So, with all the freezing temps and such I’ve been advocating staying close to home and warm. Surely this is the “winter of our discontent” (Act I, Scene I). But, indeed, I did “play the devil’ (Act I, Scene 3) because you’re running out of time to see Richard III at the Folger Shakespeare Library. […]
When we learn the unromantic truth regarding plays in Shakespeare’s time about women’s roles — that is, that they were usually played by younger men — it’s easy to chalk it up to the relatively restricted role of women in 17th century society. Virginia Woolf famously lamented the unhappy lot that would have meant being […]
Given the popularity of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the US, it would seem that many of us claim Irish ancestry or do for that one day anyway. The stereotype of the lyrical storyteller holding forth at the local pub over pints has great romantic appeal. Stereotype or not, the Irish storyteller is having his moment at […]
If you’ve spent January in a funk, wondering how best to start the year’s remaining eleven months, look no farther than the Folger Theatre: you can laugh, laugh some more, and perhaps even shed a small tear with their current production of A Comedy of Errors, through March 6th. Perhaps you consider Shakespeare too lofty […]