Tag: William Shakespeare

The Power of Performance

One night during my first semester of undergrad, I flipped on PBS on my tiny dorm room TV to watch Richard II. Or, half-watch, I should say –…

Capacious Language in Romeo and Juliet

Despite its cultural prominence and my specialization in early modern English drama, I have not worked closely with Romeo and Juliet. I did read it once, but that…

Shakespeare at Winedale and the Winedale Historical Center, near Round Top, Texas

Tucked away into Central Texas’ Hill Country is the repurposed ghost town of Winedale. Built by German immigrants in the nineteenth century, it nowadays features several creaky homes,…

“It’s Not Nonsense, It’s Shakespeare”

Dr. Michael P. H. Stanley describes an encounter with a terminally ill patient who, in his pain and confusion, demands to leave the hospital ward in the middle…