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February 2019

• “I’VE BEEN ROOKED”. 2019-02-15
• THE WOOD IN ATHENS (COMMENT). 2019-02-13
• THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WOOD AND A FOREST (COMMENT). 2019-02-12
• UNDERSTANDING THE “ROOKY WOOD” (COMMENT). 2019-02-11

November 2018

• THE WEDDINGS IN MEASURE FOR MEASURE. 2018-11-14
• OTHER CHANGES TO THE ENDING OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE. 2018-11-13
• THE ENDING OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE—THE DIRECTOR’S PREROGATIVE. 2018-11-12

October 2018

• THE MARKETING OF THE FIRST FOLIO A CENTURY AFTER SHAKESPEARE DIED. 2018-10-31
• THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF THE FIRST FOLIO IN THE 18TH CENTURY. 2018-10-30

September 2018

• A HORSE THIEF’S SKULL AND THE SARAH BERNHARDT ROOM. 2018-09-25
• FAMOUS PLAYERS. 2018-09-24
• “SHAKESPEARE AND THE HEART’S DESIRE”—THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27. 2018-09-23
• “JUDITH SHAKESPEARE HAS HER SAY”—WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26. 2018-09-22
• “SHAKESPEARE RISING”—TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25. 2018-09-21
• THE LIVES OF SHAKESPEARE, MARY JANE’S TRILOGY, WILL BE PERFORMED TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 THROUGH THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 AT THE PLAYERS CLUB. 2018-09-20

August 2018

• THE PLAYERS. 2018-08-14
• MARY JANE’S TRILOGY: THE LIVES OF SHAKESPEARE—- THIS FALL AT THE PLAYERS CLUB. 2018-08-13
• SCOTT FITZGERALD’S MISSING SECOND ACT IN AMERICAN LIVES. 2018-08-09

July 2018

• REASONS FOR CHANGING THE ENDINGS OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE AND HAMLET. 2018-07-24
• DIRECTORS CHANGING THE ENDINGS OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS. 2018-07-23
• ENDING HAMLET BY SHOOTING HORATIO. 2018-07-22

February 2018

• AN INSTANCE WHERE FICTION HAS REPLACED HISTORY. 2018-02-07
• HAMLET AND BREAKING BAD (COMMENT). 2018-02-05
• MAYBE SHAKESPEARE NEEDED A COMPLICATED BLOODBATH AT THE END OF “HAMLET”. 2018-02-01 · 1 comment

January 2018

• WHY I REJECT BRECHT’S THEORY. 2018-01-31
• BRECHT’S THEORY THAT A LOT OF THE SCENES IN HAMLET ARE OUT TAKES. 2018-01-30
• EMMA RICE AND THE GLOBE—-EPILOGUE. 2018-01-15
• MY DEFENSE OF EMMA RICE. 2018-01-14
• WHO CARES ABOUT SHAKESPEARE’S WORDS? 2018-01-13
• EMMA RICE’S PENULTIMATE SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION AT THE GLOBE. 2018-01-12 · 1 comment
• EMMA RICE’S LAST SHAKESPEARE PLAY AT THE GLOBE. 2018-01-11
• EQUUS—CHANGES IN WHAT IS SHOCKING IN THE THEATER. 2018-01-01

November 2017

• THE KINDS OF RELATIVES THE ACTORS CAN PORTRAY. 2017-11-26
• AN ACTOR PREPARES TO BE A RELATIVE—-THE ORDER FORM GOVERNS. 2017-11-25
• HIRING AN ACTOR TO BE YOUR CHILD’S PARENT. 2017-11-24 · 1 comment
• TURNING Ph.D DISSERTATIONS OF PEOPLE I KNOW INTO DANCES. 2017-11-23
• TURNING A Ph.D THESIS INTO A DANCE. 2017-11-22

May 2017

• VICTOR HUGO AT THE BARRICADES (SPOILER ALERT). 2017-05-03

March 2017

• ACTORS INTONING. 2017-03-14

December 2016

• HOW TRUMP PLAYED “THE HEEL”. 2016-12-06
• HOW THE MEDIA PLAYED THE FOIL TO TRUMP’S “HEEL” CHARACTER. 2016-12-05
• SOME RHYMING FLOURISHES IN HAMILTON. 2016-12-03
• THE INFLUENCE OF RAP ON BROADWAY MUSICALS. 2016-12-02
• AN ABUNDANCE OF INTERNAL RHYMES. 2016-12-01

November 2016

• PERFECT RHYME PURISTS. 2016-11-30
• ANALYZING THE POETRY OF HAMILTON. 2016-11-29
• THE POWER OF RAP. 2016-11-28
• I THINK APPOINTING A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBE IS FOR THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY. 2016-11-06
• THE CONTROVERSY AT THE GLOBE—-MAYBE IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE LIGHTING AFTER ALL. 2016-11-05
• THE CONTROVERSY AT THE GLOBE—PRESERVING THE GLOBE EXPERIENCE. 2016-11-04
• THE CONTROVERSY AT THE GLOBE—-WAS IT “SNOBBERY” TO CHANGE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS? 2016-11-03
• THE DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBE THEATRE, WHO SAID THAT SHAKESPEARE MAKES HER “VERY SLEEPY”, WILL LEAVE HER POSITION. 2016-11-02

October 2016

• MEMORIES OF THE GREENWICH VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE. 2016-10-31
• IDENTITY, HUSBANDS AND WIVES, AND DROPS OF WATER. 2016-10-05
• IDENTITY, TWINS AND DROPS OF WATER. 2016-10-04

September 2016

• NINNYHAMMERS. 2016-09-08

August 2016

• ELM SHAKESPEARE’S MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. 2016-08-27
• REVENGE IN SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES. 2016-08-26
• ARE MOST SHAKESPEARE PLAYS REVENGE PLAYS? 2016-08-25
• WHO WROTE EDWARD III?—WHAT’S MY OPINION? 2016-08-02
• IS EDWARD III GOOD ENOUGH TO BE BY SHAKESPEARE? 2016-08-01

July 2016

• HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHETHER SHAKESPEARE WROTE EDWARD III? 2016-07-31
• WHO WROTE EDWARD III?—-SOME CANDIDATES. 2016-07-30
• A COMPLETIST GOES FOR EXTRA CREDIT. 2016-07-29
• THE MUSIC MAN AND THE ECONOMICS OF ADVERTISING. 2016-07-22 · 1 comment
• MY GRANDFATHER AND THE MUSIC MAN. 2016-07-21
• “I SOLD MY FARM TO BUY MY CROWN.” 2016-07-08
• SHAKESPEARE FAVORED MULTIPLE MEANINGS EVERY CHANCE HE GOT. 2016-07-06
• THINKING IN A WORLD WITHOUT STANDARD SPELLING. 2016-07-05
• DISAMBIGUATING SHAKESPEARE. 2016-07-04
• THE AIR BITES “SHROUDLY”—DOES SHAKESPEARE’S SPELLING MATTER? 2016-07-03
• HAMLET—A YOUNG MAN’S VOICE. 2016-07-02

June 2016

• HOW DIFFICULT IS SHAKESPEARE? 2016-06-19
• PEOPLE SHOULDN’T BE TOLD THEY WON’T LIKE SHAKESPEARE. 2016-06-18
• BLACKADDER’S OPINION OF CUTTING HAMLET. 2016-06-17
• IF YOU’RE TRANSLATING SHAKESPEARE INTO CURRENT ENGLISH, WHY NOT GO ALL THE WAY ?—- “I THINK SHAKESPEAR NEEDS TO TALK IN MODERN ENGLISH, INNIT, BRUV?” 2016-06-16
• I’M OK WITH CHANGING THE GENDER OF SHAKESPEARE’S CHARACTERS, TRANSLATING SHAKESPEARE, AND CUTTING SHAKESPEARE, IF IT ENLARGES THE AUDIENCE FOR SHAKESPEARE. 2016-06-15
• THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE GLOBE DIRECTOR’S LOW OPINION OF SHAKESPEARE. 2016-06-14
• THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBE THEATRE SAYS SHAKESPEARE MAKES HER “VERY SLEEPY” 2016-06-13

May 2016

• THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD AND ACHILL ISLAND. 2016-05-09
• THE PLAYBOY RIOTS. 2016-05-08
• HOW MANY PLAYS DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE? 2016-05-04
• REWRITING SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS. 2016-05-03

April 2016

• LEAR—THE STORM WITHIN AND A STORM WITHOUT. 2016-04-11

March 2016

• ALL OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS ARE GOOD. 2016-03-25 · 1 comment
• WHAT I LEARNED AS A COMPLETIST. 2016-03-24
• EXPERIENCING PERICLES. 2016-03-23 · 1 comment
• TREVOR NUNN’S COMPLETIST AGENDA. 2016-03-08
• A COMPLETIST PREPARES TO DECLARE VICTORY. 2016-03-07 · 2 comments
• WOULD SHAKESPEARE BE WRITING FOR VIDEOGAMES IF HE WERE WRITING TODAY? 2016-03-06 · 1 comment
• HOW SHAKESPEARE WROTE FOR MOVIES. 2016-03-05
• DO STUDENTS TODAY EXPERIENCE SHAKESPEARE DIFFERENTLY? 2016-03-04

February 2016

• “KNEELING UPON THE KNEES OF MY HEART”. 2016-02-07
• THE THIRD PLAY OF MARY JANE’S SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY. 2016-02-06

January 2016

• REMOVING THE LAUGHS FROM THE FUNNIEST PLAY EVER WRITTEN. 2016-01-13

November 2015

• THE DESIRE FOR CLOSURE IN STORIES. 2015-11-29
• YEATS AND THE POET VOICE. 2015-11-05
• AGAINST POETS USING THE “POET VOICE”. 2015-11-04

October 2015

• THE DETECTIVE STORY WRITER AND THE HISTORIANS. 2015-10-18
• CURRENT THINKING ON THE DEATHS OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER. 2015-10-17
• WHAT THE BILL OF ATTAINDER DIDN’T SAY. 2015-10-16
• ASSERTIONS THAT HAMLET CAN’T BE FAT. 2015-10-09
• IS HAMLET FAT? 2015-10-08
• MARY JANE HAS FINISHED THE THIRD PLAY IN HER SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY. 2015-10-07

August 2015

• FALSTAFF, SNOOPY, DOCTOR WHO, AND SHERLOCK HOLMES. 2015-08-31
• SHERLOCK HOLMES AS HAMLET. 2015-08-30
• HAMLET, SHERLOCK HOLMES, AND DOCTOR WHO. 2015-08-29
• STARTING HAMLET WITH “NATURE BOY”. 2015-08-28
• IS IT A MISTAKE TO BEGIN HAMLET WITH “TO BE OR NOT TO BE”? 2015-08-27
• STARTING HAMLET WITH “TO BE OR NOT TO BE”…. 2015-08-26
• WAS THE CHOICE FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE BETWEEN SHAKESPEARE AND BEN JONSON? 2015-08-13 · 1 comment
• WAS MY PROBLEM WITH ROMULUS THAT IT WAS A EUROPEAN PLAY? 2015-08-12 · 2 comments
• ROMULUS—WHAT I HOLD AGAINST GORE VIDAL. 2015-08-11 · 1 comment

July 2015

• WHY I THINK SHAKESPEARE SHOULD GET FULL CREDIT FOR HENRY VIII. 2015-07-08
• WHAT HENRY VIII LEAVES OUT. 2015-07-07
• DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE THE GOOD PARTS OF HENRY VIII AND FLETCHER THE BAD? 2015-07-06
• THE POLITICAL DANGERS OF SHAKESPEARE’S HENRY VIII. 2015-07-05
• A COMPLETIST ADDS HENRY VIII. 2015-07-04

June 2015

• A HAPPY ENDING FOR ALL’S WELL. 2015-06-29
• DOES “ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL” END WELL? 2015-06-28
• PEOPLE HATE BERTRAM. 2015-06-27
• THE NIGHT THEY INVENTED ORIENTALISM. 2015-06-09
• ORIENTALISM AND THE KING AND I. 2015-06-08

May 2015

• WHAT EFFECT DID THE TWO MURDERS HAVE ON SHAKESPEARE? 2015-05-17
• THE TWO MURDERS IN SHAKESPEARE’S HOUSE. 2015-05-16
• SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE AMERICA. 2015-05-15 · 1 comment

April 2015

• THE SONNET PROJECT’S INTERPRETATIONS OF SONNETS 116, 117 AND 118. 2015-04-27
• SONNETS 117 AND 118 AS PARTS OF A SEQUENCE. 2015-04-26
• SONNET 116 (“LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS”) AS PART OF A SEQUENCE. 2015-04-25
• DO SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS HAVE A PLOT? 2015-04-24
• THE SONNET PROJECT OF THE NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE EXCHANGE. 2015-04-23
• MARY JANE’S DREAM ABOUT SHAKESPEARE AND TOTO. 2015-04-17
• MARY JANE’S 24 HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL. 2015-04-16
• MARY JANE’S NEW BLOG ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. 2015-04-15

February 2015

• USING THEATER TO DISTRACT FREE THROW SHOOTERS. 2015-02-15

January 2015

• SONATA FORM AND SIT COMS. 2015-01-24
• THE RULES FOR WRITING SITCOMS. 2015-01-23
• BALDRICKING YOURSELF. 2015-01-18

December 2014

• JUDITH SHAKESPEARE HAS HER SAY. 2014-12-18
• THE SECOND PLAY IN MARY JANE’S SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY HAS BEEN READ IN NEW YORK. 2014-12-17

October 2014

• HOW MACBETH WORKS WITHOUT THE AUDIENCE NOTICING. 2014-10-24
• ARGUING THAT SHAKESPEARE CAN’T BE TRANSLATED BECAUSE THERE IS NO SINGLE “MEANING”. 2014-10-23
• THE F****ING BOTTLE. 2014-10-15
• ATTACKING AN ACTRESS FOR WHAT HER CHARACTER DOES. 2014-10-14
• ATTACKING THE ACTRESS FOR THE FLAWS OF THE CHARACTER. 2014-10-13

September 2014

• A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE MURDER AT THE END OF THE COMEDY. 2014-09-08
• CHANGING MEASURE FOR MEASURE—A MURDER AT THE END OF THE COMEDY. 2014-09-07
• CHANGING MEASURE FOR MEASURE—A TOPLESS SCENE FOR A NUN. 2014-09-06
• CHANGING MEASURE FOR MEASURE—ELIMINATING CLAUDIO’S SPEECH. 2014-09-05
• THE UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL—PLAY DEVELOPMENT. 2014-09-01

August 2014

• WHEN RICHARD BURTON CLAIMED TO MAKE UP HIS OWN SHAKESPEARE LINES. 2014-08-27
• “REMEMBER, THIS WASN’T OUR IDEA.” 2014-08-26
• WANTING TO PLAY ALL THE PARTS—NICOL WILLIAMSON. 2014-08-25
• NICOL WILLIAMSON—WHEN STAGE FIGHTS ARE REAL. 2014-08-24
• MEDICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF KING LEAR. 2014-08-11
• KING LEAR AS A POLITICAL PLAY (COMMENT). 2014-08-10
• DO AMERICANS ACT SHAKESPEARE DIFFERENTLY? 2014-08-08

July 2014

• MUSICAL COMEDY AND INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS. 2014-07-08
• MUSICAL COMEDY AND HISTORICAL FACT. 2014-07-06
• WRITERS CONSULTING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 2014-07-04
• ANNALISA’S INTERPRETATION OF SHAKESPEARE’S “BLUNDER”. 2014-07-03
• SHAKESPEARE AND THE LEVITATION MAGIC TRICK. 2014-07-02
• SHAKESPEARE’S “BLUNDER” ? (SPOILER ALERT). 2014-07-01

June 2014

• CAN SHAKESPEARE BLUNDER? 2014-06-30
• DID SHAKESPEARE BLUNDER? 2014-06-29
• TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA—A TRIUMPH FOR SHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND. 2014-06-23
• TWO GENTLEMEN—THE “LEAST REGARDED OF SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES”. 2014-06-23
• THE SECOND HALF OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE. 2014-06-22
• DOES SHAKESPEARE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SECOND HALF OF HIS TRAGEDIES? 2014-06-22
• HERE IS THE HEAD, I’LL CARRY IT MYSELF. 2014-06-21
• IS SHAKESPEARE TOO VIOLENT? 2014-06-19
• A COMPLETIST ANTICIPATES TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. 2014-06-10

May 2014

• MARY JANE ON HOW SHAKESPEARE IS MORE HELPFUL TO ACTORS THAN BRECHT AND BECKETT ARE. 2014-05-14
• HOW IS SHAKESPEARE MORE HELPFUL TO ACTORS THAN BRECHT OR BECKETT ARE?—FIRST ATTEMPT. 2014-05-13

April 2014

• JAVERT AND VALJEAN DONE BY ACTORS. 2014-04-04

March 2014

• ACTING: “BIG HAIR AND FUNNY PROPS”. 2014-03-01

February 2014

• MARK RYLANCE’S TWELFTH NIGHT. 2014-02-13
• VIOLA—A “STRANGELY, MOVINGLY PASSIVE HEROINE”? 2014-02-12
• THE “INCANTATORY” RHETORIC OF RICHARD III. 2014-02-11
• RICHARD III AS VICE. 2014-02-10
• RYLANCE’S “DEEPLY UNCONVENTIONAL” RICHARD III. 2014-02-09

January 2014

• UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL! 2014-01-30
• AMERICANIZING TEVYA. 2014-01-27
• FIDDLER AND THE MELTING POT. 2014-01-26
• SEEING FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. 2014-01-24 · 1 comment

December 2013

• A MUSICAL ABOUT COPY EDITING. 2013-12-21

October 2013

• A HAPPY ENDING FOR THE GLASS MENAGERIE? 2013-10-03

September 2013

• EMPSON AND QUANTUM PHYSICS. 2013-09-30
• UNDERSTANDING “THE ROOKY WOOD”. 2013-09-29 · 1 comment
• MARY JANE’S PLAY IS STAGED IN NEW YORK. 2013-09-16 · 3 comments

July 2013

• DEPARTED FRIENDS. 2013-07-23
• THE KRETZMER INTERVIEW. 2013-07-22
• TWO SONGS—SAME MELODY. 2013-07-21 · 1 comment
• THE UNITY OF LES MIS—CHARACTERS. 2013-07-19
• ONE MAN SINGING ALL THE PARTS IN LES MIS. 2013-07-18

April 2013

• MY REACTIONS TO THE HAMLET COMIC STRIP—HAMLET’S POWERFUL MOTIVATION. 2013-04-10
• MY REACTIONS TO THE HAMLET COMIC STRIP—CONTEMPORARY HAMLETS. 2013-04-09 · 1 comment
• UNUSUAL CASTING—ULYSSES S. GRANT AS DESDEMONA. 2013-04-02

March 2013

• HAMLET AS EVERYMAN—PAUL GIAMATTI. 2013-03-31

January 2013

• DOCTOR WHO AS HAMLET. 2013-01-31
• TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND THE FIG TREE. 2013-01-03

December 2012

• THE BISHOP OF DIGNE. 2012-12-25
• COOL. 2012-12-24
• LES MIS—CRITICS VERSUS AUDIENCE. 2012-12-23 · 1 comment
• DECIDING TO MAKE LES MIS—THE MOVIE. 2012-12-23
• “INNIT” AND “BRUV”. 2012-12-21
• “I THINK SHAKESPEAR NEEDS TO TALK IN MODERN ENGLISH, INNIT, BRUV?” (COMMENT). 2012-12-20 · 1 comment

June 2012

• THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE. 2012-06-28
• SHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND 1999—ROMEO AND JULIET. 2012-06-23

May 2012

• ADAPTING GATSBY. 2012-05-15 · 1 comment

March 2012

• OLIVIER’S INSIGHT ON IAGO’S MOTIVATION. 2012-03-27
• IAGO AS A COURTIER. 2012-03-26
• IAGO AS A SEDUCER. 2012-03-26 · 1 comment
• “THE JOKER IN THE PACK”. 2012-03-25
• ‘WHY CAN’T WE HAVE NEW PLAYS LIKE THIS ON BROADWAY?” 2012-03-12
• A PLAY KILLED BY THE CRITICS. 2012-03-12

January 2012

• THE LAKE BELOW THE OPERA. 2012-01-07 · 1 comment

May 2011

• DO CRITICS KNOW BETTER THAN PLAYWRIGHTS? 2011-05-24
• IS 1700 THE CUTOFF DATE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? 2011-05-04

April 2011

• SHOULD SHAKESPEARE BE TRANSLATED INTO MODERN ENGLISH? 2011-04-30 · 1 comment

January 2011

• MARY JANE’S FULL-LENGTH PLAY ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. 2011-01-24 · 1 comment
• THE ACCURACY OF 1776. 2011-01-14

December 2010

• TOO MUCH OSCAR WILDE? 2010-12-26

November 2010

• WHY I CAN ENJOY A PLAY MORE THAN SOME GOOD DIRECTORS CAN. 2010-11-08
• “AH, SOLDIER!” IN PERFORMANCE. 2010-11-07

October 2010

• “I’VE SEEN EQUUS.” 2010-10-03 · 1 comment

June 2010

• PLAYWRIGHTS AND STATISTICS. 2010-06-29
• FIGURING OUT WHO SHAKESPEARE’S COLLABORATORS WERE. 2010-06-28
• HOW RAFFISH WAS SHAKESPEARE? 2010-06-27
• SHAKESPEARE’S LOW-LIFE COLLABORATOR. 2010-06-27
• A HORSE ON A TREADMILL. 2010-06-21

May 2010

• SEEING KING JOHN VERSUS READING IT. 2010-05-31 · 1 comment
• KING JOHN IS A GOOD PLAY. 2010-05-30
• A COMPLETIST GOES TO SEE KING JOHN. 2010-05-29
• THE BEST AMERICAN PLAY—DAVID MAMET’S CHOICE. 2010-05-17

March 2010

• SCHADENFREUDE. 2010-03-11

February 2010

• THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM. 2010-02-27

January 2010

• “SAMUEL BECKETT LOOKS AT THE STARS”—NEW YORK CITY PRODUCTION. 2010-01-30 · 1 comment

December 2009

• IF METHOD ACTING IS DEAD, WHAT KILLED IT? 2009-12-21
• SENTIMENT AND THE MIRROR OF REALISM. 2009-12-17
• MULBERRY STREET—THE TRILOGY. 2009-12-17
• THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY THE SCHOLARS IGNORE. 2009-12-16
• CHEKHOV AND LOADED GUNS. 2009-12-08 · 2 comments

August 2009

• FINDING THE JOKES IN A TRAGEDY. 2009-08-12
• COMEDY IS NOT “THE POOR COUSIN OF DRAMA.” 2009-08-12 · 1 comment
• CARY GRANT, THE COMEDIAN. 2009-08-11
• CULTURAL LITERACY—MOVIES. 2009-08-09 · 1 comment
• MUSIC HALL ACTING. 2009-08-05

March 2009

• COLE PORTER ON SINGING. 2009-03-01 · 1 comment

December 2008

• HOW CORRUPT IS ILLINOIS? 2008-12-11

November 2008

• ART IS WHAT REMAINS WHEN THE POLITICS IS GONE. 2008-11-04 · 1 comment
• REDBAITING AND GUILT. 2008-11-03
• THE CRUCIBLE—THE GUILT IN THE BACKGROUND. 2008-11-03 · 3 comments
• ARTHUR MILLER—NOT A PLAYWRIGHT, BUT A MEMOIR WRITER? 2008-11-02
• IBSEN AND MILLER—THE MAIN PLOT IS IN THE BACKGROUND. 2008-11-02

October 2008

• GETTING HOLD OF THE BEANS BEFORE VALUING THEM. 2008-10-30 · 1 comment
• MANDY PATINKIN’S PROSPERO. 2008-10-16
• IS THERE AN HOMAGE TO FORGIVENESS IN THE TEMPEST? (AUDEN’S VIEW). 2008-10-16
• ANTONIO’S LONELINESS (AUDEN’S VIEW). 2008-10-15
• MIRANDA’S LONELINESS (AUDEN’S VIEW). 2008-10-15
• DOES THE TEMPEST DISAVOW LONELINESS? 2008-10-15
• PROSPERO’S LONELINESS. 2008-10-14
• MANDY PATINKIN IN THE TEMPEST–A BRIEF RECOMMENDATION. 2008-10-14

September 2008

• TOM WOLFE ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, BROADWAY AND DISNEYLAND. 2008-09-29

August 2008

• NOSTALGIA FOR THE IRON CURTAIN. 2008-08-31
• WANTING TO BE A CHAMELEON. 2008-08-10

May 2008

• IS TRAVEL IN EUROPE OVERRATED? 2008-05-10

March 2008

• IS GENDER SIMPLY PLAYING A ROLE? 2008-03-30
• CAN CASSIUS BE A WOMAN? 2008-03-28 · 3 comments
• WHAT CATS, COURTIERS, BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AND ACTORS HAVE IN COMMON. 2008-03-25
• SAMUEL BECKETT ON MAN. 2008-03-09
• A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF BLOOD. 2008-03-07
• BLOOD AND SHAKESPEARE. 2008-03-06
• THE PROBLEM OF BLOOD (COMMENT). 2008-03-05

February 2008

• MEANINGLESS DRAMA. 2008-02-23
• IS ALBEE AN ABSURDIST? SHOULD HE BE? 2008-02-22
• CHOOSING WORDS–STOPPARD AND THE CRICKET BAT. 2008-02-21
• LEARNING SHAKESPEARE’S LINES. 2008-02-19 · 2 comments

January 2008

• ON NOT READING KING LEAR. 2008-01-27
• A FAIRY TALE AND A NEW YORK AUDIENCE. 2008-01-07
• “SHAKESPEAREAN, BUT ONLY INTERMITTENTLY HUMAN.” 2008-01-07
• CYMBELINE AND ITS ENEMIES. 2008-01-06
• A FRIEND FOR CYMBELINE. 2008-01-06
• CHECKING OFF SHAKESPEARE PLAYS. 2008-01-05 · 11 comments

December 2007

• STOPPARD AND THE FALL OF THE IRON CURTAIN. 2007-12-28
• ROCK ‘N’ ROLL. 2007-12-28

November 2007

• STANDUP, PUSH-PIN AND ART–THE MORE THE MERRIER. 2007-11-26

August 2007

• LOVE-STRUCK SHEPHERDS. 2007-08-29
• WRITING AND PERFORMING A PLAY IN 24 HOURS. 2007-08-25

July 2007

• A RAISIN IN THE SUN—ALMOST FIFTY YEARS LATER. 2007-07-30

June 2007

• ALAN AYCKBOURN’S LEGERDEMAIN. 2007-06-21
• ALAN AYCKBOURN–INTIMATE EXCHANGES. 2007-06-20
• A JIG AT THE END OF THE TRAGEDY. 2007-06-15
• THE CLOCK IS UP. 2007-06-14
• DID SHAKESPEARE LOVE HIS WIFE? 2007-06-10 · 3 comments
• SHAKESPEARE SEASON. 2007-06-09 · 2 comments

May 2007

• A GOOD ACTRESS CAN OVERCOME BEING PRETTY. 2007-05-14 · 2 comments
• THE ZIPPER THEOREM. 2007-05-13 · 2 comments

April 2007

• SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE TOO PRETTY. 2007-04-22
• WOULD COAST OF UTOPIA PLAY IN THE PROVINCES? 2007-04-15
• THE COAST OF UTOPIA ACHIEVED. 2007-04-15 · 1 comment

March 2007

• DAVID HARE AGREES WITH ME. 2007-03-24 · 3 comments

February 2007

• A SIXTH REASON DRAMAS STRUGGLE IN NEW YORK. 2007-02-26 · 2 comments
• JENNIFER EHLE 2007-02-25
• COAST OF UTOPIA–ARITHMETIC AND THE CRITICS. 2007-02-23

January 2007

• HOLLYWOOD STARS AND THE THEATER. 2007-01-29

December 2006

• BLYTHE DANNER AND THE FOURTH WALL. 2006-12-31
• SUFFERING THEATER CRITICS 2006-12-26

November 2006

• RESTAURANT CRITICS AND THEATER CRITICS 2006-11-22
• THEATER CRITICS 2006-11-21 · 1 comment