I haven't been working too diligently on this project with my recent move and an autumn where I never unpacked my suitcase, but I'm still committed, oh yes. I finished Henry V and decided to take a little break from the bloodshed. Expect to see my plea that you read this play very soon.
In the meantime, it may be of interest:
Consummate hottie and super spy* Christopher Marlowe has been given an official writer's credit on all three of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays. I know I've said this before, but one of my favorite things about doing this project has been that my Google alert for all things Shakespeare keeps paying off. The guy still gets around.
Speaking of which, "Minneapolis Shakespeare" led me to this gem: Masquerade at Bernard's, which is nothing less than Weekend at Bernie's done in the style of Shakespeare. Playing now at the Phoenix Theater if you're interested. (And you know you are.)
I'll be back soon. The plan, now that I've read Henry V, is to read the other plays theorized to have been written in 1599: Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and As You Like It, followed up by James Shapiro's A Year in the Life biography.
So now you know.
* He'd tell you more, but he'd have to stab you in the eye. Also, he's dead from being stabbed in the eye.
