P. Ryan Anthony
An award-winning community theater actor, as well as writer and director, in the Washington, DC, area, P. Ryan Anthony has performed in five Shakespeare productions, played the title role in Dracula, the eldest Lord sibling in The Philadelphia Story and the villain in Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters. He adapted and directed Hamlet, Revenge! and Macbeth: Life on the Heath, and wrote The Adventures of Rose Red & Snow White, which was produced twice in 2007.
Ryan was a staff writer for Comic Book Movie.com and served as Senior Editor of Earth's Mightiest.com from mid-2006 to early 2009. He shot and edited the DVD versions of his directorial and scripted stage shows and was a finalist in Destination Wedding Travel's 2008 video contest. As the showbiz cliche goes, he has numerous projects in various stages of production.
Latest Articles
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Synopsis and Analysis of Shakespeare's King John
The Bard's history play about the unpopular English King John is saved from mediocrity by one glorious bastard.
May 7, 2010
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Synopsis of Shakespeare's Cymbeline
Cymbeline, King of Britain is a tale of long ago in which love and fidelity triumph over adversity.
May 3, 2010
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The Winter's Tale: Shakespeare's Rocky Romance Play
Don't get whiplash when the Bard's Sicilian tragedy suddenly turns Bohemian comedy. It's one of the signature features of The Winter's Tale.
Apr 30, 2010
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Synopsis and Analysis of Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Shakespeare's adventure-epic Pericles is improbable but fun.
Apr 30, 2010
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Henry VIII: Shakespeare's Last History Plays It Safe
The play Henry VIII focuses none-too-sharply on the English king's first divorce and remarriage.
Apr 30, 2010
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Dr. Syntax and the Birth of the Cartoon Star
This may surprise you, but the first cartoon hero was born a century before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, and Buster Brown.
Nov 7, 2009
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The Duty of Doubling in Hamlet
More than any other Shakespeare play, Hamlet is packed with doubles of all kinds. These duplicates (and triplicates) affect theme, mood, character, and everything else.
Oct 24, 2009
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Hamlet's Love of Words, Words, Words
William Shakespeare loved wordplay, and the English language has rarely enjoyed a larger playground than that of the dramatic masterpiece Hamlet.
Oct 24, 2009
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Are U.S. Actors Bad to the Bard?
Apparently film star Nicolas Cage dislikes Shakespeare spoken with an American accent. So, should "Yankee" Shakespeare not even be attempted?
Sep 16, 2009
- P. Ryan Anthony
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Meet Power Girl, Superman's Other Cousin
At last the buxom bombshell Power Girl makes her movie debut in the animated DVD Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. Now the uninitiated can learn what they've been missing.
Sep 15, 2009
- P. Ryan Anthony
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