The brief introduction mounts a crisp critique of Shakespeare scholarship on Julius Caesar insofar as it sees the play as unhistorical, as presenting Elizabethan gentlemen in Roman costume, because the author, a busy and not so well-read actor, would not be familiar with the facts that, for ...
Nesti, Robert
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William never published any of his plays. We read his plays today only because his fellow actors John Hemminges and Henry Condell, posthumously recorded his work as a dedication to their fellow actor in 1623, publishing 36 of William’s plays. This collection known asThe First Foliois the so...
William Shakespeare was a renowned English playwright, poet, and actor who lived during the 16th and 17th centuries. Considered to be the greatest writer in the English language, he wrote more than 30 plays and over 150 sonnets, which are studied and celebrated to this day. ...
Much love to Catherine, Mom, Dad, Isla, and Cameron. (He/Him) Director, Mucedorus Dave is a New York-based actor, filmmaker, and writer. He is deeply grateful to have spent these weeks working on this wild play with this excellent company! Dave has appeared on stage in NYC at ...
of the Shakespeare plays I’ve read in my life (and that includesMacbethandHamlet, both of which are Halloween-worthy with their gore, ghosts, and witches). But I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially with the companion of Julie Taymor’sTitus(1999), which stars Anthony Hopkins and Jessica ...
By 1592 he was an established actor and playwright in London though his "career path" afterward (fugitive? butcher? soldier? actor?) is highly debated. When plague closed the London theatres for two years he apparently toured; he also wrote two long poems, "Venus and Adonis" and "The ...
— William Shakespeare Spoken by character Longaville in play, Love's Labour's Lost, Act 1, Scene 1, Line 26. In Louis Klopsch, Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896), 110. Science quotes on: | Bankrupt (4) | Fat (11) | Gluttony (6) | Lean (7) | Rib (6) | Wit (61) ...
Actor Harriet Gordon-Anderson is insufficiently charismatic as the lead, but displays clear dedication to her craft. What she offers as the Danish prince is not always convincing, due in part to her slight stature, although there is no questioning her conviction and focus for the role. The ...