TV
The Tempest (1980)
A deposed duke, now a master of magic, has a chance for revenge against the people who exiled him.
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Twelfth Night
A young woman disguises herself as a man, falls in love with a Duke, and ends up wooing a widow on the Duke’s behalf…and that’s just for starters.
Books
Shakespeare in a Divided America (2020)
A few years ago, I read author James Shapiro’s Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? Shapiro believed Shakespeare wrote the plays that had his name on them, but took the book as a means of examining the many people over the past two centuries or so who, for a wide variety Read more
TV
Henry IV Part 2 (1979)
Falstaff screws around and Prince Hal becomes a king in this continuation of Shakespeare’s version of history.
TV
Measure for Measure (1979)
A duke goes undercover to see if a puritanical man can reign in immorality in his city.