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Tag Archives: comedy
2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Twelfth Night: or, What You Will
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard … Continue reading
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Tagged Camille Paglia, comedy, Harold Bloom, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, W.H. Auden, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: The Merry Wives of Windsor
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard … Continue reading
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: The Merchant of Venice
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard … Continue reading
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Review: Holy Days (2026)
Anything with these three actresses is, at least, worth checking out … but overall … Holy Days felt pretty insubstantial. My review at Ebert.
2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Midsummer … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballet Shoes, comedy, Harold Bloom, W.H. Auden, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: The Comedy of Errors
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors My aunt Regina was in a production of The Boys from … Continue reading
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
To continue: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Scholars have been trying to justify and/or explain or even make SENSE of the last two pages of The Two Gentlemen of Verona for 400 years. … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Harold Bloom, W.H. Auden, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare
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“If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think.” — Kristen Wiig
Today is the birthday of one of the greatest actors working today. I can’t seem to stop mentioning Kristen Wiig in my writing. I mention her even if she isn’t the main subject. She’s my favorite. I am in awe … Continue reading
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Tagged backting, comedy, drama, Kristen Wiig, mirrors
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