Did Shakespeare Carve a Pumpkin?

Did Shakespeare Carve a Pumpkin?

Halloween is right around the corner and that means pumpkins! Modern day carved pumpkins can trace their roots back to many 18-19th century legends about a man named Jack who tricked the Devil into buying him a drink and was forced to wander the Earth after death...
Is Hamlet a Christmas play?

Is Hamlet a Christmas play?

Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, gives us a brief look at Christmas in Shakespeare’s lifetime when Marcellus, one of Hamlet’s friends who was in on Hamlet’s plot to make everyone think he’s crazy before he kills his uncle for betrayal. And there’s this one speech by...
My Review of Kenneth Branagh’s All is True

My Review of Kenneth Branagh’s All is True

If you already know a lot about Shakespeare and have been hoping to meet him, you’re going to love All Is True Branagh shines as the bard. If you are a stickler for movies being precise about facts, or if you already have preconditioned ideas about what Shakespeare’s...