Looking forward to my King John post on Monday! This begins our journey through Shakespeare’s Histories. Let me know what History play is your favorite!

Twelfth Night: The power of family relationships

Short post today! I don’t have as much to say about this play, so I’ll keep it brief. Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s least funny comedies, in my opinion, but I don’t mean that in a negative way. There are parts of it that I absolutely adore, but there are things that really, really bother me. Several of the characters…

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King John: Or why we should be grateful Shakespeare’s plays do not have many children in them

What’s it about? Disagreements over who is the rightful heir to the throne cause some awkward family moments (to put it mildly) and squabbling (to put it even more mildly). What is it really about? Well…let’s just say it’s about Prince King John, the Phony King of England. No, really. What’s it ACTUALLY about? Identity. Also learning to accept that even the best…

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Politics in Shakespeare

Nearing the end of Shakespeare Week now! Tomorrow’s post will be about King John. Following that, the blog will resume its regular weekly schedule. In honor of beginning the Histories, our post today is about politics in Shakespeare. This is such a rich topic that I would love to explore in more detail, and it may be a subject I…

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Looking forward to my King John post on Monday! This will begin our journey through Shakespeare’s Histories. Let me know if you have a favorite History!

Shakespeare: To Read or To Watch?

Shakespeare is studied by both scholars of literature as well as actors. So how exactly should we view his work? And is his work best experienced as a piece of literature or as a piece or theatre?  It seems a lot of people have strong feelings about this one way or the other. I’m going to give a non-answer, which…

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Much Ado About Nothing: Where Comedy and Tragedy Meet

just-call-me-your-darling: writernotwaiting: just-call-me-your-darling: writernotwaiting: findingthebard: writernotwaiting: findingthebard: writernotwaiting: findingthebard: What’s it about? We follow the ups and downs of two relationships over the course of a few days. People meddle with Relationship #1 to make it become a romantic relationships. Other people meddle with Relationship #2 to break up the romance. Both are successful…except not really. What’s it really about?…

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Much Ado About Nothing: Where Comedy and Tragedy Meet

writernotwaiting: findingthebard: writernotwaiting: findingthebard: What’s it about? We follow the ups and downs of two relationships over the course of a few days. People meddle with Relationship #1 to make it become a romantic relationships. Other people meddle with Relationship #2 to break up the romance. Both are successful…except not really. What’s it really about? Well…we follow the ups and…

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Much Ado About Nothing: Where Comedy and Tragedy Meet

writernotwaiting: findingthebard: What’s it about? We follow the ups and downs of two relationships over the course of a few days. People meddle with Relationship #1 to make it become a romantic relationships. Other people meddle with Relationship #2 to break up the romance. Both are successful…except not really. What’s it really about? Well…we follow the ups and downs of…

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Where to start with Shakespeare

With 38 plays (or 39, depending on what plays you count exactly) and well over 100 poems, it can be difficult to know where a good starting place is to explore the Bard’s work. I have not yet completed all of his work, so my thoughts on this may change by the end of the year, but I thought it…

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