by Brian Volck | Jul 10, 2025 | Nativism, Shakespeare, Thomas More
The Book of Thomas More, a play originally written by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle in the 1590s and heavily revised by at least three other hands, was likely never performed before the twentieth century. The existing handwritten manuscript, now held at the British...
by Brian Volck | Dec 26, 2020 | Christmas
Shakespeare’s late romance, The Winter’s Tale, is full of contrivances and plot holes, including perhaps the most famous stage direction in history, “Exit, pursued by a bear,” yet it remains among my favorites. The title itself is a mystery. The only plausible...
by Brian Volck | Jan 3, 2018 | words
I once was in a group discussion on social justice (is there a justice that’s not social?) at which one the discussants, whom I’ll call Kevin, chose to lecture the rest of us on the nonexistence of truth. “When someone talks about ‘truth,’” he said, “what they mean is...
