Just got back from the library, where I spent an hour browsing through the Shakespeare shelves--nonfiction, young adult nonfiction, books on tape, DVDs, juvenile fiction--you name it. I was willing to try anything that might promote my personal Shakespeare literacy campaign. Truthfully, I wanted a Shakespeare "craft" book more than anything. I was really hoping for ideas like how to make quills, how to make a Hamlet costume out of paper grocery bags, suggestions for using fake blood in at-home theatrical performances--that sort of thing. The closest I came was a Children's book that the library catalog listed as "on order." Maybe I'll suck it up and buy the book online myself. In any case, I came home with two DVDs (
The Taming of the Shrew and
Macbeth, which I hope to watch over the 3-day weekend), a
Modern Scholar lecture series of Shakespeare's comedies on CD, and four great books.
I'm mostly excited about the books, so I'll give you a quick rundown of their titles and what I expect from them.
