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William Shakespeare Experience: July 2010
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Wednesday, July 28, 2010. TSI 2010 - Final Thoughts. My students are always asking me what my favorite book or movie is. And I’ve reached a point where I’ve experienced so much of both that picking a favorite is no longer a sensible activity. Do I like. Good Night, and Good Luck. At some point, one just wants to respond, “why choose? 8221; I like blue. Or Synetic Theater’s silent production of. To prepare I had read Marston’s. And Thomas Middleton’s. 1597) And,...
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William Shakespeare Experience: June 2010
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. TSI 2010 - Some Thoughts on the BBC Shakespeare. As part of the TSI 2010 first week, tonight we watched the BBC production of 1 Henry IV. I remember watching these as a junior high and high school student when they originally aired and being struck by an unfortunate sameness to them. Look at the costumes in Midsummer Night’s Dream. Directed by Elijah Moshinsky) and Othello. David Giles’ 1 Henry IV. Take Quayle’s Falstaff. His...One cou...
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William Shakespeare Experience: May 2010
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Sunday, May 30, 2010. Twelfth Night - Sympathy for Malvolio. It's Shakespearean karma. I'm reading. Again as I prepare for the Folger workshop. The play has now achieved "desert island" status in my life. I might as well have it tattooed on my person. So I've been musing about Gil's question regarding the anagrammatic names (Viola, Olivia, Malvolio), but drawing a blank. If, for example, all the lovers' names are anagrams, why isn't Orsino included? S, and her.
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William Shakespeare Experience: June 2011
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Thursday, June 16, 2011. All's Well That Ends Well - On the Road. I am sitting, early morning, in our Adirondack cabin, on the second beautiful day in a row. I read the first act of All’s Well That Ends Well. What a pastiche of strange bits and pieces. Why did Shakespeare write it and when? Intentional fallacy, but Harold Bloom reminds us that such terms are dead). Was it a hurry-up job? Was it an earlier play re-written? Is it in any way satirical? I don’...
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William Shakespeare Experience: The Henry Explications - Part J
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Friday, June 3, 2011. The Henry Explications - Part J. The following is one in a series of mini-articles resulting from an exercise I had my St. Paul Academy 2011 Shakespeare students complete. The articles focus on selected speeches spanning Shakespeare’s. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV , and. You are right justice, and you weigh this well,. Therefore still bear the balance and the sword,. And I do wish your honors may increase,. You did commit me;. This p...
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William Shakespeare Experience: October 2011
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Friday, October 14, 2011. Even if it's a little late, eh? Was a completely new play for me, as I have never seen it produced for the stage anywhere in Colorado, and I have faithfully been attending the Colorado Shakespeare Festival every year (except this one), and the Denver Center typically produces one Shakespeare offering every year. I, too, wonder why this play is not produced more often. I am crazy about the Countess and her support of Helena. The strengt...
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William Shakespeare Experience: All's Well That Ends Well - On the Road
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Thursday, June 16, 2011. All's Well That Ends Well - On the Road. I am sitting, early morning, in our Adirondack cabin, on the second beautiful day in a row. I read the first act of All’s Well That Ends Well. What a pastiche of strange bits and pieces. Why did Shakespeare write it and when? Intentional fallacy, but Harold Bloom reminds us that such terms are dead). Was it a hurry-up job? Was it an earlier play re-written? Is it in any way satirical? I don’...
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William Shakespeare Experience: All's Well That Ends Well - Against Coleridge
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Saturday, June 4, 2011. All's Well That Ends Well - Against Coleridge. While we’re ruminating on All’s Well That Ends Well. 8221;). And soliloquies establish this character while he/she is alone on the stage. Do Helen’s soliloquies reveal a depth of character? Here’s the first:. Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie. Which we ascribe to heaven. The fated sky. Gives us free scope, only doth backward pull. Our slow designs when we ourselves are dull. There’s...
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William Shakespeare Experience: The Henry Explications - Part I
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A lively discussion of Shakespeare's plays. Monday, May 30, 2011. The Henry Explications - Part I. The following is one in a series of mini-articles resulting from an exercise I had my St. Paul Academy 2011 Shakespeare students complete. The articles focus on selected speeches spanning Shakespeare’s. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV , and. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,. Sits not so easily on me as you think. Brothers, you [mix] your sadness with some fear:. Not Amurath an Amurath succeeds,.
