Better Book Titles is an amusing collection of attempts to rename well-known works of literature. The results are pithy and appropriate, summarizing everything you really need to know about a book right on its cover (ex. Oedipus Rex becomes "How I Met Your Mother," The Giver = "Love in the Time of Death Panels," and…
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The Greatest Books of All Time
Is it possible to rank the world's best literature? Well, no, and we're certainly not going to try. Although in 2007, one publication did. Now we ask, did it get it right? The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books is a collection of "Top Ten" lists provided by some of the world's most respected authors--125…
Shakespeare in the Original Pronunciation: Worthy Exercise?
Opening ext week at the University of Kansas, a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is billed as the first original pronunciation production of a Shakespeare play to ever be staged on American soil. The video above is from the rehearsals but does a good job of giving you an idea of what the…
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Watch The New Hamlet Film Online
PBS is now streaming their recent adaptation of Hamlet starring David Tennant as Hamlet, Sir Patrick Stewart as Claudius and the Ghost, Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius, Mariah Gale as Ophelia, and Edward Bennet as Laertes. The film was directed by Gregory Doran. Watch Hamlet here. Brush up on the play with our Hamlet Summary.