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The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear review
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (243+ words) Use appropriate arrow key to open or close submenus. Use Enter or Space to activate links. Kirk A. Denton, MCLC The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear By Nan Z. Da Reviewed by Emily Sun MCLC Resource Center Publication (Copyright June, 2026) Nan Z. Da,…...
It doesn't need to be a struggle to get through Shakespeare
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (24+ words) CBS News It doesn't need to be a struggle to get through Shakespeare...
Hamlet Tales: Authors Among Us Continues With Sean Patrick Dolan
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (229+ words) The Meaford Public Library invites the community to Hamlet Tales: Authors Among Us, featuring Sean Patrick Dolan and his novel The Prophet of Frogs Hollow on Saturday, July 4, at 2 p. m. at the Riverside Community Centre, 157707 7th Line, Meaford. Sean Patrick Dolan is…...
A Forgotten Shakespearean Queen Gets Her Due at the Pasadena Playhouse
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (542+ words) She speaks more lines than any other woman in Shakespeare, yet most playgoers have never heard her name. On Monday, June 29, authors Charles O'Malley and Scott W. Stern come to the Pasadena Playhouse to make the case for Margaret of Anjou,…...
Survival stories mark 250 years of America, 400 years of Shakespeare
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (442+ words) This July, as we mark 250 years of the United States, I find myself thinking less about celebration and more about endurance. What allows a nation to hold together across centuries? What stories help sustain it through moments of triumph, conflict,…...
Shakespeare Was Actually a Black, Jewish, Female Poet, New Book Claims
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (159+ words) I just KNEW it! The human race is getting to the point where they will embrace anything and everything except reality. I doubt the author believes this stupidity. It's just a way to make money off of stupid people. Maybe…...
Samuel Beckett's "The Unnamable: A Rake-Handle/Head Collision Sentence by Sentence
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (29+ words) Have you ever accidentally meditated? The key word here is "accidentally " as in strolling through a "...
Rogue Shakespeare" (AKA Ryan J-w Smith) - the Most Prolific Sonneteer in World History
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (299+ words) Parts II and III of Rogue Shakespeare's Sonnets are expected to be released in December 2026 and summer 2027 respectively, taking Smith's published total to 2, 702 sonnets. The trilogy will be followed by a collected edition, Rogue Shakespeare's Bible (Parts I, II & III), containing…...
Tristan and Isolde Sharing the Potion" " John William Waterhouse
1+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) Pre-Raphaelite paints the key moment in which one of the great tragedies of our literature begins The romanticism that oozed "...
We Are All Shrews to Be Tamed
1+ week, 5+ day ago (174+ words) Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, beyond the comedy, is a spiritual allegory mapping the rebellious soul's journey from disordered passions to union with God....