The Bard and the Bible
The Bard and the Bible (A Shakespeare Devotional) pairs 365 short passages from each of the two greatest works of English literature ever created, which were compiled in the same period and in the same city. It offers a year of daily readings based on verses from the King James Version of the Bible and lines from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The poetry of the Bard and the power of God's Word will enrich your understanding and appreciation of both, provide new ways to encounter and respond to God, and yield both intellectual stimulation and spiritual inspiration.
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Category Archives: Bard
BBC Adds More Shakespeare in 2018
The announcement was made last week that the BBC plans to air four stage productions of the Bard’s plays in 2018. Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female productions of Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest, all filmed at the Donmar’s pop-up theatre … Continue reading →
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Tagged BBC, Hamlet, Henry IV, Julius Caesar, shakespeare, The Tempest
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A Shakespeare True/False Quiz
Bet you didn’t know that Shakespeare was really the Duke of York, did you? (He wasn’t). But here are ten statements about Shakespeare for you to judge as “true” or “false.” The answers will follow after the break. 1. Shakespeare … Continue reading →
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Tagged Hamlet, Hamnet, Judith, King Leontes, shakespeare, Sonnets, The Winter's Tale
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My Top 10 Shakespeare Moments in 2017
The Bard and the Bible (A Shakespeare Devotional) winning the Selah Awards 2017 Book of the Year (see photo above). Enjoying The Tempest live at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Being mesmerized by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s opening production of A Midsummer … Continue reading →
Will’s Facebook Page
By now, probably everyone has seen this (or similar) depiction of William Shakespeare’s Facebook page, but it’s still fun.
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Tagged Guildenstern, Hamlet, Marcellus, Ophelia, Polonius, Rosencrantz, shakespeare
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10 Shakespeare “Facts” and What I Think
When it comes to Shakespeare, many people accept as “facts” things that ain’t necessarily so. So I thought I’d take a few moments to run down a list of ten commonly asserted and even sometimes accepted “facts” about the bard. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anne Hathaway, Christopher Marlowe, shakespeare, The Tempest
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Reviewsday: A Novel Journal, Shakespeare Edition
While in Louisville, Kentucky, recently, I visited a bookstore with a few friends, and there discovered a delightful and different journal: “a novel journal,” it’s called. It is one of several volumes published by Thunder Bay Press. Of course, the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Books, Reviews, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night
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Can Shakespeare Make You a Better Person?
With all due respect to Hamlet, there are more questions than “To be or not to be.” That’s a good one, for sure, but another is this: Can Shakespeare make you a better person? That is, can watching, listening, reading, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Measure for Measure, Romeo and Juliet, shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest
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My Favorite Shakespeare Villains
Last week, this blog featured an infograph of literary villains in which Shakespeare’s characters figured prominently. So that started me thinking about my favorite (i.e., most deliciously villainous) of the Bard’s bad guys. So here’s the list (and the plays … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry IV, Aaron the Moor, Angelo, Cassius, Claudius, Don John, Edmund, Hamlet, Iago, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Richard III, shakespeare, Tamora, Titus Andronicus
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Shakespeare’s Villains
The Norton Critical Edition people put together the above “Periodic Table of Literary Villains,” and of course we here at the Bard and the Bible Blog were unsurprised to see how many of Shakespeare’s villains figure prominently. How many do … Continue reading →
I’m Not Sorry WILL Was Canceled
The news was announced last week that the TNT television series Will, a reimagining of the young William Shakespeare’s entry into the Elizabethan theater scene, has been canceled. Despite my early excitement (see here) and intense interest, I’m not disappointed. … Continue reading →
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