William Shakespeare’s plays—and plays and musicals inspired by him—are always a feature at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest performing arts festival, and this year is no exception. @austintichenor.bsky.social explores the Shakespearean offerings: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

"Festival terms": Shakespeare at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe | Folger Shakespeare Library

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Possible 4th book in the trilogy, in which Pocket opens up a shop in Edinburgh. What say you, @theauthorguy.bsky.social?

Did you know writing a play and describing a play are two different skillsets? IT'S TRUE! Playwright Austin Tichenor talks about the challenge of describing his new play PURITANS ahead of its world premiere this September. HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

Describing The Play - Reduced Shakespeare Company

A ghost story...but not. A time-travel tale...but not. Describing Austin Tichenor's new play Puritans accurately and intriguingly reveals that writing the play and describing the play are two complete...

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As parking lots are to teenagers learning to drive, airports are to toddlers learning to walk (and run).

If the production’s as fun as the poster, I don’t doubt it. Happy closing weekend, Maui OnStage!

Diane Holcomb Wilshere@petricat666.bsky.social · 2w ago

tonight’s #supportlocalartists @austintichenor.bsky.social They will do you proud I can’t believe I saw the premiere at the Folger 10 years ago

I love community theaters. They're where I cut my theatrical teeth and learned to be a professional. But by golly, I especially love community theaters that produce my plays! www.hometownsource.com/monticello_t...

Monticello Community Theatre comes to life with ‘Frankenstein’

MONTICELLO — While it took a mad scientist to bring Frankenstein’s creature to life, it’s taken dozens of local actors, volunteers and the vision of director Ryan Siddell to bring

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As a 15-year resident of LA, I think this eminent Homer translator is right on.

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w ago

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

THIS WEEK: Playwrights Michael Doherty & Will Mobley discuss how DOGBERRY & VERGES ARE SCARED is coming to @edfringe.bsky.social with @austintichenor.bsky.social in the role of Verges! HEAR HERE (or wherever you get your podcasts)! @americantheatre.org

‘Scared’ In Edinburgh - Reduced Shakespeare Company

Michael Doherty and Will Mobley return to talk about the continuing adventures of their very funny buddy comedy Dogberry & Verges Are Scared, which runs at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company through July ...

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In which I celebrate the 60th anniversary of Tom Stoppard's ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD for @folger.edu and reveal I'll return to @edfringe.bsky.social for my 9th time next month in DOGBERRY & VERGES ARE SCARED from @cincyshakes.bsky.social.

"Honest neighbors": Much Ado's Dogberry and Verges ride again | Folger Shakespeare Library

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You're welcome, America.

Nineteen Score and Two Years Ago

My forefathers inspired my new play, PURITANS

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This production of LONG LOST SHAKES looks fun. If you're in Maui from July 10-26, check it out! www.mauinews.com/news/local-n...

Lady Macbeth meets Hamlet in Shakespeare’s ‘Long Lost Play’

With over 45 roles packed into the Maui OnStage production of “William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged),” this fast-paced comedic play relies on just three actors: Isadora Drew, Rocco Dah...

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For my 34th anniversary w/ @reduced.bsky.social, I chat w/ RSC founder Daniel Singer about his play "Louisa at Fruitlands" and reminisce about the RSC's early days. Listen to the RSC Podcast wherever you get them, or watch us on YouTube. @americantheatre.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlhU...

RSC founder Daniel Singer discusses his new play "Louisa at Fruitlands" w/ RSC co-AD Austin Tichenor

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Happy Father’s Day!

In defense of Dad Jokes

Don't hate. Celebrate.

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In which @carolinebicks.bsky.social and I talk about our shared love for @stephenking.bsky.social and William Shakespeare for almost an hour. Only thing that would have made it nicer is if it'd happened in a pub. youtu.be/dvVTW85zPMo?...

RSC Podcast #1011 & #1018. Extended interview with Stephen King professor Caroline Bicks.

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Gonna take a sage stick the size of the Washington Monument to rid DC of all the evil juju that orange turd has brought.

For the 20th anniversary of "Slings & Arrows," @austintichenor.bsky.social writes about why the behind-the-scenes workings of a Shakespeare theater make for such great television: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

The outrageous fortune of Slings & Arrows | Folger Shakespeare Library

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This FOOL trailer really makes me wish I could fly up to Nova Scotia today! Thanks to both the HAT (Highland Arts Theatre) and @theauthorguy.bsky.social, Pocket lives! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-or-...

FOOL - 2026 Teaser Trailer

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My adaptation of @theauthorguy.bsky.social's brilliant FOOL becomes an official international sensation tonight when it opens at the Highland Arts Theatre in Nova Scotia. Get thee hence, eh?

“But Doctor Hammond, additional Brontës are impossible” “They were…until now. Welcome. To Brontë Park.” (Enormous Brontësaurus roars)

LRB Bookshop@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 2mo ago

they've discovered another brontë - the first new brontë since the discovery of branwell in 1936. but this is particularly exciting since literary critics were pretty sure that additional brontës were impossible - all the rooms had been mapped in haworth parsonage, there was simply no space

I would like Democrats to come out and say that anyone receiving assets from this new slush fund, or profiting any of the other corrupt acts from this candidate, will have 100% of their assets seized the first chance we get. Even if they get pardoned.

From Ellen Terry to Sir Ian McKellen, Shakespearean actors performing solo shows is a time-honored tradition. As Folger Theatre prepares for "How Shakespeare Saved My Life," @austintichenor.bsky.social shares a wide-ranging sampling of one-person Shakespeare shows: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

“Now I am alone”: Solo Shakespeare | Folger Shakespeare Library

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Any time anyone cynically says there’ll be no consequences for criminal acts, cheating, lying etc, they’re helping enable that lack of consequences. Please don’t do that. I get that it makes you feel smart & practical but it’s not helping. Always call for consequences, whether they’re likely or not.

May the Fourth be with you! (Did I do it right?)

Fighting a cold just as the weather’s turning nice and 10 days after getting a booster and flu shot. Snot fair, I tell ya.

Pericles: Shakespeare's Greatest Play...and I wish I could see the space-age production that's closing today @cincyshakes.bsky.social (and wish even harder I could see it tomorrow on May the Fourth). substack.com/@theshakespe...

Pericles: Shakespeare's Greatest Play

By one measure, anyway

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Weren’t we just talking about her, @bcdreyer.social?

Dr Pop Culture USA@drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ethel Griffies was born April 26, 1878.

Viewers might be surprised by the number of Shakespearean elements in the miniseries which fictionalizes the doomed relationship between John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette. @austintichenor.bsky.social explains on the blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

"Star-crossed": Love Story's doomed Shakespearean romance | Folger Shakespeare Library

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On this Shakespeare Day…

When you see a Canuck Play Othello the cuck, That’s a Moor, eh?

Taking any solace I can on this Easter Sunday. I'm experimenting with a text-based (and unfortunately AI-assisted) video editing software and judging by all the names I have to fix – Mcduff? Dog Barry? Thae of Kor? – AI hasn't discovered Shakespeare yet.