goodticklebrain: Getting to know Shakespeare a little better at @utahshakespeare. (at Utah Shakespeare Festival) That sounds about right to me.
Month: August 2017
Hamlet: Trying and living well
What is there to say about what could easily be considered the most famous play of all time – and one of the greatest plays of all time to boot? Of all the Bard’s work, I think I have returned to Hamlet more than any other. This is in part because there are some really great film adaptations, and also because…
Coriolanus: Judgment and Doubt
Coriolanus reminds me of Timon of Athens in some ways. It has a lot to say about trust and the way we judge others. Of the whole play, the part that struck me the most is when the citizens begin to doubt Coriolanus. It was remarkable how quickly and easily they reversed their opinion of him. It seems to make…
Pericles: On why bad things happen to good people
Throughout Pericles, I couldn’t help but think of Oedipus Rex. There are quite a few similarities, so it’s a slightly obvious connection, perhaps, but a fascinating one to me for one particular reason. In Pericles, we see bad things happen to good people and bad people. But in the end, everything works out quite conveniently for the good people—rather miraculously…