Toast #1 in Poetry, Drama & Criticism genre on Amazon
Toast has jumped to #257 in the Amazon sales rank, and is #1 in Books > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Drama & Dramatists > 16th to 18th Centuries #1 in Books...
View ArticleToast on The Book Depository’s Fast Movers list
Up a considerable 3,345% (!), Shakespeare on Toast is no.5 today in The Book Depository‘s Fast Mover’s list.. Click here to see the list…
View ArticleWin tickets to the Globe Theatre!
After their sponsorship of my talk at the Hay Festival a few weeks ago, Cafédirect, the Globe Theatre and Shakespeare on Toast are teaming up! All Friends of Cafédirect have the chance to WIN TICKETS...
View ArticleCompetition ends tomorrow!
The Cafédirect competition to WIN TICKETS to see a performance at Shakespeare’s Globe AND a signed copy of Shakespeare on Toast ends tomorrow (Tues 30th) at midday! Click here to find details on how to...
View ArticleShakespeare Pro App – on iTunes now!
The Shakespeare Pro App is now on iTunes – and includes mine and my father’s Shakespeare’s Words Glossary… - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare… - Every difficult word defined… - Tales from...
View ArticleTerrific news: “Pupils will act to learn Shakespeare”
This is wonderful news: Schoolchildren are to learn Shakespeare by acting out the plays instead of reading them at their desks… Written and oral assessments developed alongside the lessons will show...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Will!
In celebration of Shakespeare’s birthday, there are a whole bunch of events and performances across the country today. They can all be found at www.shakespeare2012.com, a project which says: The idea...
View ArticleReview of Gnomeo & Juliet for The Atlantic Magazine
An excerpt of my review published today in The Atlantic Magazine: I like adaptations of Shakespeare. He often adapted well-known stories and so the plots of his plays would have been very familiar to...
View ArticleToast for 99p – Amazon’s Daily Kindle Deal – 24th Jan ’13
For 23 hours and 59 minutes, Shakespeare on Toast is Amazon.co.uk’s Daily Kindle Deal: If you thought Shakespeare was elitist and difficult to read, Ben Crystal will show you a new side, in his...
View ArticleTime Magazine – 20/9/13
Time Magazine interviewed me last week about Shakespeare in Original Pronunciation. Here’s a link to the piece: Ben Crystal – Time Magazine The Passion in Practice Workshop last weekend went terrific...
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