news, views and reviews of Shakespeare on film (and in the Pacific Northwest)
Posted in Macbeth, the Bard on stage on Oct 13th, 2008
The New Yorker online has a wonderful video from their recent conference featuring Liev Schreiber, Ethan Hawke, et al., discussing Shakespeare in performance. Kirsten Johnston—very very funny in Third Rock from the Sun a while back—is a little annyoying from time to time, but oh that Liev! Especially when he gets on a roll about [...]
Posted in Dan Donohue, OSF, Othello on Sep 4th, 2008
Having seen the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2008 production of Othello twice now, I have two strong recommendations: 1) See it while you still can—it only plays in the outdoor Elizabethan through early October, and, 2) Get seats as close to the stage as you can beg, borrow or steal.
The Elizabethan is a big outdoor venue, [...]
Posted in Dan Donohue, OSF, Othello on Aug 11th, 2008
Oregon Shakespeare Festival actor Dan Donohue as Iago wretches and heaves on the outdoor Elizabethan stage, consumed by jealousy. He hates the Moor (title character, Othello). And his hatred sucks the life blood of all he touches. He’s a sort of human “black hole” with a seemingly bottomless capacity to wreck havoc.
Lisa Peterson directs the [...]
Posted in "Put money in my purse!", Actors, Macbeth, Patrick Stewart on May 12th, 2008
American Theater Wing, founder of the Tony Awards, has posted an audio interview with Patrick Stewart, who is currently playing Macbeth on Broadway…put money in my purse!
For those of you who, like me, alack, cannot afford the plane & theater tickets, the link to the interview, at least, is here.
Posted in Dan Donohue, OSF, Othello, the Bard on stage on Apr 23rd, 2008
Ever since I began writing The Mystery of Things, I’ve had a fascination for Shakespeare’s villains in general and Iago in particular. It’s the “why?” question, as Dan Donohue, one of our favorite actors, points out in a lively and revealing interview on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival website called “Playing Iago.”
My favorite quote, besides “You’ll [...]
Shakespeare's Othello meets Spenser's Faerie Queene in this new and provocative mystery-thriller set in Milwaukee.
This is the story of James Ireton, a gifted young Shakespeare scholar haunted by a tragic past and recurring nightmares of a Knight, a Lady and a vicious Dragon. James thinks they’re just dreams, but when two people close to him fall victim in a seemingly motive-less series of brutal murders, James discovers there may be a very real Dragon preying in the shadows of his life. Worse, if he doesn’t find a bit of St. George in himself, the woman he loves may prove the Dragon’s ultimate victim.
