Bridgerton, Bookclubs, and Banquo on Roller Skates
Plus: Timon Tonight
Also includes: a new "Henry IV" mashup, a funky French "Tempest" with a backflipping harpy, and a comedy version of "R&J".
05.02.2026 18:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Star Wars, Southern Accents, and Sonic Stories
Plus: Did Shakespeare have his first kiss under this tree?
A snowy Sunday Shakespeare News.
Also includes: Al Pacino in OSF costumes, *All* the Shakespeare on "The Traitors", and Puckish Pitt starts. #ShakespeareSunday
25.01.2026 15:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Porters, Pepys, and Pens
Plus: Romeo and Juliet and Godzilla
First-half-of-January Shakespeare News (5/5)
Also includes: a sci-fi "Tempest", a Lakota "Twelfth Night", and Josh Brolin doing "Caesar" speeches.
25.01.2026 00:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Panto, Demonic Mushrooms, and Shakespeare in Space
December Shakespeare News
December Shakespeare News (4/5)
Also includes: a new musical Henry V, Paul Rudd lying about Hamlet, and a 19th c. child actor.
25.01.2026 00:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mockumentaries, Jack the Ripper, and “Pursued by bear” wine
November Shakespeare News
November Shakespeare News (3/5)
Also includes: AI Midsummers, Steve Jobs, and possets.
17.01.2026 14:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Headless Teddy Bears, Naughty Swans, and a "Weasel-Like" Academic (defamatory)
October Shakespeare News
October Shakespeare News (2/5)
Also includes: an onstage wedding, Julia Roberts, and so much "Fate of Ophelia"
17.01.2026 14:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tragedeighs, Netball, and Muppets
Plus: Keanu's Mercutio got him an agent
Multiple months of Shakespeare news! 1/5
Also includes: Robert Redford, Lorca, and what Marlowe would have smelled like.
17.01.2026 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Strictly, Scilly, and Satire
Plus: A fried chicken King Lear
New [Shakespeare] news in the new [chicken] court!
Also includes: the "female Hamlet," Scalia plays Macbeth (really), and a perpetual food/booze bequest.
23.09.2025 12:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tyndale, Tycho, and Title IX
Plus: Van Gogh, Joan Baez, and She's the Man: The Musical
New Shakespeare News!
Also incudes: lute players, perpetual stew, and "the guy with the eyes"
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17.09.2025 13:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Audra McDonald, Peter Marks, and Shakespeare's secret gay lover
Plus: Hamlet in a g-string
A month of Shakespeare News 4/4
Also includes: which Shakespeare character must be "comfortable with oligarchy"?
14.09.2025 15:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book Nooks, Cookie Cutters, and Dogs in Ruffs
Plus: Oscar Isaac stabbing lasagna
A month of Shakespeare News 3/4
Also includes: an ad-rap-tation of Caesar and a “sexy as hell” Richard III.
13.09.2025 23:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wound Men, Wills, and Puppets
Plus: "Sam Shepard shouted, “F*ck Shakespeare!"
A month of Shakespeare News 2/4
Also includes: wetsuits and whippits.
12.09.2025 12:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Taylor Swift, Paul Mescal, and Adam Smith
Plus: Juliet isn't dead she's just hibernating (and a bear)
A month of Shakespeare News! 1/4
Featuring crypto bros, bear spray, and “less smut, more mutt.”
12.09.2025 01:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jane Austen, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Fairy Daddies
Plus: Who the %#&$ gave Puck heelys?
Year Two of Shakespeare News!
Featuring an unholy Annie/MacB mashup from @stratfest.bsky.social, Brad Lander sonnets from @drewsof.bsky.social & Lithub, and the history of theater + beer from @kyleathomas.bsky.social.
12.08.2025 19:15 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Emeritus Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, former Counselor of the Department of State, writer at the Atlantic. New book: The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. (Basic Books). Book in progress: The Strategist's Catechism.
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