WOTD: Wot
Wot! What? Wot’s on second. I know not is on third. wot (v.) IPA Pronunciation: learn, know, be told DEMETRIUS But, my good lord, I wot not by what power, … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: The Essential Shakespeare Handbook
by Leslie Dunton-Downer and Alan Riding When DK named their Shakespeare Guide Essential Shakespeare Handbook, they weren’t kidding: it’s definitely a handbook. It’s also about Shakespeare, and I think it’s … Continue Reading ⇒
WOTD: Choler
Sounds just like the part of the shirt that is always messed up in the back: collar. When your collar is wrong, you may get full of choler and soon … Continue Reading ⇒
Finishing The Thought
In the recent post, “Now is NOT the Winter of Our Discontent,” I mentioned that people are misreading and misunderstanding verse because they are reading to the end of the … Continue Reading ⇒
WOTD: Caveto
Be careful with this word… just ‘cuz. caveto (int.) IPA Pronunciation: beware, take care, careful PISTOL Therefore, Caveto be thy counsellor. – Henry V (II.iii) This word means caution, related … Continue Reading ⇒
Now Is NOT The Winter of Our Discontent
One of the many Shakespeare related peeves I have is cutting off the end of a line as if it’s a full idea, creating an incorrect meaning. On of the … Continue Reading ⇒
WOTD: Doit
No, it’s not an elided part of a Nike commercial. doit (n.) IPA Pronunciation: small sum, worthless amount, trifle TRINCULO Where they will will not give a doit to relieve … Continue Reading ⇒
Shakespeare and Musical Theatre
At first glance, some might see no real relation between performing Shakespeare and a musical. But look again. I’m not talking about songs that Shakespeare wrote in to many of … Continue Reading ⇒
WOTD: Drab
For your cursing pleasure: a Shakespeare diss. It’s a word often asking about because if its use in one of Shakespeare’s most well known speeches. drab (n.) IPA Pronunciation: /dræb/ … Continue Reading ⇒
Show The Histories Some Love
When the First Folio of Shakespeare’s works was compiled by John Heminges and Henry Condell in 1623, the plays were divided into three categories: comedies, tragedies, and histories. Now there … Continue Reading ⇒