April 2010
15 posts
A One minute Macbeth →
http://www.doink.com/clips/phineas/114957/shakespeares-macbeth
From Paraguay!
Though I had heard many references to Shakespeare’s works growing up - especially Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet - my first full experience came when I was eleven, when I heard the beautiful Sonnet 29 on the TV series Beauty and the Beast (in Vincent’s voice). Getting to know him has been a joy since then. Happy birthday, Shakespeare! Love, Vicky (in Paraguay, South America)
“*Advance our standards, set upon our foes, Our ancient word of courage fair...”
– “Richard III.,” Act v. sc. 3. Mishka Zakharin (author of ‘The Spleen of Fiery Dragons’) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hCuA7EVPk0
William Shakespeare/Dr. Paul Grabill
I fell in love with William Shakespeare in Dr, Paul Grabill’s English Literature classes at University of Evansville: thank you, Paul! *Jaques:* All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. As You Like It Act 2, scene 7, 139–143 …>
celebrating "THY DAY"
Mayor Daley, you couldn’t have made our day any better by declaring April 23rd “Talk Like Shakespeare Day.” Our students are currently reading Romeo & Juliet and have been preparing a Renaissance dance with their “handmade” masks and head coverings (for the ladies). How wonderful that the “masquerade ball” is ON APRIL 23rd!! We hope to be forwarding...
My intro to Shakespeare
Although I knew about him prior to high school, my first REAL intro was in a Shakespeare Class taught by Joann Eisenberg in Southfield Michigan in 1972, I think. She would play records of the plays as we followed along with the text. She would be laughing SO hard, she would literally be falling on the floor in hysterics, and then stop the record to explain through her gasping laughter, that he was...
Will's Words →
Check out: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/swf/words.html
A fun word game based on Shakespeare’s language!
Our plans for celebrating at work
In my office, we will be celebrating Talk Like Shakespeare Day with a Shakespeare book drive. Everyone will bring a copy of their favorite Shakespeare play, and then we will donate them all to our local high school. It seemed like a good way to celebrate Shakespeare – by ensuring that generations to come are exposed to his work! David S. -St. Louis, Missouri
Happy Birthday Shakespeare!
Happy birthday to thee…Happy birthday to thee…Happy birthday dear William, Happy birthday to thee! (Thank you for your literary gifts to the world!) - A Chicago fan
Shakespearean Experience
When my oldest son was sixteen and studying Shakespeare, he surprised me by quoting the Bard. I was on his case to clean up his room. He turned, looked down at me and said, without missing a beat, “Thou canst not say I did it! Shake not thy gory lock at me.” After I quit laughing, he went to his room and uncovered the floor. Nancy B. Lincolnshire, IL
LATE Performs All Of Shakespeare's Plays In... →
http://BroadwayWorld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=12120
On Sunday, April 25, 2010 the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble and the Powerhouse Theatre will attempt to break the record longest, continuous, marathon reading of Shakespeare’s work. Participants will read the entire canon of Shakespeare’s plays around the clock for up to six days.
