January 2012
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Macbeth's Soliloquy: She should have died...
She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And...
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“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour...”
– Macbeth (V, v)
Macbeth
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Shakespeare's Insult of the Week
“If thou be’st not an ass, I am a youth of fourteen.”
— All’s Well That Ends Well (II, iii)
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Ralph Fiennes talks about Coriolanus with Charlie... →
This is an excellent interview with Ralph Fiennes as he talks about his movie, Coriolanus. Normally I can’t stand Charlie Rose interviews (sorry) but this one was fascinating.
Currently, Coriolanus is doing well with its limited release. If it’s playing in a city near you — go see it!!
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New York Times review of "Coriolanus" (2011)
He’s the Hero of the People, and He Hates It
By Manohla Dargis
As soon as a thrilling Ralph Fiennes appears on “Coriolanus,” it’s clear why he chose this lesser-known Shakespeare tragedy for his directing debut. Dressed in camouflage fatigues, Mr. Fiennes — as the mythic Roman military hero first known as Caius Martius and later Coriolanus — enters a raucous scene and commands it with just...
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“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet...”
– A Midsummer Night’s Dream (II,i)
Oberon
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“O my good lord, the world is but a word;
Were it all yours to give it in a...”
– Timon of Athens (II, ii)
Flavius
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Shakespeare's Insult of the Week
Scratching could not make it worse, such a face as yours.
- Much Ado About Nothing
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“‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a...”
– Romeo and Juliet (II, i)
Juliet
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A Little Shakespeare Trivia
“Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. Then have I reason to be fond of grief.”
King John (III, iv)
In August, 1596 Shakespeare’s only son, Hamnet, died. It is often thought that these poignant...
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“What a sweep of vanity comes this way!
They dance! they are mad women.
Like...”
– Timon of Athens (I, ii)
Apemantus
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“When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing...”
– Othello (V. ii)
Othello
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“How can my muse want subject to invent,
While thou dost breathe, that...”
– Sonnet 38 by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare's Insult of the Week
Thou cream-faced loon! Where got’st that goose look?
— Macbeth
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“The quality of mercy is not strain’d,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from...”
– The Merchant of Venice (IV, i)
Portia
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“Not a whit, we defy augury. There is special providence in
the fall of a...”
– Hamlet - Act 5 scene ii
Augury
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“All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his...”
– The Merchant of Venice (II, vii)
Prince of Morocco (reading Portia’s note)
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“What win I, if I gain the thing I seek?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting...”
– The Rape of Lucrece
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“Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands.
Curtsied when you have and...”
– The Tempest - Act I, scene ii
Ariel
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“Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong...”
– Julius Caesar - Act I, scene iii
Cassius
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“If this were play’d upon a stage now, I could
condemn it as an improbable...”
– Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare's Insult of the Week
What a drunken knave the sea was to cast thee in our way.
Pericles, Prince of Tiber
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“I’ll example you with thievery:
The sun’s a thief, and with his...”
– Timon of Athens - Act IV scene iii
Timon
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“Sad souls are slain in merry company;
Grief best is pleased with grief’s...”
– The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare
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“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is wing’d...”
– A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act I scene i
Helena
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“Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,
War, death, or sickness did lay siege...”
– A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act I scene i
Lysander
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“‘Twas but a bolt of nothing, shot at nothing,
Which the brain makes of fumes:...”
– Cymbeline - Act IV scene ii
Imogen
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Shakespeare's Insult of the Week
The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.
- Coriolanus
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