The Books
Two books about Oldschool / Playhouse Shakespeare. Why Shakespeare is better in bars, and how to do it.
Two books about why Shakespeare is better in bars, and how to do it well.
MY LIFE WITH THE SHAKESPEARE CULT
The slim little knife of a book that has become an underground classic.
It lays out the case for a better, wilder kind of Shakespeare: the kind that Shakespeare would have recognized:
Serious Actors
No Director
One Rehearsal
At a Bar
Because Shakespeare’s theatre was a goddamn madhouse. Losing sight of that was a bad mistake.
BLUEPRINTS FOR A SHAKESPEARE CULT
The Swiss-Army hammer that will help you wreck the Conventional Shakespearean Theatre, and build something better out of its beams.
It’s in two volumes and three parts.
Volume 1, Part One: Elements of the Style: advice from the players.
Volume 1, Part Two: Loveletters is a series of in depth interviews with the actors who built the style.
Volume 2: Field Guide is a field guide for building your own Shakespeare cult.