Where To Start With Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s language can be challenging. You and everyone else already know this fact. I’ll try not to say it again. Since it can be so challenging (whoops!) some people try … Continue Reading ⇒
Poetry
Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Mr. William Shakespeare is not just famous for writing plays to be performed – he wrote poetry as well. In 1592 there was an outbreak of plague in London and … Continue Reading ⇒
WOTD: Union
This is one of this words that will make sense when used in context. But by itself it’s one of those words that make you think “WTF mate?” It is … Continue Reading ⇒
See, read, listen, enjoy!
You can read all the books about Shakespeare you’d like, take tons of classes, but on top of all that the way to be an expert on the Bard is … Continue Reading ⇒
WOTD: Ate
No, not the past tense of “eat”. That would be a silly thing to write about. Not that food doesn’t deserve to be written about, but I think you all … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: Thinking Shakespeare
by Barry Edelstein I picked up this book one day at a bookstore while browsing the Shakespeare section, like I do, and took a quick look inside. Knowing nothing about … Continue Reading ⇒
WOTD: Betide
I was trying for a while to make a clever quip in iambic pentameter using the following word, but it’s rather late (or very early) and nothing betid. Please accept … Continue Reading ⇒
Love Language
If there were a two word answer to the question “what do I have to do to be a great classical actor?” My answer would be LOVE LANGUAGE. Of course … Continue Reading ⇒
WOTD: Haply
Not Happily. Haply! haply (adv.) IPA pronunciation: /’hæp.li/ perhaps, maybe, by chance, with luck CORDELIA …Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry … Continue Reading ⇒
Review: All The Words on Stage
by Louis Scheeder and Shane Ann Younts How many times have you been reading one of Shakespeare’s plays and stumbled across a word and wondered, “How the fardel do I … Continue Reading ⇒