 Fast, 2 Furious” to the Ren Faire stage (beta-testing of the new version of it was done last fall in Florida & Louisiana), as well as the release of a book or two: “Hamlet’s Night Before Festivus” & “Writing Sonnets with Shakespeare: Volume I”.
19.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This year, look for new venues where I’ll be performing (Vermont Winter Ren Faire! Florida Ren Fest!), a return to some old haunts and favourites (Sparta! Midsummer! Smithville! Maine!), longer runs at some venues (New Jersey Ren Faire! Oklahoma Ren Fest!) and new swag and merchandise!
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2024 was the 20th ren fest season that I portrayed The Bard — if you can believe it! 2025 was the 20th year since I began (& even more auspicious as that was 20 years since I met #OffScreenWife!), & 2026 is the 20th anniversary of when I began my one-person show: Shakespeare Approves!
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It’s been TWENTY YEARS of mutual, glorious affection!
2026 is a big year for your friendly, neighbourhood Shakespeare — it’s the third and final year of my three-year-long 20th Anniversary!
Shakespeare’s Word(le) of the day for Festivus!
Air those grievances! Test your feats of strength! Gather ‘round the pole!
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Shakespeare’s Word(le) of the day for Monday!t
The clue is: "Two Gents, Act II, Scene five"
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Shakespeare hath made his own Wordle! Go find my word(le) of the day!
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