Summer’s here, and my wife took the kids to the library to start stocking up on reading material.  My 7yr old got her library card last year, my 5yr old excitedly got hers this year. Question : Ho ... read article

Dr. Carl Atkins is the author of Shakespeare's Sonnets: With Three Hundred Years of Commentary as well as a prolific commenter here at ShakespeareGeek, both while holding down a day job as a medical d ... read article

Last night, while hanging out with the kids, my wife said, “Do you remember what anniversary tomorrow is?” I did not. I went through the whole list – first date?  first kiss?  first …? hop ... read article

Lot of people died last couple of weeks.  Big deal, lot of people die every week.  Maybe you’re upset over what you’re seeing on the evening news, maybe you don’t care.  Maybe it’s simply m ... read article

http://www.thedailydust.co.uk/2009/06/30/tube-drivers-to-read-out-shakespeare/ A new initiative will see tube drivers reading out classical quotes with their announcements. The drivers are to b ... read article

http://lightingupshakespeare.wordpress.com/ All right, purists, you’re gonna love this one.  Just how close to “original” Shakespeare performance can you get?  Scene breaks? Stage directions? ... read article