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"We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch

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  • George KG George K

    The thing is, this sonnet's language is SO approachable. Once one knows what "bootless" and "haply" mean, the rest is easy.

    But his plays require so much work to understand. Yeah, the stories are unparalleled, but so, for me, unapproachable.

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    @George-K said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

    The thing is, this sonnet's language is SO approachable. Once one knows what "bootless" and "haply" mean, the rest is easy.

    But his plays require so much work to understand. Yeah, the stories are unparalleled, but so, for me, unapproachable.

    Read some Felix Dennis.

    Formal verse, some of it brilliant, but all very decent and completely approachable.

    Please love yourself.

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      George K
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      Decades ago, I told Mrs. George how much I loved that sonnet.

      She found a copy of it, and wrote it out on a piece of paper. Then, she mounted it on a piece of wood.

      It's hanging on the wall of the hall to @Sidney's room.

      IMG_3848.jpeg

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • George KG George K

        Decades ago, I told Mrs. George how much I loved that sonnet.

        She found a copy of it, and wrote it out on a piece of paper. Then, she mounted it on a piece of wood.

        It's hanging on the wall of the hall to @Sidney's room.

        IMG_3848.jpeg

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        @George-K said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

        Decades ago, I told Mrs. George how much I loved that sonnet.

        She found a copy of it, and wrote it out on a piece of paper. Then, she mounted it on a piece of wood.

        It's hanging on the wall of the hall to @Sidney's room.

        IMG_3848.jpeg

        That is positively badass. An amazing thing she made.

        I also love the presentation, and her handwriting.

        Please love yourself.

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        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

          @George-K said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

          Decades ago, I told Mrs. George how much I loved that sonnet.

          She found a copy of it, and wrote it out on a piece of paper. Then, she mounted it on a piece of wood.

          It's hanging on the wall of the hall to @Sidney's room.

          IMG_3848.jpeg

          That is positively badass. An amazing thing she made.

          I also love the presentation, and her handwriting.

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          George K
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          @Aqua-Letifer said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

          That is positively badass. An amazing thing she made.

          I also love the presentation, and her handwriting.

          We met 44 years, 17 days ago.

          I did good, eh?

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • George KG George K

            @Aqua-Letifer said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

            That is positively badass. An amazing thing she made.

            I also love the presentation, and her handwriting.

            We met 44 years, 17 days ago.

            I did good, eh?

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            @George-K said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

            @Aqua-Letifer said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

            That is positively badass. An amazing thing she made.

            I also love the presentation, and her handwriting.

            We met 44 years, 17 days ago.

            That's longer than I've lived in a week!

            I did good, eh?

            I'd say so!

            Please love yourself.

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              That's lovely.

              Education is extremely important.

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                Very romantic.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  Great thread, in so very many ways.

                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  • MikM Mik

                    Great thread, in so very many ways.

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                    @Mik said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

                    Great thread, in so very many ways.

                    👍

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                      see the movie "looking for richard" 1996 with al pacino

                      a unique look at the bard. and shakespearean acting

                      the trailer..

                      Link to video

                      also some names who went on to some weird stuff, spacey, baldwin, ryder and more

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                      • bachophileB bachophile

                        see the movie "looking for richard" 1996 with al pacino

                        a unique look at the bard. and shakespearean acting

                        the trailer..

                        Link to video

                        also some names who went on to some weird stuff, spacey, baldwin, ryder and more

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                        @bachophile said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:

                        see the movie "looking for richard" 1996 with al pacino

                        I'll have to revisit that movie. Ton of fun.

                        (Pacino accent)

                        "A Hoass! A Hoass! My kingdom for a house!"

                        I still love Ian MacKellan's "Richard III." The opening sequence where the wonderful Stacy Kent sings Marlowe's poem...

                        Link to video

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          Shakespeare portrait sent to edge of space to celebrate 400 years since ‘First Folio’

                          William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career.

                          To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years after the publication of his “First Folio” on November 8, 1623, British filmmaker Jack Jewers has sent a portrait of Shakespeare along with a speech from one of his best-known works to the edge of space.

                          Around 1,000 copies of the folio, originally published as “Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies,” were printed seven years after his death. The volume of more than 900 pages included a collection of 36 plays. Without it, 18 plays, including “Macbeth,” would have been lost, according to Reuters.

                          Attached to a weather balloon, with a camera and GPS tracker, the portrait, accompanied by a speech from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” was taken to Earth’s upper atmosphere, according to a press release from inVerse Films. A team from aerospace company Sent Into Space helped with the space flight.

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                          https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/style/shakespeare-portrait-space-folio-celebration-intl-scli-scn/index.html

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