Jim Gillespie and his wife Judy are the parents of six grown children. He has been a resident of Park Ridge, Illinois for the past 65 years. Jim’s hobbies consist of family vacations, playing jazz music, and of course creative writing. For seventeen years Jim has published a Family Anthology consisting of family vignettes, poems, short stories, thought pieces and family works. Jim currently is the President of the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, an organization that supports youth in the arts and civics.

Jim Gillespie and his wife Judy are the parents of six grown children. He has been a resident of Park Ridge, Illinois for the past 65 years. Jim’s hobbies consist of family vacations, playing jazz music, and of course creative writing. For seventeen years Jim has published a Family Anthology consisting of family vignettes, poems, short stories, thought pieces and family works. Jim currently is the President of the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, an organization that supports youth in the arts and civics.

Jim Gillespie and his wife Judy are the parents of six grown children. He has been a resident of Park Ridge, Illinois for the past 65 years. Jim’s hobbies consist of family vacations, playing jazz music, and of course creative writing. For seventeen years Jim has published a Family Anthology consisting of family vignettes, poems, short stories, thought pieces and family works. Jim currently is the President of the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, an organization that supports youth in the arts and civics.

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Structurally, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and MacBeth are the same story, told from two different perspectives. Both are internal royal court intrigues about who should be in charge. Both have strong female characters. Both have supernatural elements. And, both are resolved with violence.

The major difference is that MacBeth is told from the perspective of the one who steals the throne. Hamlet is told from the perspective of the one who has had the throne stolen from him.

In Duncan Hambeth: Furniture King of the South, the two stories are brought together and modernized. And, instead of one major character, the story has two major characters, careening toward each other on an inevitable collision course.

Structurally, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and MacBeth are the same story, told from two different perspectives. Both are internal royal court intrigues about who should be in charge. Both have strong female characters. Both have supernatural elements. And, both are resolved with violence.

The major difference is that MacBeth is told from the perspective of the one who steals the throne. Hamlet is told from the perspective of the one who has had the throne stolen from him.

In Duncan Hambeth: Furniture King of the South, the two stories are brought together and modernized. And, instead of one major character, the story has two major characters, careening toward each other on an inevitable collision course.

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William Shakespeare Meets HeraclesMost tragic literature of the Greek Classical period resulted from mythology of the 13th Century B.C.The following paragraphs relate the lives of three innocent boys who were cast out of their homes to die—but were all destined to live.The first doomed child was Oedipus. An oracle said, “This son would kill his father, become king, and marry his mother.” The second child, Jason, born posthumously and ordered destroyed by his uncle so that he would not succeed to his father’s throne.The third was Paris, in Troy. The oracle there said “If he lived it would be the end of Troy.”A fourth child, Heracles was the son of Zeus, born after Oedipus and a before Jason, whose entire life was an endless struggle.Zeus to Hera: The first man-child born today to the house of Persus becomes king of Mycenae. He will be the strongest, most powerful, and greatest warrior on earth and who “cannot by mortal die.”Hera And who is the father of this extraordinary child?Zeus Let my deed be witness to my worth.Hera, very angry, knowing now that he must have had an assignation to produce this outstanding child, plans revenge.Hera’s hatred of Heracles begins. In a search beginning with the Greek Classic period authors, I found no playwright willing to use Heracles as his principal character.Heracles deserves the leading role in a play depicting his most unusual tragic life and I hope William Shakespeare has done it – with my assistance.There is very little original material here except my concept – a plan – by selecting “lines” from all of his works which were suitable to fit this mold – a total of 425 were selected from his complete works. Every play and poem is represented at least once. William Shakespeare had great background knowledge of Heracles, having referred to him in fifteen plays and in many of them several times.

William Shakespeare Meets HeraclesMost tragic literature of the Greek Classical period resulted from mythology of the 13th Century B.C.The following paragraphs relate the lives of three innocent boys who were cast out of their homes to die—but were all destined to live.The first doomed child was Oedipus. An oracle said, “This son would kill his father, become king, and marry his mother.” The second child, Jason, born posthumously and ordered destroyed by his uncle so that he would not succeed to his father’s throne.The third was Paris, in Troy. The oracle there said “If he lived it would be the end of Troy.”A fourth child, Heracles was the son of Zeus, born after Oedipus and a before Jason, whose entire life was an endless struggle.Zeus to Hera: The first man-child born today to the house of Persus becomes king of Mycenae. He will be the strongest, most powerful, and greatest warrior on earth and who “cannot by mortal die.”Hera And who is the father of this extraordinary child?Zeus Let my deed be witness to my worth.Hera, very angry, knowing now that he must have had an assignation to produce this outstanding child, plans revenge.Hera’s hatred of Heracles begins. In a search beginning with the Greek Classic period authors, I found no playwright willing to use Heracles as his principal character.Heracles deserves the leading role in a play depicting his most unusual tragic life and I hope William Shakespeare has done it – with my assistance.There is very little original material here except my concept – a plan – by selecting “lines” from all of his works which were suitable to fit this mold – a total of 425 were selected from his complete works. Every play and poem is represented at least once. William Shakespeare had great background knowledge of Heracles, having referred to him in fifteen plays and in many of them several times.

Shakespeare Festivals Around the World, edited by recognised Shakespeare scholar Marcus D. Gregio, explores the everlasting nature of William Shakespeare via essays about theatre practice and comprehensive listings of more than one hundred Shakespeare-producing organisations around the world. A unique and invaluable research guide for theatregoers, theatre practitioners, and theatre scholars, its noteworthy essays and significant listings are an essential addition to any Shakespeare-lovers’ library. This engaging publication shares theatre craft by discussing the performance and creation aspects of Shakespeare’s plays, but it is much more than that. Shakespeare Festivals Around the World is an indispensable companion that both helps to explain the phenomenon that is William Shakespeare and that provides ways to continue to improve the playwright’s timeless work in performance.

Shakespeare Festivals Around the World, edited by recognised Shakespeare scholar Marcus D. Gregio, explores the everlasting nature of William Shakespeare via essays about theatre practice and comprehensive listings of more than one hundred Shakespeare-producing organisations around the world. A unique and invaluable research guide for theatregoers, theatre practitioners, and theatre scholars, its noteworthy essays and significant listings are an essential addition to any Shakespeare-lovers’ library. This engaging publication shares theatre craft by discussing the performance and creation aspects of Shakespeare’s plays, but it is much more than that. Shakespeare Festivals Around the World is an indispensable companion that both helps to explain the phenomenon that is William Shakespeare and that provides ways to continue to improve the playwright’s timeless work in performance.