Set in a period known as gekoku-jo (‘overthrown by underlings’), Throne of Blood is one of the most significant Shakespeare films ever made, despite being more an allusion than a version to Macbeth.Described as a 'mood piece' and 'poetry in motion',…
The Isango Ensemble’s Production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was presented at Emerson College in November of 2015 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. Based in Cape Town, the core of Isango Ensemble was founded in 2000 by artistic director Mark…
Haply the seas and countries differentWith variable objects shall expelThis something-settled matter in his heart,Whereon his brains still beating puts him thusFrom fashion of himself. (3.1.170-74)
Analyzed often from a psychoanalytical perspective,…
"The trade and profit of the city/ Consisteth of all nations” (3.3.30-31)
Venice was arguably the most multicultural city in the world when Shakespeare penned The Merchant of Venice. At the crossroads between East and West, it was a major trading…
Shakespeare's "lascivious Moor" and "extravagant and wheeling stranger," Othello, is in many respects the embodiment of early modern fears about miscegenation and the erosion of distinctions in an increasingly pluralistic society. The role, first…