Playful Playwright Prints

'Out, damned Spot.'

"Bill just does celebrity cook-books these days, that's where the real money is."

Shepherd and eurydice

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

Herman Mankiewicz

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

Reading my Critics

Honoré de Balzac

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

'Hamlet'

If time travel was invented in 1600 in England. I'm a fan of the bard. Let's see if he wants to take a journey through time. Globe Theater. Sounds fun! Let's go to 2020. It's a nice round number. Zazzz! Poof! That's weird. How did they know he was coming? And why does he need to leave this place? Apparently you can't be here, William. The sign says "No Shakespeare in the park this summer."

"They've remained remarkably faithful to the text."

German Expressionist Breakfast

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

Shakespeare was bisexual

Theatre Masks and Butts

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

'Who's this 'Art in Heaven' guy you keep talking about?'

The ghosts of Christmas yet to come.

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

"Same story every morning - 'Can you come and fix our windmill?'..."

Playdough's The Republic

Men: Hating chick flicks since 1623.

"Just when you're about to lose faith in humanity, you see Shakespeare in the Park."

'I asked Will if he wrote it. He said he wasn't sure.'

'It's some more story ideas from Francis Bacon.'

When Shakespeare gets up early, on the wrong side of the bed of a stranger, and in a clown suit... Later that same day, he will commence work on 'The Comedy of Errors.'"

Overshadowed by the Tony's: Broadway's Lesser Known Awards

"Apparently, when the tide came in, a lot of castles went bust."

Shakespeare places his works in 'To Be' or 'Not To Be'.

To read or not to read?

Comedy and tragedy masks

"My God!! - Those actors must all be really old by now...!"

"Try picking up a girl after you've renounced everything."

"Maybe I don't like stunning debuts."