Double Googleplex
I subscribe to a service called “SiteMeter” which allows me to see a limited amount of information about my visitors. One thing that I can see is if someone finds my site via a Google search, and what...
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Double Googleplex – 1/10/10
I subscribe to a service called “SiteMeter” which allows me to see a limited amount of information about my visitors. One thing that I can see is if someone finds my site via a Google search, and what...
View ArticleGoogleplex – 1/17/10
It’s time once again to check in on what searches people have done to find themselves at Shakespeare Teacher, and to respond in the name of fun and public service. All of the following searches brought...
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Shakespeare Teacher: The Book!
I am proud to announce that I have recently published a chapter in this book on teaching literature through technology. You can ignore the description; it seems to have been inadvertently switched with...
View ArticleGoogleplex – 1/16/11
I subscribe to a service called “SiteMeter” which allows me to see a limited amount of information about my visitors. One thing that I can see is if someone finds my site via a Google search, and what...
View ArticleDigital Shakespeare Update
I met with my middle-school classes on Thursday. They have finished reading the plays, and we were able put together plans for our Digital Shakespeare projects. Plans may change, and who knows what...
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Top Ten Shakespeare Audio Productions
In Shakespeare’s time, people did not go to “see” a play; they went to “hear” a play. Which Shakespeare play would you like to hear? A few months ago, I wrote a post about my Shakespeare addiction that...
View ArticleShakespeare’s Most Underrated Characters
Over at Pursued by a Bear, Cassius put together a series of videos lauding Shakespeare’s Most Underrated Characters back while I was on hiatus. They’re definitely worth checking out. Even when you...
View ArticleShakespeare Song Parody: Call Me Lady
This is the fourth of a series of parodies, where I change the lyrics to a popular song to make it about Shakespeare. I guess we all knew this one was coming, so let’s just get it out of the way. Call...
View ArticleShakespeare Anagram: Macbeth
From Macbeth: O! these flaws and starts— Impostors to true fear—would well become A woman’s story at a winter’s fire, Authoriz’d by her grandam. Shame itself! Why do you make such faces? When all’s...
View ArticleTop Ten Shakespeare Retrochronisms
Don’t worry if you don’t know what a retrochronism is. I just made the word up. But feel free to throw it around at the dinner table and the water cooler; it’s a thing now. Let’s say an author from an...
View ArticleShakespeare Anagram: Macbeth
From Macbeth: I have no words; My voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain Than terms can give thee out! Shift around the letters, and it becomes: A surly school shooter. So morbid, vivid, violent,...
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Shakespeare Uncovered
I hope you’re as excited as I am for Shakespeare Uncovered, “a new six part PBS series combining history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis and the personal passion to tell the story behind...
View ArticleHow Real is Richard?
It’s been exciting to see Shakespeare so much in the news lately. The confirmation of the discovery King Richard the Third’s skeleton last week has thrust our beloved Bard back into the international...
View ArticleShakespeare Song Parody: We Love the Plays of Shakespeare
This is the last in a series of 40 pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. So far, we’ve had one parody for each of Shakespeare’s 38 plays and one for the sonnets. We finish the Shakespeare Top 40...
View ArticleShakespeare Follow-Up: Nature vs. Nurture
The term “nature vs. nurture” is a poetic turn of phrase that refers to an ongoing reexamination of the roles that heredity and environment play in determining who we are as individuals. The expression...
View ArticleTheatre: Macbeth at Lincoln Center
My mother used to ask me how I could go to see the same plays over and over again. And I think it’s a fair question. Much of the fun in experiencing a work of drama is in the tension and suspense. Not...
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Shakespeare Clickbait
How far should we go to get people to read Shakespeare? I say we do whatever it takes. You may also enjoy these stories: The secret herb that will make women fall for you… INSTANTLY! | The one shocking...
View ArticleTeach Along with the Frozen Soundtrack
So, you want to teach your students about literary devices, but they’re too preoccupied with the music from Disney’s Frozen? If so, this post is for you. The Frozen soundtrack is actually full of...
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