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.

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Shakespeare References in Contact

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Carl Sagan's novel Contact contains a few Shakespeare references. Each chapter of the book begins with a quoted passage from a well-kno...
Sunday, October 25, 2026

Ghost Songs (Independent Shakespeare Company's 2026 Production) Theatre Review

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The Independent Shakespeare Company is known for its excellent outdoor productions of plays by William Shakespeare, which it puts on every s...
Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Shakespeare Reference in The Lime Pit

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Jonathan Valin's novel The Lime Pit contains a reference to The Tempest . That reference comes on the very first page. Valin writes, ...
Sunday, October 18, 2026

Heartbreak House (Antaeus Theatre Company's 2026 Production) Theatre Review

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Isn't it interesting that a play written a hundred years ago during very specific circumstances can speak so strongly to us and feel so ...
Saturday, September 26, 2026

Shakespeare References in Bridget Jones's Diary

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Helen Fielding's novel Bridget Jones's Diary contains a few Shakespeare references. The first is a mention of Shakespeare himself: ...
Sunday, September 6, 2026

Shakespeare References in My Lucky Stars

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Shirley MacLaine's My Lucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoir contains a few Shakespeare references. The first two are to the same line from Th...

Shakespeare References in Acting: The First Six Lessons

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It probably comes as no surprise that a book on acting contains several Shakespeare references. Richard Boleslavsky's Acting: The First ...
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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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