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Comment on Review: Hamlet the Video Game by World’s Strangest | 7 Video Games Based on Works of Art (or a John Hodgman Podcast)

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:41:16 +0000

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Comment on YouTube Pick: Edwin Booth Performs Othello by Frank

Frank — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:00:23 +0000

An eyeopening Shakepearean read by Edwin Booth. No wonder why he thrilled audiences around the world with his acting and elecution skills, learned from his father, Junius Brutus Booth, who himself was recognized as the greatest Shakespearean actor in HIS day. Edwin spent 6 years traveling with his father from one city to another, performing, and mastered the craft while observing his father’s acting technique during each performance. To get the full story of the Booth family dynamic, read historian, Nora Titone’s: “My Thoughts Be Bloody”, which was published in October, 2010.

Comment on Ask Mad Shakespeare: The Sanders Portrait by Grant Campbell

Grant Campbell — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:51:23 +0000

There are a few items that bear witness to it being genuine. The label was dated to the period of the early 17th century; before Shakespeare’s birth dates were well known. Lloyd Sullivan’s geneaology has been traced back to the same area as Shakespeare and is related to families that were related to Shakespeare’s. There was a study done that the portrait was 1603 and the style of dress was from that period and that someone of gentleman rank was entitled to wear that specific doublet. In May 1603 Shakespeare was raised to the status of gentleman and so could well have commemorated the event with a portrait. These dress rules were repealed in 1604.

I think the opinion of whether someone looks 39 or not is subjective. he clearly doesn’t look 20 or 24 – look at the bags under the eyes. he doesn’t look 50 either.

Comment on Shakespeare and the invention of…the teenager? #HBWS by Sandra Lawson

Sandra Lawson — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:25:38 +0000

Hi Colin!

Trust you to get back to Henry IV Part I again. I agree with your analysis of the young Prince Hal, but what about those rebellious adolescent teenagers, Romeo and Juliet? Perhaps it’s a gender thing, but I can see so many young girls reflected in the Capulet girl, especially when she provokes her father’s retort of ‘Thank me no thankings, nor, proud me no prouds’. In the recent RSC production I thought Juliet’s father was about to give her a good slap and as the onetime mother of teenage daughters, I know exactly how far he was provoked.

Comment on When Is Shakespeare’s Birthday? by Celebrating the Immortal Truth of Shakespeare — LIA KEYES

Celebrating the Immortal Truth of Shakespeare — LIA KEYES — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:59:50 +0000

[...] is Shakespeare’s birthday and deathday, yet in the alternative reality of story which permeates our world he has never been more [...]

Comment on When Is Shakespeare’s Birthday? by Immortal Shakespeare | Steampunk Shakespeare

Immortal Shakespeare | Steampunk Shakespeare — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:27:13 +0000

[...] is the day celebrated as both Shakespeare’s birthday and deathday, yet in the alternative reality of story he has never been more [...]

Comment on Review: Prince of Denmark at the National Theatre by Sharky

Sharky — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:59:38 +0000

So basically, it’s…Smallville.

Comment on LOST and Shakespeare by Ross

Ross — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:26:55 +0000

What about when Locke calls Ben the “Man Behind the Curtain”?
Surely this is a reference to Polonius in Hamlet: A man of words and little else who takes orders from the king and makes bad judgments. A “tedious old fool”….

Comment on Romeo and Juliet at Sadler’s Wells by Tweets that mention Romeo and Juliet at Sadler’s Wells | Mad Shakespeare -- Topsy.com

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:21:23 +0000

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Comment on YouTube Pick: Patrick Stewart on Enobarbus by Mark

Mark — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:43:58 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. It’s great hearing Sir Patrick explain two such distinct visions of a character.