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1 Henry IV 4.1 – 4.3 – Hotspur is beset with setbacks, Falstaff makes some coin, and Henry offers an olive branch.
Stamp Coinage Soothers Flaterers Beaver Helmet Cushes thigh armor Agues fevers Trim Finery Taste test Press enlist (someone) compulsorily Charge troop Ancients [...]
By Daniel Honan
(Original article posted on Big Think on August 23, 2011, 9:32 AM
Shakespeare’s literary career, which spanned a quarter century roughly between the years 1587 and 1612, came at a time when the English language was at a powerful stage of development. The great fluidity of Early Modern [...]
Caesar: The Ides of March are come.
Soothsayer: Aye, Caesar, but have not gone.
– Julius Caesar, 3.1
Poor Caesar was warned that something bad was going to happen on that day but failed to listen. Of course, the Ides of March, aren’t inherently evil. In 1604, the coronation of King [...]
Richard II Act 2 scene 1 – Bad news: John of Gaunt is dying while the country withers in shame. Good News: Richard has now found a way to pay for his war.
With G.Robin Smith, as John of Gaunt.
“Live in they shame, but die not shame with thee!
– John of Gaunt to King Richard II, Act II, scene 1
Enjoy the Ides of March, with Chop Bard’s remix of one of Shakespeare’s most iconic speeches- Mark Antony, from Julius Caesar. (Vocals provided by Marlon Brando courtesy of MGM’s, Julius Caesar, 1953)
One of the greatest speeches ever written. One man, standing before a mob of adversaries, the smell of blood hot [...]
Many of us are familiar with ‘the ides of March’ because of Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, where Caesar is warned to ‘beware the ides of March…’ by the soothsayer.
Sounds pretty ominous- until you realize the Ides are just a specific day of each month, in the Roman calendar.
Basically, the Roman calendar breaks down [...]
The amazing thing about Hamlet, is Shakespeare gives us so much, yet still manages to leave these gaping holes, where we are drawn to fill them with all manor of thoughts and ideas. And provided you have a firm grip on the basics of the play, it’s so refreshing to let your mind go. It can easily go too far, as mine often will, but it’s easier to find your way back to the modest fundamentals of the play, than it is to get lost in crazy ideas, so no harm.
Just finished the final episode of Hamlet, and I am done for. There are a lot of show notes to put up; some stuff that didn’t make it into the show, since it was so full, but that will have to wait ’til tomorrow. Tonight, I’m removing all the book marks, putting the copies away, [...]
The follow info was sent to me by my good friend Mitch. Happy Shopping!
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare: A Tragedy. In Five Acts. As Performed at the Theatre in Boston. Boston: Printed for David West and John West, [1794] 8vo (8 x 5 in.; 203 x 126 mm); clean [...]
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