So, here we are. On the 6th January this year (2021), I started reading The Taming of the Shrew, and on the 15th December, I finished...

Here we go then, the final two. Henry VIII is one of those plays that I almost certainly would never have read if it hadn’t been for this...

Very much nearing the end of my Shakespeare reading now. The Tempest this week immediately brings back memories of my English A Level,...

I’ve seen a couple of productions of The Winter’s Tale – most notably Michael Longhurst’s 2016 production at the Globe’s Wanamaker...

My first feeling on reading Cymbeline was shock that this play is so little known and so rarely performed. Of all of Shakespeare’s plays,...

I’m trying to catch up on my Shakespeare reading a bit so I should get through two this week. First up, is Pericles. My main knowledge of...

My reading was interrupted last week by a bit of a setback in my progress back to full health. This meant I ended up reading Coriolanus...

I feel like Antony and Cleopatra is one of those plays that you know and yet really don’t know at the same time. It still conjures up...

This has been another week where I have been struck by what a fantastic experience it is to read Shakespeare’s plays one after the other...

Got a couple of the big guns coming up now. King Lear this week and Macbeth next week. It’s always interesting to come to these ‘great’...

My only previous encounter with Timon of Athens was seeing the 2018 RSC production, directed by Simon Godwin and starring Kathryn Hunter....

As has often been the case during my work through of Shakespeare’s plays, the ones that I’m most looking forward to reading have been a...

Measure For Measure is a challenging play. That doesn’t mean that it is a bad play by any means, but it is one that requires a lot of...

My reading and writing has become quite disjointed as a result of some ongoing health problems – nothing like a couple of trips to...

I found Troilus and Cressida a very interesting and (mostly) enjoyable read. I have a very vague memory of having read it several years...

My Shakespeare reading has all gone a bit off-kilter recently. A combination of bursts of intense work and now being laid up with...

This is a very strange play! And, I have to say, I don’t think it’s a very good one. It’s certainly one that I feel is only ever...

It’s been nearly two months since my last Shakespeare blog. I actually read Hamlet nearly a month ago, but I’ve hardly had a moment to...

One of the remarkable things that struck me this week, as I sat down to read Julius Caesar, was that I’m over halfway through my...

I had to take a couple of weeks off from my Shakespeare Challenge. Work has really picked up on all fronts so it seemed sensible to take...