THRILLED to announce that Shakespeare on Toast will be available in all good bookshops – and as an eBook – in the United States from October 16th, 2012, published by Icon Books.

In celebration, I’m joining forces with The Shakespeare Forum and will be giving a public talk at 8pm, Monday 12th November at the über cool and über central-Manhattan Hartley House, 413 West 46th St (b/w 9th & 10th Ave), NY 10036.

Shakespeare on Toast will be available at a discounted price, there’ll be wine, there’ll be cheese, there’ll be laughter, there’ll be tears…

Actor and author Ben Crystal makes sense of Shakespeare by putting him back into context.

First exploring what a trip to a Shakespearean Theatre in 1600 would be like…

…an incredibly quick master-class on the poetry style Shakespeare wrote in that you’ll be talking about for days…

…and a fascinating look at Original Pronunciation – the accent Shakespeare and his actors would have spoken in – and how it can shake loose a piece of Shakespeare…

This evening is for anyone from 8-80: for apprentice bard-o-holics experiencing the Bard for the first time, for the Will-haters, through to audience members who love Shakespeare and want to learn something new…

 

Head to The Shakespeare Forum or message their twitter feed for more.

 

To request a review copy of Shakespeare on Toast or discuss interview or features, please contact

Henry Lord, Publicity Manager at Icon Books