Shakespeare in the News

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"Shakespeare: The Sonnets" - in Pop song format!

In celebration of Shakespeare's birthday, a group of  musicians in England have written songs for the sonnets using only Renaissance instruments. Almost 400 years after his initial stage success, Shakespeare is the author of songs headed for the charts. Click here to read Lucy Cotter's "William Shakespeare Set For Chart Success"


Click here for or a summary of the event posted on The Huffington Post By Amber Genuske.
There are five songs to preview on The Huffington Post site. Enjoy!



60 Minutes With Shakespeare
Interested in the Shakespeare-authorship question?

 Join sixty scholars responding to the "Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy Theory" prompted by a new film screening at the Toronto Film Festival this year (Roland Emmerich's Anonymous).

Click on the article title to read Paul Edmonson's article, Who wrote Shakespeare's plays – and does it matter? (Monday 5 September 2011).

On October 26th, 2011 the film Anonymous was released in North America - according to one critic, Steven Marche, "Thanks to “Anonymous,” undergraduates will be confidently asserting that Shakespeare wasn’t Shakespeare for the next 10 years at least, and profs will have to waste countless hours explaining the obvious." Read more of his review here.