Must reads

... From the Shakespeare Post:

Gregory Doran Explains How He Picked David Tennant for Hamlet

and

Mary Rose Sank Because Crew Didn’t Speak English

The first because it is interesting, the second because it shows the international nature of the English navy and suggests all sorts of reasons why Shakespeare was so second-hand-knowledgeable about foreign climes (yes, I know Henry was before Shakey's time).