Shakespeare Reference in Joyland

Stephen King's Joyland contains one Shakespeare reference, and it is to Romeo And Juliet. The character Rozzie says: "I'm not talking about psychic sight, kiddo, I'm talking about ordinary woman-sight. You think I don't know a lovestruck Romeo when I see one?" (p. 104). This book was published in 2013.

Shakespeare References in The Teachers' Book Of Wisdom

The Teachers' Book Of Wisdom, a book of quotations compiled and edited by Criswell Freeman, contains a few Shakespeare references (no surprise there). The first is a reference to Hamlet, coming in a quotation from A. Whitney Griswold: "Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals" (p. 69). This is a strange quotation, as we know that playwrights often worked together. And has A. Whitney Griswold never seen a film? The next references comes in the introduction to a chapter: "Pupils are advised to contemplate the words of Shakespeare's Cassius, who admitted, 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves...'" (p. 103). The introduction to the next chapter likewise contains a reference to Shakespeare: "If classroom discipline were solely dependent upon subject matter, teachers everywhere could quiet their students with a few verses from Shakespeare" (p. 111). Actually, it contains a second mention of Shakespeare: "The ideas contained in this chapter will not resolve all classroom difficulties, but they will help. And, if all else fails, try Shakespeare" (p. 111). The final reference comes in a quotation from Laurence Olivier: "I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman" (p. 143). 

This book was published in 1998.

Shakespeare References in Becoming Manny

Becoming Manny, a book about Manny Ramirez written by Jean Rhodes and Shawn Boburg, contains a few Shakespeare references. The first is a reference to Hamlet: "The basic premise behind cognitive psychology is, to quote Hamlet, 'There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so'" (p. 186). That is a line, by the way, that I return to often, for I believe that there is nothing that is inherently good or bad. It is all perception and opinion. The next reference is both to Shakespeare and The Comedy Of Errors: "The fans may indulge in a few refrains of 'Sweet Caroline,' but as anyone who has ever soaked up the Fenway ambience knows, it's back to business when the music stops. Boston Herald sportswriter Mike Barnicle once quipped, 'Baseball isn't a life-and-death matter, but the Red Sox are,' and Manny's first few seasons in Boston played out like a Shakespearean tragedy cum comedy of errors" (p. 196). There is also a reference to Much Ado About Nothing: "So the deal died, much ado about little, just like all the others before it" (p. 248). The final reference is to The Tempest, and specifically a phrase from Ariel's song: "Then Globe columnist Gordon Edes noticed the sea change" (p. 275). Ariel sings, "Nothing of him that doth fade/But doth suffer a sea change."

Becoming Manny was published in 2009. The copy I read was the First Scribner hardcover edition from March 2009.