Many people have many complicated feelings over The Taming of the Shrew, but the American Conservatory’s 1970s production tries to drown out the questionable plot through sheer joie de vivre. It is not hyperbole to say that this version of Taming is one of the funniest and most enjoyable Shakespearean productions you will ever see.

When one tries to create an authentic Shakespeare play, they usually limit themselves to not changing the language or cutting scenes. But this 2012 production went above and beyond, to the point where their all male cast wore period accurate costumes that were even created through period methods.

When you set about staging a Shakespeare piece, people either tend to stay true to what the original production might have looked like, or they try to delve into new frontiers. Emma Rice’s 2016 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream did the latter… with mixed results.

Laurence Olivier’s filmed version of Henry V is one of the most recognizable and successful movie adaptations of Shakespeare. Why is that? In this review we will look into the context that surrounded the film, and why during WWII the British government decided to fund a film about invading and defeating France.

Heidegger is a phenomenal theorist who’s musings on language has provided endless amounts of scholarship. In this essay we peer into his musing on concealment, specifically on how it is seen in the original Greek text of the Odyssey.

Who knew that a simple comedy can vary drastically based on the audiences’ careers? In this analysis, The Play That Goes Wrong is used to explain comedic theory, including empathizing, social theory, and the ever cheery “theory of superiority”.

Written in late 2020, this is an analysis of the what inspired David Edgar to write his politically charged play Destiny. His play focuses of class, race, and political divisions within England. These tense scenarios may seem absurd, but during the 2020 Covid pandemic in America, they are all to apropos.