Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Comedy of Errors”
Augustinian selfhood and married nuns sound some potentially Protestant notes in Shakespeare's masterful farce.
Augustinian selfhood and married nuns sound some potentially Protestant notes in Shakespeare's masterful farce.
Humanistic learning and jokes for Protestants in Shakespeare's bloodiest play.
Contemplating the tension between divine right and popular rule with the Bard and the Reformers.
Thoughts on oaths and loyalty in the Reformation, from a Shakespeare play you've never read.
Failed farce? Cheap misogyny? Or simple insight into the sexes?
Reflecting on Shakespeare with Plato's "Phaedrus", and thoughts on repentance.
Richard Russell reviews the plays of Archbishop Rowan Williams.
