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Shakespeare & Beyond

Shakespeare & Beyond

The Shakespeare & Beyond blog features a wide range of Shakespeare-related topics: the early modern period in which he lived, the ways his plays have been interpreted and staged over the past four centuries, the enduring power of his characters and language, and more.

"Something is desperate": Theatrical mishaps and embarrassing moments with Shakespeare
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"Something is desperate": Theatrical mishaps and embarrassing moments with Shakespeare

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Ben Lauer

We gathered tales of onstage mistakes, errors, and whoopsies from Shakespeare theaters across the US.

Excerpt: "Shakespeare's Book" by Chris Laoutaris
Shakespeare's Book
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Excerpt: "Shakespeare's Book" by Chris Laoutaris

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Chris Laoutaris explores the Shakespearean printing mystery behind the Pavier-Jaggard Quartos, published a few years before the First Folio.

Embroidering the crown: Needlework in the English royal court
an embroidered textile with figures representing the story of Hero and Leander
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Embroidering the crown: Needlework in the English royal court

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Rachel Pollack

Rachel Pollack writes about early modern English embroideries and the stories they depict, such as the classical myth of Hero and Leander.

The coriander connection: Brain health in early modern English recipes and Ayurvedic practices today
a glass cup of tea with a basin of fennel seeds
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The coriander connection: Brain health in early modern English recipes and Ayurvedic practices today

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Amita Jain

An Ayurvedic doctor explores resonances between traditional Indian medicine and an early modern English recipe in the Folger collection that prescribes coriander to “helpe the memorie.”

By the triple Hecate’s team: Engaging Shakespeare as actress, director, and novelist
young Black woman
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By the triple Hecate’s team: Engaging Shakespeare as actress, director, and novelist

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Brittany N. Williams

A YA fantasy novelist shares how she channels her acting passions for Shakespeare and stage combat into her debut book, That Self-Same Metal.

“The book of his good acts”: Shakespeare’s First Folio onstage and on the page
Austin Tichenor as Richard Burbage
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“The book of his good acts”: Shakespeare’s First Folio onstage and on the page

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Austin Tichenor
Q&A with "Our Verse in Time to Come" director Vernice Miller
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Q&A with "Our Verse in Time to Come" director Vernice Miller

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Birds of Shakespeare: The partridge
five partridges
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Birds of Shakespeare: The partridge

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Missy Dunaway

In 1536 Henry VIII forbade killing partridges to ensure populations could support falconry. Shakespeare refers to the partridge twice, both as examples of slaughtered prey.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters this spring
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters this spring

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Ben Lauer

Read our round-up of performances at Shakespeare theaters across the United States this April, May, and June.

Recipes to remember: Coriander, gallyngale, and the legacies of the lost
a handwritten book of recipes
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Recipes to remember: Coriander, gallyngale, and the legacies of the lost

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Lucy Mookerjee

The Receipt Book of Margaret Baker, compiled in 1675, contains a recipe for a memory-potion called “Confect of Coriander Seed.”

“They do me wrong”: Reputation, Richard III, and The Lost King
Man wearing a crown and dressed in a royal robe sitting on a bench next to a woman dressed in modern clothing
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“They do me wrong”: Reputation, Richard III, and The Lost King

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Austin Tichenor

Shakespeare’s play Richard III turns real people into fictional villains, as does a new movie about the search for Richard III’s remains, writes Austin Tichenor.

Q&A: "Our Verse in Time to Come" playwrights Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels
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Q&A: "Our Verse in Time to Come" playwrights Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels

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Playwrights Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels share more the creation of Our Verse in Time to Come and spring boarding off Shakespeare.

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