The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, September 8th, 2014

Summary: This week's news review contains a breakthrough casting by the RSC for Othello, The Tempest featuring songs by Tom Waits, an uncertain future for Georgia Shakespeare, the film adaptation of Cymbeline, contrasting reviews for The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare's Globe in London, and multiple 2015 season announcements. PLUS our usual recap of this week's daily highlights in Shakespearean history. Story Links A Midsummer Night's Dream by California Shakespeare Theater Henry V by Austin Shakespeare Pericles by Atlanta Shakespeare Company Cash-strapped Georgia Shakespeare cancels Henry V Royal Shakespeare Company announces 2015 season Alabama Shakespeare Festival announces 2015 season King Lear by Sydney Theatre Company Julius Caesar by Southern California Shakespeare Festival As You Like It by Ninepipe Arts Group A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare's Globe Othello by Royal Shakespeare Company Macbeth by Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park As You Like It by the Shakespeare Center Benedict Cumberbatch + Jessica Chastain A Midsummer Night's Dream by UCSB A Midsummer Night's Dream by Next Stage Productions Antony and Cleopatra by McCarter Theater Center Julius Caesar by the Oratory Foundation The Tempest by South Coast Repertory (LA magazine || (NPR) Ethan Hawke and Ed Harris in Cymbeline (IndieWire story || Hollywood Reporter (review) || Daily Variety (review) The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare's Globe (Guardian review || Telegraph review) Measure for Measure by Dulaang UP (review) Cymbeline by Merced ShakespeareFest (review) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Kansas City Actors Theatre (review)   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.