The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, September 22nd, 2014

Summary: This week's news review includes announcements of the 2015 seasons for both Shakespeare Festival St. Louis and Kentucky Shakespeare, Station Eleven, the upcoming fundraising Benefit for Georgia Shakespeare, the film Muse of Fire, a whispered outdoor production of Coriolanus, and Kung Fu Hamlet. PLUS our usual recap of this week's daily highlights in Shakespearean history. Story Links Shakespeare Festival St. Louis announces 2015 season Kentucky Shakespeare announces 2015 season Emily St. John Mandel and Station Eleven Baltimore's New Home for Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Stratford Festival to Offer Movie Versions of Plays Benefit for Georgia Shakespeare Shhhhhhhhhakespeare Paul Berry How was Richard III killed? Sigh no more, pupils, sigh no more... Shakespeare beaks down educational barriers When did Shylock become a slur? Muse of Fire Shakespeare's meant to be heard Pericles by The Public Theater Pericles by the New American Shakespeare Tavern Henry V by Lazarus Theater Company Romeo and Juliet by Marin Shakespeare Company Romeo and Juliet by The Fools and Kings Project Kung Fu Hamlet by Fairbanks Drama Association Othello by the Odyssey Theater Much Ado About Nothing by Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival (review) The Tempest by Drama in the Dale (review) King Lear by Chicago Shakespeare Theater (review) King Lear by Shakespeare's Globe at the Folger Library Macbeth by Oklahoma's Shakespeare in the Park (review) Hamlet by Royal Exchange Theater (review) As You Like It by Flint Hills Shakespeare Festival (review) The Tempest by South Coast Repertory (BroadwayWorld || OCWeekly reviews)   Podcast Credits This podcast was recorded using a Blue Snowball microphone onto an ASUS laptop, using Audacity recording software. It was then edited in Adobe Audition Creative Cloud on a Dell Inspiron 3847 computer. The bumper music (Blue Nuke) and the segue music (Sonic Chaos) are courtesy of Royalty Free Music.com, which offers a comprehensive music library of production music for your various royalty free music needs including full albums, tracks and free music clips, loops, and beats available for download.