Follow Me!
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
Categories
- Act of Parliament
- acting
- Africa
- Age of Chaucer
- America
- American History
- Anglo-Normans
- Anglo-Saxons
- anthology
- Appalachia
- architecture
- art
- Austen actors
- Austen Authors
- ballads
- Barbara Kyle
- Bells
- birthdays
- Black Opal Books
- blog hop
- book excerpts
- book release
- books
- British currency
- British history
- British Navy
- buildings and structures
- business
- Canterbury tales
- castles
- Chaucer
- Christmas
- Church of England
- citizenship test
- commerce
- company
- contemporary
- contemporary romance
- customs and tradiitons
- dancing
- Declaration of Independence
- Do You Remember?
- Dorset
- drama
- Dreamstone Publishing
- dueling
- eBooks
- editing
- Education in NC
- Edward III
- Elizabeth I
- Elizabethan drama
- Emma
- England
- estates
- etymology
- euphemisms
- excerpt
- exploration
- family
- fashion
- film
- film adaptations
- food
- food and drink
- George IV
- George Wickham
- Georgian
- Georgian England
- Georgian Era
- giveaway
- gothic and paranormal
- Great Britain
- Gretna Green
- Guest Blog
- Guest Post
- heraldry
- herbs
- heroines
- historical fiction
- history
- holidays
- horology
- Industrial Revolution
- Industry News/Publishing
- Inheritance
- interview
- inventions
- Ireland
- Jane Austen
- JASNA
- King Arthur
- kings and queens
- language choices
- legacy
- legends
- legends and myths
- Levirate marriage
- lexicon
- literature
- Living in the Regency
- Living in the UK
- love quotes
- Mansfield Park
- manuscript evaluation
- marriage
- marriage customs
- marriage licenses
- medicine
- medieval
- military
- modern adaptations
- music
- mystery
- Napoleonic Wars
- Northanger Abbey
- paranormal
- peerage
- Pegasus Books
- Persuasion
- Peterloo Massacre
- playwrights
- poetry
- political stance
- Pop Culture
- presidents
- Pride and Prejudice
- primogenture
- publishing
- quotes
- reading
- reading habits
- real life tales
- Realm series
- Regency era
- Regency personalities
- Regency romance
- religion
- research
- review
- romance
- romantic verse
- royalty
- Scarsdale Publishing
- science
- science fiction
- Scotland
- Sense & Sensibility
- servant life
- Seven Years War
- Seven Years' War
- Shining Light on Our Ladies
- South Wales
- spooky tales
- sports history
- St. Andrew
- suspense
- tall tales
- tea
- Thanksgiving
- theatre
- titles of aristocracy
- toys and games
- tradtions
- travel
- trilogy
- Tudor
- Tudors
- Ulysses Press
- Uncategorized
- Vagary
- vampires
- Victorian era
- vocabulary
- Wales
- war
- War of 1812
- weaponry
- weather
- West Virginia
- Whigs
- White Soup Press
- William IV
- witchcraft acts
- word choices
- word choices
- word origins
- word play
- world history
- writing
Meta
Category Archives: drama
New Year’s Resolutions for Some Favorite Classic Characters
New Year’s was not always celebrated on 1 January. Ancient cultures celebrated the New Year in mid-March with the planting of a new crop. It is said that the Babylonians were the first to make New Year’s resolutions. That would … Continue reading
Posted in books, drama, Elizabethan drama, Jane Austen, King Arthur, legends and myths, literature, playwrights, Pride and Prejudice, reading, reading habits
Tagged books, character flaws, drama, holidays, literature, New Year's resolutions, reading, tragic flaw
Comments Off on New Year’s Resolutions for Some Favorite Classic Characters
A Closer Look at “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.” by William Makepeace Thackeray
I have debated whether this post should be a review of the book The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. by William Makepeace Thackeray or a review of the Stanley Kubrick movie Barry Lyndon or something in between. In truth, I was … Continue reading
Posted in books, British history, drama, film, Georgian England, Great Britain
Tagged analysis, aristocracy, book, British history, film, William Makepeace Thackeray
2 Comments
Pre-Elizabethan Drama: Morality Plays
Previously, I did a piece on Liturgical Drama. Today I would like to look at Moralities. As compared to the Miracle or Liturgical dramas, the morality play was one where the playwright had to come up with an original story … Continue reading
Posted in acting, Age of Chaucer, Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Saxons, British history, drama, medieval, playwrights, Vagary
Tagged drama, Everyman, medieval, morality plays, playwrights, The Castle of Perseverance
Comments Off on Pre-Elizabethan Drama: Morality Plays
Anna Larpent, 18th Century Diarist and Lover of Plays
An 18th Century diarist, Anna Larpent’s diary gives a look into Georgian life. She was the daughter of a diplomat. She served as the de facto assistant Examiner of Plays during her time. At age 18, Larpent pulished a 32-page … Continue reading
English Drama and the Origins of Censorship
Of late, on social media we have been bombarded with what is termed “obscenities.” We writers are often accused by “reviewers” of writing obscenities or sexually explicit scenes when in our estimations, we are writing PG scenes. The problem is … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Chaucer, British history, Church of England, drama, kings and queens, playwrights, religion
Tagged Charles II, Charles Sackville, John Dryden, John Vanbrugh, Reverend Jeremy Collier, Sir Charles Sedley, Sir Thomas Ogle, Thomas D'Urfey, William Congreve
Comments Off on English Drama and the Origins of Censorship
“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall” – The Employment of Filmic Devices to Tell a Story in Austen Adaptations
Often in the visual representations of Jane Austen’s works, the media employs props or artifacts as visual cues to Austen’s themes of flawed impressions, misconceptions, and false interpretations. For example, in Austen’s Emma, Harriet’s sketch serves as a means to … Continue reading
Posted in acting, Austen actors, drama, film, film adaptations, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Tagged Emma, film adaptations, film devices, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, viewing habits
Comments Off on “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall” – The Employment of Filmic Devices to Tell a Story in Austen Adaptations
Double Your Pleasure with Austen-Inspired Actors and Actresses
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a film buff, especially period dramas. For many years, I taught media literacy, and I love to look for “unique” facts. One of my favorites is a list of actors who regularly … Continue reading
Posted in acting, Austen actors, drama, film, film adaptations, Jane Austen
Tagged Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Anna Chancellor, Anna Maxwell Martin, Austen actors, Bernard Hepton, Blake Ritson, Carey Mulligan, Christina Cole, Colin Firth, Daphne Slater, David Savile, Embeth Davidtz, Emma Thompson, film adaptations, film adaptations of novels, Gemma Jones, Greta Scacchi, Guy Henry, Hugh Bonneville, Irene Richard, James Callis, James Fleet, Jane Austen, Jemma Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, JJ Feild, Joanna David, Jonny Lee Miller, Kate Beckinsale, Leo Bill, Lindsay Duncan, Lucy Cohu, Lucy Robinson, Morfydd Clark, Nicholas Farrell, Olivia Williams, Peter Wight, Phyllida Law, Reneé Zellwegger, Robert Hardy, Samantha Bond, Shirley Henderson, Sophie Thompson, Sophy Vavasseur, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Tom Ward, Victoria Hamilton
5 Comments
The Taming of the Shrew’s Connection to “Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar” Excerpt + Giveaway
One of the main themes in my upcoming release of Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary is the use William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew as a basis of the interaction between Darcy … Continue reading
Posted in Austen Authors, blog hop, book excerpts, book release, British history, drama, excerpt, film adaptations, Georgian Era, historical fiction, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, marriage, Pride and Prejudice, Regency era, Regency romance, romance, Vagary
Tagged book excerpt, book release, compromised marriage, historical fiction, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar, Regency romance, Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, Vagary
25 Comments
How Is Pride & Prejudice & a Shakespearean Scholar Connected to Gorhambury House?
Several months back, I landed upon an idea that has become part of my latest Austen-inspired book. You see, there is this whole faction of people/experts who believe that Francis Bacon and others within Bacon’s circle wrote Shakespeare’s plays. And … Continue reading
Posted in Austen Authors, blog hop, book excerpts, book release, British history, drama, excerpt, Georgian England, historical fiction, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, playwrights, Pride and Prejudice, publishing, reading habits, Vagary
Tagged book excerpt, book release, drama, Elizabethan England, giveaway, Gorhambury House, Hertfordshire, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar, Sir Frances Bacon, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Vagary, variation
16 Comments
The Theatre-Loving Fore-Runners of Shakespeare ~ Part I
With the rediscovery of the works of Seneca, Plautus, and Terence, the renaissance of 16th Century England began. First edited in 1308 by an Nicholas Treveth, the tragedian Seneca remained unnoticed for some time by those in England, for Treveth … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Normans, British history, drama, England, kings and queens, medieval, playwrights, theatre
Tagged Albertino, chronicle, comedy, drama, Elizabethan Theatre, historical play, Nicholas Treveth, Orbecche, Petrarch, Plautus, plays, pre-Shakespeare, Seneca, Terence, theatre, Thomas Legg, tragedy
Comments Off on The Theatre-Loving Fore-Runners of Shakespeare ~ Part I