Mostly Shakespeare

This blog started out as Michael Doherty's Personal Library, containing reviews of books that normally don't get reviewed: basically adult and cult books. It was all just a bit of fun, you understand. But when I embarked on a three-year Shakespeare study, Shakespeare basically took over, which is a good thing.

Friday, November 22, 2024

Shakespeare References in Pentimento

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Lillian Hellman’s Pentimento contains two references to Shakespeare. The first is in “Julia,” with Hellman writing, “Once or twice we wen...

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Shakespeare References in Granta Issue 74

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The summer 2001 issue of the literary magazine Granta contains a couple of Shakespeare references. The first comes in “Confessions Of A M...

Friday, November 8, 2024

Shakespeare References in Fear Strikes Out

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I've been reading my dad's baseball books, some of which contain Shakespeare references. I had seen the film adaptation of Fear Stri...

Monday, November 4, 2024

Shakespeare References in The Curse Of The Bambino

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Dan Shaughnessy's book The Curse Of The Bambino contains a few Shakespeare references. The first two are to Hamlet . Shaughnessy is tal...

Friday, October 25, 2024

Shakespeare Study: Romeo And Juliet, Revisited

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It had been a while since I’d read Romeo And Juliet , and I found I had a few books I hadn’t yet enjoyed. So… Romeo And Juliet by Wil...

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Michael Doherty: I started the music blog to let people know about all the good music that is out there. I only review CDs that I like. (This is partly selfish, as I don't want to listen to music I dislike.) Good Things About Bad Movies is about finding something good even in the worst films. I created an index, with a list of all of my blog entries, including Shakespeare entries and music reviews, arranged alphabetically by subject. Here is the link: http://michaeldohertyindex.blogspot.com/

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