Plays are supposed to be performed, not read — that’s the rule, right? An acquaintance of mine once arched his eyebrows when I told him I was rereading Hamlet. "You’re not supposed to read Shakespeare," he said, rolling his eyes. (Ok, sure, but can you point me in the direction of a good, local production of … Continue reading Early Nabokov: new in bookstores
Tag: Shakespeare
Waiting for the hump
So, skeletal remains found under a parking lot in Leicester may belong to crookback Richard III, darker and more sinister-looking in Shakespeare's play than Darth Vader was the first time you saw him stalking down the blockade runner corridor in "A New Hope." But a bit of personal interaction with Philippa Gregory in my previous … Continue reading Waiting for the hump
Nick Owchar 
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