Hamlet
Modern Hamlet achieves record-breaking Kickstarter campaign
A book allowing readers to choose their own fate has become the most successful publishing campaign ever. The campaign, run on Kickstarter, an online funding platform, has generated more than 29 times the amount of money needed to make the book viable.
Revamping Shakespeare
It’s not hard to see why web cartoonist Ryan North’s new choose-your-own adventure version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” has quickly gained popularity among the digital set. It’s a clever, internet-age savvy update of a classic. But what do Shakespeare scholars make of re-purposing the bard’s work this way? And what are the limits of re-mixing Shakespeare?Anya […]
Paul Rudnick
The screenwriter (?In and Out?) and playwright (?I Hate Hamlet?) puts the colorful details of his life in his new memoir, I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey. As the original writer of ?Sister Act,? he tells Kurt why the sight of Whoopi Goldberg in a habit still makes him cringe. […]
Studio 360 – Episode 847 – Dylan, Hamlet, Neuroscience – To Be or Not To Be Burton
For 10 years, the actor Scott Shepherd dreamed of playing Hamlet. He got his chance in a highly experimental ?duet,? reciting Richard Burton’s lines, and moving Burton’s moves, while the 1964 film plays behind him. But he doesn’t like his co-star.