Fuller hopes Sonnet Man’s Ghostlight work will also do the same, allowing Saratoga Shakespeare Company’s work to transcend theater and build understanding between groups in the greater community.

OB the run-up to St Valentine’s Day, a short series of poems reflecting on love starts with one of Shakespeare’s peerless sonnets on the subject. SONNET 116 ...

From there, “Sonnet Man” was born, an original persona who connects Shakespeare’s classical literature with modern day self-expression. Glover has worked extensively with Leon County Schools ...

The sonnet in question is a handwritten copy of a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, and it’s now only the second handwritten copy of Sonnet 116 known to scholars.

In coordination with their 2022 Sonnet Contest, Southern Shakespeare will welcome back Devon Glover aka The Sonnet Man for his 2022 residency Jan. 24-28, 2022.

Perhaps, the variation is a sign of what may be Shakespeare’s greatest constant: change. So even if love, at least in “Sonnet 116,” is “an ever-fixèd mark,” the author himself is not.