Over the quarantine, I finally began adding videos to my long-moribund You Tube channel. Most of them are recitals of famous poems that I did as part of a Facebook series I called “30 Poems of Hope and Joy in 30 Days.” Others include a few Shakespeare monologues I’ve done. I also developed a poetry workshop for children that you’re welcome to utilize for your own students or yourself. In future posts, I will provide links to a few of these specific videos. Enjoy!
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Rob Crisell is an author, actor, teacher, and Shakespearean in Temecula, CA. He teaches poetry and Shakespeare with the Murrieta Valley Union School District as part of its Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) program. He is a Shakespeare lecturer with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. He has acted in The Merchant of Venice, Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), Baskerville, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest (Prospero), Macbeth, Othello (Iago), and others. Over the quarantine, he has acted in Much Ado About Nothing and Merry Wives of Windsor (with Nathan Agin’s “A Working Actor’s Journey production) and King Lear (Quarantine Players). He has written and performed several one-man plays featuring Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Shakespeare in America. He’s the author of Shakespeare’s Book of Wisdom: Advice on Living a Wiser, Happier Life from William Shakespeare & Friends (DePortola Press 2018). His 2016 TED Talk is “How NOT to Hate Shakespeare.” His verse adaptation of Sophocles’ Electra will be produced by Full Circle Players in Riverside, California in October 2020. He is a graduate of Yale University and George Mason University Law School. For details, visit www.robcrisell.com or www.facebook/robcrisellactor/.
The Outstretched Hand and Other Consolations of Poetry
My essay “The Outstretched Hand and Other Consolations of Poetry” that was first published in The Coronavirus Collective (Last Life Ever : 2020) was reprinted by the national newspaper Epoch Times. You can read the article here.
My Essay is Featured in a New Book: “Coronavirus Collective”
An essay I wrote on the “consolations of poetry” during the quarantine is being published in a new book called “Coronavirus Collective: Messages of Love, Light and Hope.” You can buy a copy on Amazon right now. All profits go to charity. Written in the first few weeks of the global shut down, 26 authors share their unique perspectives on how they see the world through the lens of the coronavirus. I think you’ll like it.
