Shakespeare Is for Everyone, and There’s a Different Book for Each Reason Why
Enthusiasm for the ‘miraculous language’ of the Bard shows no signs of abating—nor do arguments about his legacy and contemporary relevance.
Category Archives: Books
Behind the Renaissance Man: A Review of ‘In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller’
The book examines Miller’s efforts to pursue a career in theatre and practice medicine.
The Directions They Took
New volumes about stage directors, Jack O’Brien and Jonathan Miller, who’ve had larger-than-life—you might even say dramatic—careers.
Leon Katz’s Anti-Rule Book
A lion of play analysis summarizes his life’s work in a liberating tome.
The Book’s the Thing
A good play makes you think, but the exquisite little play-books from 53rd State Press are objects of contemplation in themselves.
Identity and the Word
A new anthology stages a conversation between hip-hop culture and the world at large.
Master Harold
Two new books make the case for Pinter in performance as opposed to Pinter as literature.
Drawing on Shakespeare
Graphic versions of the Bard are proliferating like never before.
Living for Design
Design is about more than pretty pictures, as reviews of three new books on costuming, scenography and lighting prove.
Selling It
With his second volume of lyrics, Sondheim makes the case for his theatrical vision, even when it’s led him down blind alleys.
