Mackenzie Elisa
King Richard III
Setting: 1477-1485 AD London, UK History My really abridged plot summary: England is finally at peace under the reign of King Edward...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Jan 12
- 5 min
King Henry VI part 3
Setting: 1455-1471 AD London, UK History My(not-so) abridged plot summary: Part 3 begins right where part 2 ended, with the Yorkists...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Nov 7, 2023
- 3 min
Kenneth Branagh's King Lear Review
As a Shakespeare nerd, I felt it necessary to see Kenneth Branagh do his thing live- and he did not disappoint! He truly commands the...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Nov 6, 2023
- 3 min
Macbeth Review- Shakespeare's Globe Summer 2023
Directed by Abigail Graham Shakespeare's Globe Set in a post-apocalyptic/plague world, this production of Macbeth was hauntingly barren...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Nov 1, 2023
- 9 min
Ranking Every Shakespeare Production I Saw Last Year
I saw a lot of theatre last year, specifically 14 Shakespeare productions! I thought I would celebrate my first year in the UK by talking...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Sep 30, 2023
- 3 min
King Henry VI part 2
Setting: 1445-1455 AD London, UK History My really abridged plot summary: King Henry has married Margaret of Anjou (much to the...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Sep 21, 2023
- 4 min
King Henry VI part 1
Setting: 1422-1444 AD England and France History My really abridged plot summary: In England, King Henry V has died, and his son, Henry...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Sep 3, 2023
- 3 min
Florida Schools Censor Shakespeare
It's been a long time since I've posted anything, Grad school is really hard... surprise! It's literally deadline week for my...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Mar 7, 2023
- 4 min
Top 10 Shakespearean Girlbosses
It's Women's History Month and you know what that means: we're gonna talk about Shakespearean Women (although when am I not talking about...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Jan 24, 2023
- 3 min
Shakespeare's Globe & Its Culture War
This has been a *hot topic* in my seminar classes lately, so let’s talk about it! Read the full BroadwayWorld article HERE Read the full...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster AKA my favorite Early Modern play... which is a BOLD statement on my part... but I stand by it. This isn't post reviewing...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Nov 12, 2022
- 1 min
The Shakespearean Office
So I was watching The Office again, as one does, and Dwight said something straight out of The Winter's Tale. I went to google to find...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
King Henry V
Setting: 1414-1420 AD England and France History My really abridged plot summary: Henry lays claim to some of France because of some...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
Book Review: Death By Shakespeare
Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts by Kathryn Harkup Death By Shakespeare is an attempt to demystify and contextualize the many...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Oct 15, 2022
- 3 min
The Hamlet Multiverse
I really hate to get involved in this, but at the same time I have burning opinions, so here we go! So when it comes to printing...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Sep 13, 2022
- 2 min
King Henry IV, Part 2
Setting: 1403-1413 AD London, UK History My really abridged plot summary: England is in Civil War (it's the Wars of the Roses people!)...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Sep 7, 2022
- 3 min
King Henry IV, Part 1
Setting: 1402-1403 AD England and Wales History My really abridged plot summary: King Henry wants to lead a crusade. The Welsh rebel Owen...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Jul 29, 2022
- 3 min
King Richard II
Setting:1398-1400 AD England and Wales History My really abridged plot summary: King Richard is more concerned with the aesthetics of...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Jan 29, 2022
- 3 min
King Edward III
Setting: 14th Century England and France History My really abridged plot summary: King Edward III of England is told that he is the heir...
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Mackenzie Elisa
- Jan 2, 2022
- 4 min
Mary Stuart
by Friedrich Schiller So I just finished reading this play and no, it's not Shakespeare, but I still think it's important to talk about....
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