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My 10 Favorite Shakespearean Insults

Posted on March 27, 2018 by writerhoss

I have posted many artful insults from Shakespeare on this site (here and here, for example), so readers of this blog will know the Shakespearean insult is an art form I appreciate. So I thought I’d take a few moments … Continue reading →

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Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Posted on March 20, 2018 by writerhoss

Lee Wilkof and Michael Mulheren, recreating their delightful performance from the 1999 Broadway revival of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate (an adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew).

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Reviewsday: Fools and Mortals

Posted on March 6, 2018 by writerhoss

I love historical fiction in general, but I absolutely love novels about Shakespeare, Elizabethan/Jacobean England, and more. So I was excited to read Bernard Cornwell’s January 2018 release, Fools and Mortals.

Posted in Books, Other | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bernard Cornwell, Henry Condell, John Heminges, Reviews, Richard Burbage, Romeo and Juliet, shakespeare, Will Kemp | Leave a comment

The Shakespeare Society of America

Posted on February 27, 2018 by writerhoss

On a recent visit with my wife to California, our son, daughter-in-law, and grandkids treated me to a visit to the Shakespeare Society of America museum, reference library, and gift shop in the oceanside town of Moss Landing, California.

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The Bard, the Bible, and Baseball, Part 2

Posted on February 20, 2018 by writerhoss

Bet you didn’t know that both the King James Version of the Bible and the Bard’s works mentioned baseball repeatedly, did you? It’s true. Last week, in honor of the start of Spring Training, this blog featured a listing of … Continue reading →

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The Bard, the Bible, and Baseball, Part 1

Posted on February 13, 2018 by writerhoss

Baseball starts this week! Well, Spring Training, anyway. So what could be more appropriate here on The Bard and the Bible blog than a post about “The Bard, the Bible, and Baseball?” Maybe you didn’t know that both the King … Continue reading →

Posted in Bard, Bible, Other, Plays | Tagged Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Henry VIII, king james version, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Titus Andronicus | Leave a comment

A Holiday Break

Posted on December 29, 2017 by writerhoss

The Bard and the Bible Podcast (see here for all past episodes) is on holiday this week. Tune in next week for the first 2018 episode. Ratings and reviews on iTunes are much appreciated. You can also easily subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, to ensure that … Continue reading →

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Reviewsday: Shakespeare Insult Generator

Posted on November 21, 2017 by writerhoss

If you read this blog, you know that we frequently post an insult (or several) from Shakespeare’s works. It’s fun and, occasionally, helpful. So is Barry Kraft’s clever Shakespeare Insult Generator. My copy was a gift from my son, who … Continue reading →

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In the Day of Death

Posted on November 17, 2017 by writerhoss

This week’s episode (here) of The Bard and the Bible Podcast pairs Mark Antony’s famous funeral oration from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar with Ecclesiastes 8:8-10 in the King James Version of the Bible.

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Reviewsday: #ShakespeareSunday

Posted on October 10, 2017 by writerhoss

If you follow @bardandbible on Twitter (and why wouldn’t you?), you’ve seen many tweets with the hashtag #shakespearesunday. But did you know…