Haunt Me Still: The Polish Trailer
The Polish trailer for Haunt Me Still (Wciąż mnie prześladują)…
Read MoreSilent Macbeth
In 1916, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree made a silent film of “Macbeth,” now lost…
Read MoreRioting 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 MoreElizabeth I: the “Sieve” Portrait
“A face capable of both greatness and cruelty”: Queen Elizabeth I at 46
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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