tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.comments2010-08-10T22:33:48.003-05:00Bardolatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667812074450748657noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-68861580959914427352009-01-30T18:05:00.000-06:002009-01-30T18:05:00.000-06:00Thanks, I'd definitely like to read some of those. I've actually been doing some Shakespeare-related things lately (the horror! I have a blog about Shakespeare and I'm actually READING SHAKESPEARE), so yeah.Bardolatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667812074450748657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-60363552580861506722008-12-29T03:14:00.000-06:002008-12-29T03:14:00.000-06:00ooo I tend to disagree about how the plays are better uncut. as much as I loved branagh's hamlet the first time I saw it... they didn't invent the "take a shot every time kenny pulls something extremely self-indulgent" game for nothing. (wait, maybe I invented that...)<BR/>some of those histories need help. And, arguably, since the folio was compiled by his buddies after he died, Shakespeare himself probably put on much different plays - maybe shorter ones? Groundlings wouldn't stand for too long I don't think. (although actually a lot of the "filler" is actually re-capping for his rather inattentive audience members.)<BR/><BR/>-gAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-66062546859259661582008-12-29T03:02:00.000-06:002008-12-29T03:02:00.000-06:00One thing moving does: makes you realize how many friggin' shakespeare books you have. I wouldn't be able to name them all if I tried. Come browse my bookshelves some time, cuz I haven't read any of these cover to cover, I mostly use them for essays and workshops.<BR/><BR/>-GraceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-48093389776233638652008-10-26T12:48:00.000-05:002008-10-26T12:48:00.000-05:00Comedy of Errors at least is descriptive... but As You Like It? What's that supposed to mean, anyway? It's like all those twentieth-century novelists who came up with such descriptive titles as "The Sun Also Rises", "The Grapes of Wrath", and "The Catcher in the Rye"...<BR/><BR/>(I do like those books, and the titles, but they aren't nice, simple descriptive titles like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" or "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark". you know what you are getting into in those books.)Bardolatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667812074450748657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-83447304535265452312008-10-26T12:43:00.000-05:002008-10-26T12:43:00.000-05:00I'm not done, I've just... suspended my campaign. Temporarily. I'll be back, I swear.<BR/><BR/>Grace, I've read that one, it was rather fantastic. definitely please tell me any suggestions you have, I'm always on the lookout for more Shakespeare-related reading.Bardolatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667812074450748657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-2337806856133873632008-10-25T18:08:00.000-05:002008-10-25T18:08:00.000-05:00if they're not named after the main character(s), he probably threw a dart at a wall of words. (I mean who REALLY never gets Alls Well that Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, etc all confused?)<BR/>Anywhoo, I love the histories and I'm glad you're reading them. I like them the best cuz there's no clear happy ending or sad ending. You mostly get to decide who to root for or sympathize with. =D keep posting!<BR/><BR/>-GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-77375610502023435402008-10-21T00:15:00.000-05:002008-10-21T00:15:00.000-05:00i wish I was home schooled. <BR/><BR/>you should create a book list. I'll help you. This one should be at the top: Will and Me, How Shakespeare Took Over my Life, by Dominic Dromgoole. (or actually, don't, cuz if too many people know about it I won't be able to give it as the coolest gift ever.)<BR/><BR/>-graceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-75992471676280529732008-09-06T18:23:00.000-05:002008-09-06T18:23:00.000-05:00Hey Bardolator are ya done or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-14537921601283371632008-07-07T14:22:00.000-05:002008-07-07T14:22:00.000-05:00If you find any other books about shakespeare and you would recommend it to someone post it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-53277403639046722482008-07-06T06:50:00.000-05:002008-07-06T06:50:00.000-05:00I must admit that I either have not read or do not remember many of these plays. :-/<BR/><BR/>I voted, nonetheless. The results are interesting so far.lmrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-5424533843655297622008-07-04T11:07:00.000-05:002008-07-04T11:07:00.000-05:00I found an article--"The Politics of French Language in Shakespeare's History Plays" by by David Steinsaltz:<BR/><BR/>"[U]nlike Thomas Middleton who passed off a kind of pidgin English as Dutch for comic effect in <I>No Wit, No Help Like a Woman’s</I>, Shakespeare did write essentially correct French, relying on its familiarity to much of his audience." (Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 - Volume 42, Number 2, Spring 2002, pp. 317).<BR/><BR/>So... it seems as though much of the audience would know French. I still need to read the entire article, though. :-)lmrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-82163468324824874282008-06-28T15:54:00.000-05:002008-06-28T15:54:00.000-05:00For the titles... well, the tragedies and histories are named after their main characters. The comedies are a bit more varied, and I must say I've never really read any speculation as to why Shakespeare chose them. So my uneducated response is that he thought they sounded cool. :-DBardolatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667812074450748657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-8660137804213864722008-06-28T15:52:00.000-05:002008-06-28T15:52:00.000-05:00Nope, Julius Caesar is a tragedy, as well as are the other Roman plays. The only plays considered to be "history" plays are the plays concerning English history: King John, Richard II, the Henry IVs, Henry V, the Henry VIs, Richard III, and Henry VIII.Bardolatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667812074450748657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-43320546033587668472008-06-20T09:32:00.000-05:002008-06-20T09:32:00.000-05:00I mean Julius Ceasar~Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-42936103644378746092008-06-20T09:29:00.000-05:002008-06-20T09:29:00.000-05:00Isn't Julius ceasar a history?~Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-10543662277239297572008-06-13T11:18:00.000-05:002008-06-13T11:18:00.000-05:00I've got another amazing question for you o great bardolator.<BR/>where do YOU think Shakespeare got the inspiration for the titles of the plays?~Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-33116335809822402632008-06-10T21:50:00.000-05:002008-06-10T21:50:00.000-05:00craig, it looks like I'll have the opportunity to watch the first part of the BBC Shakespeare production soon, so I'm looking forward to that.<BR/><BR/>~z, that's a good question. Shakespeare stole a good deal of his ideas, actually, but that's not really a point against him. I've heard a lot of modern writers say that it's not getting the idea that's the hard part, it's what one does with them. Shakespeare was a great craftsman and more in tune with the human condition than any other writer I've ever encountered. That, I think, was his gift, rather than particularly original ideas.Bardolatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667812074450748657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-21001265107458046302008-06-05T11:20:00.000-05:002008-06-05T11:20:00.000-05:00HA HA <-(that's supposed to be a laugh.)~Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-87723981764912346042008-06-05T11:13:00.000-05:002008-06-05T11:13:00.000-05:00I've got a question for you o great bardolator. Where do you think Shakespeare got all the inspiration to write all those plays?~Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-63801722175191602812008-06-05T11:04:00.000-05:002008-06-05T11:04:00.000-05:00that is alot of books to read at once. How do you do it?~Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-35300010285576517102008-06-05T10:02:00.000-05:002008-06-05T10:02:00.000-05:00Will was certainly learning his craft as he worked on these plays, and living in the shadow of Chris Marlowe, whose influence on the rhetorical style is quite strong. There are moments of pure brilliance, though--the paper crown scene (3 Henry VI, Act I, Scene 4) just gives me chills, and Margaret of Anjou is one of the most remarkable characters in all of Shakespeare.<BR/><BR/>You ought to look up the old BBC Complete Shakespeare productions of the tetralogy--very "modern" in concept, I suppose, but quite good. They give you the chance to see the whole set of four plays as an organic whole.Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543729525469734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-44786874574102281652008-06-03T09:54:00.000-05:002008-06-03T09:54:00.000-05:00I agree that you shouldn't say that you will post at a certain time.~Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-86488690012982205922008-05-29T06:35:00.000-05:002008-05-29T06:35:00.000-05:00Well, now you've convinced me that I do need to read these plays after all! Looking forward to your further thoughts on them...LMRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-13668743391810783572008-05-14T15:37:00.000-05:002008-05-14T15:37:00.000-05:00I'm definitely hoping to see as many filmed adaptations as I can, and I'll probably post my reactions, as well. I've seen a few of the BBC Shakespeare adaptations, but it was a while ago, and I just vaguely remembering liking some and not liking others.<BR/><BR/>That scene with Macduff is absolutely heart-wrenching. I once played Malcolm in that scene, and... wow. Definitely depressing.Bardolatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667812074450748657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360800425884967372.post-34888432150861845022008-05-14T09:00:00.000-05:002008-05-14T09:00:00.000-05:00That father son, son father gets me every time i read it. Like Macduff's all my pretty chickens. or Constance grieving her dead boy, Arthur. The list goes on throughout the canon.<BR/><BR/>just distracted by some Hamlet, the advice to the actor's up to asking Guildy to play the pipe. Brilliant! <BR/><BR/>I think shakespeare is just as good read as seen. seen and read blur in intent sometimes anyway. <BR/><BR/>The play within a play which Hamlet constantly interrupts. I don't need actors to see that. <BR/><BR/>My own knowledge of acting actors theatre and staging slots it all in to place in mind and Hamlet is that annoying guy in the crowd who won't shut the hell up.<BR/><BR/>Then I found Constance. Sorry gone on a bit there. Happy further reading!william s.blog.iloveshakespeare.comnoreply@blogger.com