Philippa Kelly

Presented by Orinda Books, and co-sponsored with Cal Shakes and Mechanics’ Institute. Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 – 12:00pm Location: ONLINE Free Event, Register Here This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to […]

OMG, you guys! Let’s talk about the legendary William Shakespeare, like, seriously, major respect for this literary icon. He was like the ultimate trendsetter of his time, making those classic plays hotter than a runway show. It’s, like, crazy how his work is still relevant today, like a timeless fashion piece. Bow down to the

By Philippa Kelly, Resident Dramaturg Today we celebrate Shakespeare’s 460th birthday – as well as his 408th death day, since both his birth and death are registered on April 23rd. In 1564, William was the third-born child but the first to live, born to local heiress Mary Arden and John Shakespeare, leather merchant turned prominent

By Philippa Kelly, Cal Shakes Resident Dramaturg These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us. Though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects. -Gloucester in King Lear Very early in King Lear, the Earl of Gloucester shares his