Although trash talking may seem like a modern phenomenon, trying to intimidate an opponent with insults and taunts has been going on at least since Moses and the Israelites took on Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Given the foreign and domestic conflicts that persistently troubled Elizabethan England, there can be little doubt that, whatever it might have been called at the time, trash talking was also a regular occurrence during Shakespeare’s lifetime. It should be no surprise, therefore, that Shakespeare himself used trash talking frequently and effectively throughout his plays…
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Trevor Nunn and Patrick Stewart discuss two ways Stewart approached played Enobarbus, in 1973 and 1978. Check out all that hair on Sir Patrick.
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. In this strip, Calvin announces he likes to verb words, something Shakespeare also did a lot of. Hobbes decides that verbing could make language a “complete impediment to understand”–funny, that’s a complaint we often hear about Shakespeare’s language. But isn’t it beautiful when he says “Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle,” as one example?
Savage Chickens by Doug Savage, March 3 2006.
Creation Theatre have uncovered a previously unknown Shakespearean comedy, Romeo and Juliet. The love story is played for laughs; for example as the famous balcony scene begins, Romeo pulls a series of funny faces, dashes backwards and forwards, and has the audience laughing out loud. This is a fun, delightful, and original take on the story…
The Coriolanus edition: movie poster, new production stills, and an essay from the film’s developers on why Coriolanus matters and candidates for a modern-day Coriolanus.
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