The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, August 18th, 2014

Summary: This week's news review contains Benedict Cumberbatch's turn as Hamlet next year selling out, the New York Shakespeare Exchange's Sonnet Project, the closing of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival after 37 years, the "Marks of Genius" exhibit at the Morgan Library in New York City, The Jedi doth Return, and "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." PLUS our usual recap of this week's daily highlights in Shakespearean history. Story Links The second tetralogy of histories Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet Sold Out How Shakespeare Won the West by Shakespeare Napa Valley Shakespeare and Company educational programs New York Shakespeare Exchange's Sonnet Project North Carolina Shakespeare Festival closes Shakespeare Theatre offers new fall classes Artifacts of Genius Notre Dame Shakespeare marks three milestones Utah Shakespeare Fight Calls Utah Shakespeare Festival offers free seminars Utah Shakespeare Festival offers unique experience Shakespeare Across America in Cedar City Why Do Audiences Flock to Shakespeare? Montana Shakespeare in the Park Spring Lake Shakespeare in the Park To KIll or Not to Kill All the Lawyers? That's the Question Macbeth by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Macbeth by Wolfbane Productions The Tempest by Hershey Area Playhouse As You Like It by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks Romeo and Juliet by Marin Shakespeare Company (review) The Taming of the Shrew by San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (review) Henry IV, Part One by Thrice Ninth Productions (review) Measure for Measure by Charlotte Shakespeare Festival (review) King Lear by Savage Rose at the Kentucky Shakespeare (review) As You Like It by the Nashville Shakespeare Festival (review) Cymbeline by Shakespeare in the Ruff (review) A Midsummer Night's Dream by Vermont Shakespeare Company (review) Dueling Midsummers at Stratford Shakesepare Festival (review) The Jedi doth Return (review) Richard III and The Tempest by Oregon Shakespeare Festival (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.