Trevor Nunn and Patrick Stewart discuss two ways Stewart approached played Enobarbus, in 1973 and 1978. Check out all that hair on Sir Patrick.

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. In this strip, Calvin announces he likes to verb words, something Shakespeare also did a lot of. Hobbes decides that verbing could make language a “complete impediment to understand”–funny, that’s a complaint we often hear about Shakespeare’s language. But isn’t it beautiful when he says “Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle,” as one example?

Savage Chickens by Doug Savage, March 3 2006.

Sheldon by Dave Kellett, August 7, 2007. As we reported previously, Sarah Palin seems to think that Shakespeare made up words willy-nilly, and that she can too. We think her image of Shakespeare must be something like this…

This week we got the first look at the movie poster for Julie Taymor’s new film of The Tempest starring Helen Mirren as Prospera. There’s also a new picture of Russell Brand as Trinculo with Alfred Molina as Stephano…

Getting Even With Shakespeare by Mark Sinderson. This cartoon is actually a promotional ad for a play called Getting Even With Shakespeare. Sometimes we probably all feel this way…

From PicsDigger, retrieved August 1, 2010. Gender confusion in Shakespeare’s plays.

Anything new by Shakespeare? Usually the answer is no. Cartoon by Stoneytoons.

Kit ‘N’ Carlyle, July 12, 2007 by Larry Wright. Something for the cat lovers.

“Shakespeare in the Dark” from the current issue of The New Yorker, by Zachary Kanin. New York City has Shakespeare in the Park, but The New Yorker has Shakespeare in the Dark. Actually, when Shakespeare’s plays were first performed, it was possible to purchase a seat on the stage itself, if you were wealthy and had a desire to show off.