Everyday Shakespeare

The Everyday Shakespeare podcast is a finalist for Signal Listener's Choice Awards "Best Live Podcast"!!! This is the episode that we did at @brooklinebooksmith last year. Winners are determined by public voting, so . . PLEASE VOTE FOR US!!! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/…

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."--Hamlet Like being reincarnated as an adorable alpaca! @islandalpaca #shakespeare

#OTD in 1849, the Astor Place or Opera House Riots take place, one of the deadliest civil disturbances in #NYChistory. It pitted the city’s aristocracy against its underclass, whose worlds converged on #AstorPlace. Opera was never the same again. More: villagepreservation.org/2016/08/25/the…

@EverydayShakes I teach Romeo and Juliet. My kids are currently working with copies that are falling apart. Would you consider RTing this post to help my kids get the new copies they deserve?

Mother's Day is just around the corner, so you might want to get some Shakespearean advice:

Oh, I delighted in the happy distraction of this Shakespeare story on the @nytimes front page today. Did Richard III Kill the Princes in the Tower? nytimes.com/2024/04/26/boo…

It might be too soon for some parents of high school seniors (don't say we didn't warn you), but we've got an episode on college admissions in Shakespeare's day. Once again, some characters and themes are truly timeless. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ye-…

Tonight (Thursday) I'll be at Bedlam Books in Worcester (138 Green St.) doing a book talk from 6-7 pm! It's snowy + cold outside but cozy inside this awesome independent bookstore. Worcester area peeps, I would love to see you there! @TweetWorcester @HanoverTheatre @ProfessorMKE

Twenty-five years later, "10 Things I Hate About You" and Julia Stiles are still awesome. "Julia Stiles Wanted to Be Just Like Kat Stratford, Too" nytimes.com/2024/04/03/mov…

The Everyday Shakespeare podcast has a new logo! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eve…

They may not have had Reese and Jenna, but the early moderns definitely had a taste for memoirs. Check out our newest episode of the Everyday Shakespeare podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thi…

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Our newest episode of The Everyday Shakespeare podcast just dropped! Caroline and I interview the brilliant, hilarious man-of-a-million-talents @austintichenor, co-creator of @reduced and co-host of The Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red…

Thanks, @Wigleaf and @hexliterary and Velo Garage! It was an honor to join in with these amazing writers. @_katemcintyre

Today I noticed that the Folger's Shakespeare Library softcovers look suspiciously like cans of LaCroix. Here is a 🧵of pairings, starting with A Midsummer Night's Dream and a lovely can of fizzy lemon water.

Ooooh! The fancy chair where Shakespeare may have sat during a drinking contest. @MuseumsAssoc @ShakespeareBT museumsassociation.org/museums-journa…

New podcast episode just dropped! This one's on how fake news isn't a new phenomenon. The case of King Richard III is proof that Shakespeare's stage was as powerful a political platform as social media is today. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sta…

Alack, I love myself. A new production of Shakespeare’s account of history’s defining narcissist unfolds in the Globe Theatre this Summer, with Artistic Director Michelle Terry in the title role. Elle While directs. 9 May – 3 August: bit.ly/RichardIII2024 #RichardIIIGlobe

"Lady Macbeth's Fitbit and Other New Year's Resolutions" just dropped. Happy Near Year, all! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lad…

An oldie but a goodie @mcsweeneys! Letters to Santa Written By Shakespeare Characters mcsweeneys.net/articles/lette…