Rioting Over Macbeth
In 1849 in New York, the rivalry between Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, both starring as Macbeth, sparked one of the worst riots in U.S. history…
read moreOphelia by Millais
Whenever I’m in London, I go to see Ophelia floating in her brilliant green brook…
read moreHilliard’s Burning Man
“The flames seemed to flicker and hiss”: who is burning in Nicholas Hilliard’s miniature, and why?
read moreTrailer: Interred With Their Bones (The Shakespeare Secret)
“Glorious fun” in more than 25 languages: see a trailer featuring some of the book’s most beautiful covers from around the world…
read moreReduced Shakespeare Podcast: The Shakespeare Secret
Jennifer talks with Austin Tichenor about writing “Interred With Their Bones”…
read moreElizabeth I: the “Sieve” Portrait
“A face capable of both greatness and cruelty”: Queen Elizabeth I at 46
read moreKate Stanley & Elizabeth I
“Same red hair and black Boleyn eyes”: in my mind, Kate looks like the young Queen Elizabeth I…
read more“Her Writing Journey”
“She timed escape routes on two continents, planned arson, and scouted the perfect place to commit murder…”
read moreShakespeare in the Wild West: Jennifer on Arizona Spotlight
Jennifer talks about Shakespeare’s popularity in the Wild West with James Reel on AZPM’s “Arizona Spotlight” (Oct. 26, 2007)…
read moreLost Treasure in the Library
One autumn evening early in graduate school, poking about in a corner of Harvard’s Widener Library, I came upon an old set of books…
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