Katherine's Book Backyard

When I saw the ads for Sharknado 2 , I found myself wondering if Shakespeare ever used the word "shark." (After all, he knew about...

In Romeo & Julie t, the doomed Mercutio curses the Montagues and the Capulets as he dies, victim of the long-running feud that will soon...

Two of the actors I'd most like to see in a Shakespeare play are Frank Langella and Benedict Cumberbatch. I saw Langella in the stage ve...

There's a moment at the end of Mystic River , a nonverbal moment between Laura Linney and Sean Penn, two of my favorite actors, that mad...

No Sweat Shakespeare has put together a list of 7 amusing shakespeare memes. Bonus points for kitten cuteness.

I've seen some powerful productions of Othello . It's a play that's as incendiary today as when it was written all those years a...