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RELEASED: Shakespeare Observed

Shakespeare Observed
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And another book hit the virtual shelves!

Similar to “American Drama in the Age of Film”, “Shakespeare Observed: Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen” is a review of selected plays by the Bard and compares them to their acclaimed film adaptations. Samuel Crowl takes us through the worlds of Shakespeare through the eyes of members of the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as the approaches of directors like Orson Welles, Roman Polanski and Kenneth Branagh.

You can pick up a copy of the audiobook on Amazon, Audible and iTunes. And hey, why not also check out the other works I’ve done for Audible?

RELEASED: American Drama in the Age of Film

American Drama in the Age of Film
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I probably should have posted this last week when it happened, but my first commercial audiobook is now available for sale!

The book I narrated is “American Drama in the Age of Film” by Zander Brietzke, currently a professor at Columbia University in New York. It’s a comparative study of great American Plays of the 20th century and their film & TV adaptations. Coming from an long performance background, I found the book engaging in ways I didn’t expect and he has certainly added to my list of films to check out, since I didn’t even know of some of them. I certainly hope my description here — and my narration of the text — do his work justice.

You can pick up a copy of the audiobook on Amazon, Audible and iTunes. And hey, why not also check out the other works I’ve done for Audible?

Aaaaand we’re waiting…

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I’m sitting backstage at the Eclectic Company Theater waiting for the show I’m currently doing to finish for the evening. I haven’t had to wait this long since I played Lane in that production of The Importance of Being Earnest back in 2006. Don’t get me wrong, waiting is not a bad thing. Because I’m not on stage again until the curtain call, I have time to get things done… such as writing this or sending out emails related to a rehearsal I’m directing tomorrow. Continue reading