A Shaker Shout Out

I was lucky enough to attend Liza Percer’s first reading of An Uncommon Education at the Brookline Booksmith last night, the very first day of its release!  This is the first novel written by a Shakespeare Society alum that heavily references our beloved Society.  It was wonderful to chat with her and the other alums who came last night.

I’ll update this post once I’ve finished the book, but wanted to share it as soon as I could.

Read more about An Uncommon Education at Elizabeth’s website, which includes her book tour dates.

We few, we happy few

Last weekend I participated in the Wellesley College Shakepeare Society’s annual 24 Hour Shakespeare Marathon. The event started as a one-off in 2004 (the spring before I got there) and was picked up again in 2009 (the spring after I graduated). So this weekend was my first time participating. The goal is to read everything Shakespeare ever wrote in one house, in 24 hours. This includes disputed plays like Edward III. I got to read my darling Histories, including Henry VI part iii, and the Chorus in Henry V.

It was…

A blast.

Access The Complete Works any time at MIT’s Shakespeare website.