"We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch
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You can visit the house where Shakespeare was born in 1564.
I visited there 427 years after his birth.You wouldn't want to live there, but the age and the history make it somewhat interesting.
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Now, if Shakespeare had actually wrote all this stuff...
“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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@Aqua-Letifer said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:
Still marvelous.
Isn't it, though?
I've been familiar with this sonnet since, well, before I married Mrs. George. However, I don't think I've ever heard it read. Her reading was beautiful, poignant (in the first half), and uplifting in the end.
@George-K said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:
@Aqua-Letifer said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:
Still marvelous.
Isn't it, though?
I've been familiar with this sonnet since, well, before I married Mrs. George. However, I don't think I've ever heard it read. Her reading was beautiful, poignant (in the first half), and uplifting in the end.
You can't recite Shakespeare as well as that without truly knowing it. Props.
Fun story:
I can count on one hand the number of times I've recited poetry out loud. But a couple of months ago I just couldn't help myself.
There was a Viking reenactment group at the Sheep & Wool festival here. (They took it pretty seriously—some of the women there practiced seiðr.) They mentioned they were looking for a scald.
For my Master's, I wrote about 47 pages worth of fornyrðislag alliterative verse because I'm a nerd like that. I had the full-page prologue memorized because I had such a bitch of a time working on it. So without pretense I laid it on him. He about shit his pants and it was pretty much the one and only time I applied my Master's directly to anything out in the world.
He gave me the group's contact info, but I never followed up. It'd be a hell of a lot of fun but I know reenactors. That kind of thing is a lifestyle commitment and there's just not enough time in a day. -
@Jolly said in "We quote Shakespeare all the time." Judi Densch:
Now, if Shakespeare had actually wrote all this stuff...
Oh, okay...
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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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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.
@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.
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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.
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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.
@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.
That is positively badass. An amazing thing she made.
I also love the presentation, and her handwriting.
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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.
That is positively badass. An amazing thing she made.
I also love the presentation, and her handwriting.
@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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@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?
@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!
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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 videoalso some names who went on to some weird stuff, spacey, baldwin, ryder and more
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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 videoalso some names who went on to some weird stuff, spacey, baldwin, ryder and more
@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...
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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.
