Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
"...Aidan Quinn and John Cleese. Kenneth Branagh, resuscitator of Shakespeare onscreen, tackles the Frankenstein tale and brings that oft-abused..."
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Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Double Dragon
"...lines off of one another like they were reciting Shakespeare or Tarantino or whatever passes for great writing these..."
Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker
The Lion King
"...his father. Though the writers fail to credit Mr. Shakespeare, they draw more than a little inspiration from Hamlet,..."
June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires
The Bride With White Hair
"...and trade blows, but before you can say Bill Shakespeare, they're head-over-heels in love and disobeying direct orders from..."
April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
This animated Batman is from the same folks behind the TV cartoon series, and is a diverting take on the Caped Crusader.
"...not to say the writing is the stuff of Shakespeare -- the characterizations are about as thin as your..."
Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
"...all these plays within plays, we come closer to Shakespeare's fascination with illusion and reality and, oddly enough, to..."
May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher
Ballet Austin Returns With Revival of Hamlet
Company’s most successful production launches 2023-24 season
"...Ballet Austin’s affinity for the works of William Shakespeare are a matter of record: Last season, the company..."
Aug. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
Penfold Theatre Gives Live Readings of Radio Plays in the Ransom Center Archives
The company has dusted off radio adaptations of Shakespeare, Fitzgerald, and Thackeray for the 21st century to hear – live
"...will employ the same techniques for its performances of Shakespeare's Macbeth (original broadcast May 11, 1947, with Judith Anderson..."
Sept. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
What'cha Watchin'?
Editor Kim Jones programs hifalutin Shakespeare and the highly gross mortifications of the pubescent body
"...not the Bard's original, strictly speaking. Richard Eyre trims Shakespeare's tragedy about a vain and increasingly unhinged king carving..."
Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Column by Kimberley Jones
All the Way With LBJ's Play
Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'
"...LBJ drama All the Way premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; moved to Broadway with Bryan Cranston starring; broke..."
Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Der Bestrafte Brudermord
As realized by the Hidden Room, this German puppet version of 'Hamlet' is as much Monty Python as Shakespeare
"...an arcane dramaturgical exercise that only the most devoted Shakespeare geeks could enjoy. Nothing could be further from the..."
Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans
Fixing King John
This loose and gangly treatment of Shakespeare's history is both remarkably original and fiercely energetic
"...highway speed, barreling along through some approximation of the Shakespearean play. There are probably safer speeds at which to..."
Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
The Sunny Side to Every Situation
Defending Ethan Hawke and the virtues of John Wayne in a wet shirt
"...back to the topic of the day: performances in Shakespeare adaptations...."
Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
I Know Thee Not, Old Man
"...So, by all means, use Mr. Porter and Mr. Shakespeare and Mr. Sting and do with them what you..."
Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt
Doubt That the Stars Are Fire
"...defending tragedy, which would seem, in the case of Shakespeare movies, to be the lighter load, as I don’t..."
Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt
Billy Shakes, Superstar
"...Of course, the subject in question is William Shakespeare, Elizabethan actor and playwright and longtime enemy of high..."
April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Stephen Greenblatt on 'Will in the World'
"...show us the man behind the ever-astonishing works of Shakespeare, so many that you'd think there can't possibly be..."
Oct. 7, 2005 Books Review by Robert Faires
Bard Ambition
Stephen Greenblatt on 'Will in the World'
"...show us the man behind the ever-astonishing works of Shakespeare, so many that you'd think there can't possibly be..."
Oct. 7, 2005 Books Feature by Robert Faires
By the Book
Reviews
"...William Shakespeare: The Man Behind the Geniusby Anthony Holden..."
July 21, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman
Austin on Authorship
"...Director, Shakespeare at Winedale In England, for spring break, I saw..."
March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Great Artdoors
Summer's here, and the time is right for outdoor performances all over Central Texas
"...The Comedy of Errors with another early comedy by Shakespeare, and, as the group's name has it, the show..."
May 17, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Quips & Squealers
Monday, Apr 5
"...(Esther's Pool, 8pm Mon; Maggie Mae's, 10pm Sat) --J.C. Shakespeare..."
April 2, 1999 Arts Feature
Articulations
City Council adopts new guidelines for the Cultural Arts Funding Program, Michelle Schumann shoots off for a Canadian piano competition, and some 'palpable hits' to get your sweet William for Shakespeare's birthday
"...it's almost April 23 and you don't have a Shakespeare's birthday gift for the Bardophile in your life? Well,..."
April 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Articulations
Just when you thought that Elizabethan drama fad was fading, a slew of Shakespeares hits the scene.
"...productions and even a symposium to prove that William Shakespeare, the popular playwright of four centuries past, is still..."
Feb. 9, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Crossing Swords
This is the second time that the National Fencing Tournament has slashed it's way through Austin. Wayne Alan Brenner is en garde.
"...score points off each other through bodily contact. J.C. Shakespeare, stand-up comedian and Chronicle contributor, is taking a brief..."
July 7, 2000 Sports Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Flip Side
In Poor Shadows of Elysium's Richard II, a coin makes all the difference in what you see
"...In any other production of this Shakespearean history, Gates would almost certainly play ineffectual King Richard..."
Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens
The Dream
This rock & roll take on the Bard aims for spectacle more than meaning or heart
"...S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, 2206 William Barton Dr., www.austinshakespeare.org..."
May 14, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam
The Windy Side of the Law: Bard for the Defense
You can experience the connection between the law and literature by attending 'The Windy Side of the Law: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night'
"...yourself by attending the Windy Side of the Law: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night...."
Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
My Grandfather's Hamlet
"...father Vincenzo Ventura found the time or inclination for Shakespeare, I don't know. Born in Sicily in 1883, he..."
Jan. 31, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura
Invasion of the Lit Flix
Literary Classics Rush the Screen
"...Never wear white after Labor Day; never release a Shakespeare film before Labor Day...."
