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“All I Want For Crispin’s:” Mya Gosling’s Shakespearean Holiday Songbook
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“All I Want For Crispin’s:” Mya Gosling’s Shakespearean Holiday Songbook

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Austin Tichenor
Combating Shakespearean shrinkage
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Combating Shakespearean shrinkage

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Austin Tichenor
“I Want It That Way”: Rosaline & Juliet
Cast in & Juliet
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“I Want It That Way”: Rosaline & Juliet

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Austin Tichenor
"In both 'Rosaline,' a charming teen romcom streaming on Hulu, and '& Juliet,' a splashy new musical making its Broadway debut this week, Shakespeare’s tragedy becomes a surprising springboard for music, comedy, and investigations into narrative ownership," writes Austin Tichenor.
“Worthy service": The Tempest-uousness of The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell and Murray Bartlett in The White Lotus
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“Worthy service": The Tempest-uousness of The White Lotus

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Austin Tichenor
HBO's Emmy-winning "The White Lotus" transforms Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" into a darkly funny satire of the hospitality industry, writes Austin Tichenor.
Adapting Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra' for opera
Amina Edris as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra
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Adapting Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra' for opera

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Lucia Scheckner
Get an insider's look at adapting a Shakespeare play for opera with this blog post by the dramaturg and libretto consultant for the new John Adams opera of "Antony and Cleopatra."
“I do fear thy nature”: Kim Wexler and echoes of 'Macbeth' in 'Better Call Saul'
A man and woman sitting on a bed apart from each other in Better Call Saul
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“I do fear thy nature”: Kim Wexler and echoes of 'Macbeth' in 'Better Call Saul'

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Austin Tichenor
Austin Tichenor draws comparisons between Kim Wexler and Lady Macbeth, unpacking Shakespearean themes in the "Better Call Saul" series.
Sometimes the old tropes are the best tropes: Shakespeare and Our Flag Means Death
Two pirates on board a ship in Our Flag Means Death
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Sometimes the old tropes are the best tropes: Shakespeare and Our Flag Means Death

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Melissa Rohrer
Melissa Rohrer explores how "Our Flag Means Death," a show inspired by the true story of the early 18th-century "Gentleman Pirate" Stede Bonnet, draws on character types and narratives that Shakespeare used frequently across many of his plays, while breathing new life into Shakespeare's favorite tropes.
Bothered by madness: 'Hamlet' and 'The Northman'
Alexander Skarsgård in The Northman
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Bothered by madness: 'Hamlet' and 'The Northman'

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Austin Tichenor
Robert Eggers’s "The Northman" is not an adaptation of "Hamlet," but a film in conversation with Shakespeare's play, Austin Tichenor writes.
Something is rotten in the state of Gotham: Shakespeare and The Batman
Batman
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Something is rotten in the state of Gotham: Shakespeare and The Batman

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Austin Tichenor
Austin Tichenor draws connections between Hamlet and Batman, noting the range of interpretations.
John, Paul, Pyramus, and Thisbe: The Beatles performing Shakespeare
The Beatles performing Pyramus and Thisbe
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John, Paul, Pyramus, and Thisbe: The Beatles performing Shakespeare

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Daniel Blank
Did you know that the Beatles once performed the “Pyramus and Thisbe” scene from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"? Although they mainly stick to Shakespeare’s script, the moments when they play with the text stand out.
Nathan the Wise: An 18th-century German counterpoint to Shakespeare’s Shylock
Nathan the Wise
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Nathan the Wise: An 18th-century German counterpoint to Shakespeare’s Shylock

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Michele Osherow
"Nathan the Wise" and "The Merchant of Venice" are very different works, though religious tension is a subject in each, as is the potential for love and loss, wealth and poverty, bloodshed and peace. But it is the character of the Jew featured in each text that most causes scholars to focus on the plays' differences.
Actors taking on tyrants: Ernst Lubitsch’s 'To Be or Not to Be'
To Be or Not To Be film still
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Actors taking on tyrants: Ernst Lubitsch’s 'To Be or Not to Be'

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Austin Tichenor
A Polish acting troupe outwits the Nazis using Shakespeare codes and theatrical smarts in Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 film "To Be or Not to Be," an audacious comedy filmed as Hitler was devastating Europe. Almost the definition of a joke told too soon, the movie succeeds — and is still vital, 80 years later — by finding the tonal sweet spot between fanciful comedy and grim reality, and by presenting Shakespeare as the ultimate plea for humanity.
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