It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year! Spice up your holidays with these cheerful Shakespearean Christmas Carols!
Shakespearean Halloween Party IV
It’s that time of year again! Have you got your Shakespearean Halloween costume ready?
Here are some more costume ideas from past years:
Desdemona’s handkerchief… still my favorite…
The Frozen Winter's Tale
Chalk this one up under the heading of "Things That Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time But Now I'm REALLY Not So Sure". Apart from the winter theme, I'm not sure what Disney smash-hit Frozen and Shakespeare weird-late-romance The Winter's Tale have in common. LET'S FIND OUT!!!
Good Tickle Brain at the Folger!
Just a reminder that I will be giving a FREE pre-show talk at the Folger Shakespeare Library on April 29 at 6:00pm!
This is going to be a lot of fun, so if you're in the D.C. area, please do stop by and say hello! I will have merch available for purchase and will be hanging around after the talk to sign stuff and chat.
For details, as well as info on how to reserve your FREE ticket, please visit the Folger website.
Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Antigonus Edition
Over the past couple weeks I have, in the interest of science, carefully extrapolated what would happen if Hamlet, Coriolanus, and Cleopatra all had to deal with the infamous bear attack from The Winter's Tale. This has been a fascinating (to me, anyways) experiment, but one scenario remains unaddressed. How would Antigonus, the poor sap who originally got eaten by the bear in The Winter's Tale, really deal with a bear attack?
Oh Antigonus. How could you.
Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Cleopatra Edition
We've seen how Hamlet and Coriolanus would have dealt with the bear attack featured in The Winter's Tale, but how about Cleopatra?
Suicide by bear. It's messier and more prolonged than suicide by asp, but it gets the job done in the end.
Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Coriolanus Edition
What would you do if you were confronted by a wild bear, as poor old Antigonus was in The Winter's Tale? I've already speculated as to what Hamlet's response would be. At the other end of the spectrum we have everyone's favorite psychopathic warrior, Coriolanus.
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, BEAR.
Exit, Pursued by Bear: Hamlet Edition
As you all know, I am really fond of the (in)famous "exit, pursued by a bear" shtick from The Winter's Tale. I thought it might be edifying to place characters from various other Shakespeare plays into Antigonus's unfortunate shoes and see how they react to being confronted by a wild and hungry bear. Let's start with Hamlet, shall we?
STOP SOLILOQUIZING AND MAKE UP YOUR MIND, HAMLET, THERE'S A BEAR TRYING TO EAT Y--- ooh, too late.
Into the (Shakespearean) Woods, part 2
Today I am unapologetically continuing my totally illogical and poorly-thought-out Shakespeare/Sondheim Into the Woods parody mash-up (begun in Monday's comic).
For those of you not familiar with Into the Woods, the first song is "Hello Little Girl" and the second is "Agony". Tune in again on Friday for one final Into the (Shakespearean) Woods comic, in which I will totally fail to neatly wrap up all the disparate plot lines.