The Bill / Shakespeare Project presents: This Week in Shakespeare, for the week ending Monday, July 14th, 2014

Summary: This week's news review contains a whole bunch of Shakespeare reviews (as the summer season continues), plans by the Folger Shakespeare Library to lend an original First Folio to every state, the Freehold Theater project which brings Shakespeare to prisoners, soldiers, and patients, and Texas Shakespeare Festival’s Bard and Breakfast program. PLUS our usual recap of this week's daily highlights in Shakespearean history. Story Links Tennessee Shakespeare Company wins NEA grant Theatricum Botanicum's 450th Bard Birthday Party Oregon Shakespeare Festival wins NEA grant Breakdancing Shakespeare: Love's Labor's Lost Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra: Undone by Skyline StageWorks Henry IV, Parts I & II by Shakespeare & Company Shakespeare & Company Discoutnts Cymbeline by Hudson Shakespeare Company (NJ.com | Hoboken Patch) [UPDATED AND CORRECTED 7/30] The Tempest by the Portland Shakespeare Project (preview | review) Haider, an Indian film adaptation of Hamlet (DNA India | Bollywood Life) Macbeth by Saratoga Shakespeare Company (Saratogian | Troy Record) Experiencing the Utah Shakespeare Festival The First Part of Henry the Fourth by the Utah Shakespeare Festival (review) Twelfth Night by Utah Shakespeare Festival (review) The Comedy of Errors by Utah Shakespeare Festival (review) Utah Shakespeare Festival family discounts Seattle-area Shakespeare productions Shakespeare at the Spire by the Bay Colony Shakespeare Company Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare on the Ridge Titus Andronicus by Canadian Stage (review) Searching for Romeo by New York Musical Theatre Festival Shakespeare Folios to tour the country As You Like It by Santa Cruz Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor by Colorado Shakespeare Festival PlayMakers Repertory Company awarded $25K NEA Grant A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare in Detroit 5 Fun Facts About Hamlet by Shakespeare in the Park Why Shakespeare Resonates for a New Audience The Two Gentlemen of Verona by Hudson Valley Shakespeare (review) As You Like It by Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival Twelfth Night by Independent Shakespeare Company (review) Shakespeare's Garden Goes Stage Free The Two Gentlemen of Verona by RSC Cymbeline by Bard on the Beach Twelfth Night by Scranton Shakespeare Festival (review) Hamlet by Kentucky Shakespeare (review) The Merry Wives of Windsor by Great River Shakespeare Festival (review) Teachers learn theatrical skills, Shakespeare at festival workshop A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare in the Park As You Like It and Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare in High Park (review) I Hateth Shakespeare Errata 1:54 -- "Hudson Shakespeare Company" NOT "Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival"   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.