Shakespeare's Songbook

Singing Shakespeare tunes around the campfire

"...Music was integral to Shakespeare's work. Elizabethan productions began and ended with music, so..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Anonymous

Normally a maker of big, explosive movies, Roland Emmerich directs this conspiracy-minded potboiler which questions the veracity of Shakespeare's authorship.

"...It turns out the "soul of his age," William Shakespeare, was actually a megalomaniacal drunken spendthrift, and he did..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

10 Things I Hate About You

This updated version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew provides a sharp examination of teen dating rituals.

"...girl is won. Sort of. This updated version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is only one of..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Prospero's Books

This Greenaway film deconstructs Shakespeare's The Tempest with egotistical fervor – the play's not the thing, but Greenaway's vanity is.

"...and Sabelle Pasco. Dense and impenetrable, Prospero's Books deconstructs Shakespeare's The Tempest with egotistical fervor -- the play's not..."

Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A #MeToo Measure for Measure?

Austin Shakespeare gives a peek at a modern Measure Saturday

"...for Measure and yet is Measure for Measure? Austin Shakespeare has the answer, and it's sharing it publicly on..."

Dec. 6, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Rude Mechs' Fixing Timon of Athens

The theatre collective's latest repair job on a broken Shakespeare play is wildly accessible, welcoming, and enthralling

"...Here's a confession: I'm not overly fond of William Shakespeare. I respect the work, with all its linguistic acrobatics..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

More Words From Winedale

Additional life lessons and meditations from students in the Shakespeare at Winedale program

"...Clayton Stromberger Shakespeare at Winedale, begun the same year as the Armadillo..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Clayton Stromberger

Ran

Kurosawa uses Shakespeare's King Lear as a template, but in Ran Lear's three scheming daughters are sons, and the action is transposed to a mythic, dreamlike, feudal Japan. Like an adrenalized fever dream of ultimate power gone awry, Ran reveals Kurosawa's grasp of visual splendor at its most powerful.

"...It doesn't hurt matters, of course, that Kurosawa used Shakespeare's King Lear as a template -- in Ran, Lear's..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rude Mechs' Fixing Troilus and Cressida

The third show in the Fixing Shakespeare series makes his mess of a play about the Trojan War hilarious and even engrossing

"...It's easy to forget that Shakespeare wrote a play about the Trojan War, because it..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Hidden Room Theatre's Henry IV

Beth Burns' latest foray into Shakespeare will school you on how to present plays penned by the Bard

"...to produce, direct, and perform the plays of William Shakespeare. Your instructor is Beth Burns, who has directed Hidden..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Henry V

The player and the text take center stage in this one-man adaptation of Shakespeare's history

"...costumes, and scenery, Faires pays particular homage both to Shakespeare's text and to the craft of acting itself. And..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

The High Art of Low Comedy

"..."But, I know you’ll protest that Shakespeare’s language, though elegant on the page, becomes heavy and..."

Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...Having two separate productions of Macbeth running in Austin..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The History of King Lear

A long-reviled revision of Shakespeare's tragedy proves fascinating as revived by the Hidden Room Theatre

"...that's just what Nahum Tate did 75 years after Shakespeare penned the play, and despite the fact that his..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Past Passion

Austin Shakespeare revisits Tom Stoppard in Hades for The Invention of Love

"...the path he traveled truly served him well. Austin Shakespeare, which enjoyed considerable success with its production of Stoppard's..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cyrano de Bergerac

Rostand's homely hero earns a handsome production from Austin Shakespeare

"...Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside www.austinshakespeare.org Through Dec. 7..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Othello

Austin Shakespeare's new staging of the tragedy is all the richer for incorporating the Rule of Three

"...Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 512/474-5664 www.austinshakespeare.org Through March 2 Running time: 2 hr., 45 min...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

DVD Extra: 'Throne of Blood'

Criterion drops Kurosawa's Japanized 'Macbeth' on Blu-ray

"...Throne of Blood, you may begin to think about Shakespeare’s Macbeth as “that Japanese play.”..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Romeo & Juliet

Till death do us part …

"...and light pawing, not the full-bodied “violent delights” of Shakespeare’s play. The supporting cast doesn’t make much of a..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'Anthem'

Austin Shakespeare takes its stage adaptaion of Ayn Rand's novella to off-Broadway

"...The next production from Austin Shakespeare won't be in Austin, and it won't be Shakespeare...."

July 19, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Much Ado About Nothing

With Shakespearean language tripping off their contemporary tongues, the actors are more than game for Joss Whedon's informal, black-and-white take on this classic comedy.

"...air in a dreary catalog of films based on Shakespeare’s plays that either sag under the weight of the..."

June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Coriolanus

Ralph Fiennes directs this terrific contemporary update of Shakespeare's timeless play about war.

"...Ralph Fiennes couldn't have picked a better Shakespeare play to adapt for his directorial debut, seeing as..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Molière

This ragtag biographical portrait plays something like Meet the Parents vs. Shakespeare in Love: A Farce in Three Acts.

"...may not compete with the sexual proclivities of William Shakespeare or the whereabouts of Thomas Pynchon for sheer literary..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Stage Beauty

Victor/Victoria meets Shakespeare in Love at A Star Is Born in this gender-bending backstage story.

"...Hugh Bonneville, Richard Griffiths and Edward Fox. Victor/Victoria meets Shakespeare in Love at A Star Is Born's house for..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Meanwhile, Back at the Barn

The performance schedule for the Shakespeare at Winedale 2004 class

"...Winedale, being changed by its immersion in three of Shakespeare's plays. The class of summer 2004 have their hands..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Twelfth Night

"...sum up Trevor Nunn's film adaptation of this lyrical Shakespearean comedy. Every frame seems calculated to deliver some vision..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Richard III

"...Four centuries after he first limped onto a stage, Shakespeare's Richard III is still a compelling figure, a fiend..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Much Ado About Nothing

Branagh, as the film's director and star – captures Shakespeare's captivating comic romance at the peak of flavor.

"...Ripe as a midsummer melon, Kenneth Branagh's return to Shakespeare captures the Bard's captivating comic romance at the peak..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Penfold Theatre's Henry V

This production in the park makes Shakespeare’s epic history into a satisfying show for a summer evening

"...the cast in Penfold Theatre Company's condensed version of Shakespeare's famous historical play, led by Joseph Garlock as a..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Invention of Love

Ambitious script, gifted cast take us inside a brilliant mind in Austin Shakespeare's production

"...depths of a genius' mind. Upping the ante, Austin Shakespeare's production of The Invention of Love gives a rare..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

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