Shakespeare

Zoey Dawson Romeo and Juliet Interview

 Zoey Dawson is a director, actress and womens' theatre maker who has adapted Shakespeare's classic love story, Romeo and Juliet, into an all female exploration of the female teen experience. It tells the story of Juliet, of losing innocence, of first love and growing up. Beth and Nat talk to Zoey about female theatre and teen experience.

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The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Review

Six ladies, one classic Shakespearean tragedy. Gut-busting comedy and heart-wrenching tragedy, Beth and Nat check out Zoey Dawson's all female rendition of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet at fortyfivedownstairs.

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Anonymous Film Review

Josh reviewed Anonymous, a new film that explores the conspiracy surrounding the authorship of Shakespeare's works.  Anonymous is directed by Roland Emmerich (2012, The Day After Tomorrow and 10, 000 BC), written by John Orloff and stars Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave and David Thewlis.

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To Lee or not to Lee

 

Lee Zachariah is a plucky young upstart in the world of comic books, having just launched his first major comic book release “Great Works”, which focuses on a sort of muddled up alternate Shakespearean universe. He told Adam and Beck about the perils of writing iambic pentameter in public.

 

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