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ALEXANDER: They say he is a very man per se
And stands alone.
CRESSIDA: So do all men unless they are drunk, sick,
or have no legs.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 19ff (1.2.19-22) (1602)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #troilusandcressida #humancondition #machismo #manliness #masculinity #standalone
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Michael Pennington, Shakespeare and Star Wars actor, dies aged 82 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/may/11/michael-pennington-actor-dies-shakespeare-star-wars #Acting #Stage #Culture #WilliamShakespeare #StarWars #MichaelBogdanov #Film #UkNews
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The Two Noble Kinsmen at Mansfield College Garden: Reviewed https://www.allforgardening.com/1759574/the-two-noble-kinsmen-at-mansfield-college-garden-reviewed/ #garden #MansfieldCollege #Review #Theatre #TwoNobleKinsmen #WilliamShakespeare
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Day 2 of my journey around #Wales.
First we visited #StratfordUponAvon the birthplace of #WilliamShakespeare and the first stop in Wales was the #WorldHeritage #PontcysyllteAqueduct -
"All that glitters is not gold" is an #aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by #WilliamShakespeare, "All that #glisters is not gold" and, firstly, from the proverbs written by #JohnFlorio on his #SecondFruits (1591).
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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
-- William Shakespeare (All's Well That Ends Well)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamShakespeare #Life #Love
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico
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A quotation from William Shakespeare
RICHARD: Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead;
And I would have it suddenly performed.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard III, Act 4, sc. 2, l. 20ff (4.2.20-21) (1592)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamshakespeare #willshakespeare #richardiii #princesinthetower #assassination #killing #murder
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Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
Summary/Review:Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page. They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him. Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise. And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.
This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2. I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff. I mean, I know he’s rogue, but he’s not even a funny one. And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best. The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.
It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.
Rating: **1/2
I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order. Here’s my progress thus far:
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Titus Andronicus
- Richard III
- The Comedy of Errors
- Love’s Labours’ Lost
- Richard II
- Romeo and Juliet
- A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
- The Life and Death of King John
- The Merchant of Venice
- The History of Henry IV, Part 1
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Locating Shakespeare’s Blackfriars House, London.
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Ximena Rivas, actriz: “Los tiempos del individualismo nos han fragmentado como sociedad” | vía #UChileRadio
#hamlet #hamletmultitud #hamnet #juliomilostich #teatrouc #williamshakespeare #ximenarivas
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Happy Shakespeare Day!
"It’s thought that [William Shakespeare] created or introduced us to 1,700 words – from alligator right through to zany."
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Il 23 aprile è la Giornata Mondiale del #Libro e del Diritto d'Autore perché si fa risalire a quel giorno del 1616 la morte di #WilliamShakespeare e #MigueldeCervantes. In una fase storica nella quale i #film italiani neppure vengono invitati a #Cannes, mi piace ricordare quando questo, girato dai Fratelli Taviani ed ispirato al "Giulio Cesare" del drammaturgo inglese, vinceva a #Berlino. Cesare Deve Morire (2012) - Dailymotion https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9xtqmo
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It may be St George's Day today, but more importantly for me, as a girl born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, it's #Shakespearesbirthday
I painted this #map of all the plays of #Shakespeare to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his death, which was also 23 April. The man was a genius.
#painting #shakespeareSunday #williamshakespeare #englishTeacher #cartography
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RICHARD: Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams ….William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 32ff (1.1.32) (1592)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardiii #calumny #defamation #gossip #libel #malice #plan #plot #rumor #scheme #skullduggery #slander
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Our Player of the Patchwork Mathias Blackett is playing Sir Toby Belch in Arcadia Theater's production of William Shakespeare's (very commedia dell'arte inspired) "Twelfth Night" this week!
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Un'analisi per comprendere La tempesta di William Shakespeare
#WilliamShakespeare @cultura
La tempesta di William Shakespeare si apre con un evento primordiale e simbolico: una tempesta violenta che sconvolge il mar Mediterraneo e disperde uomini e destini su...
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RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
I am determinèd to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-31) (1592)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardiii #badguy #badperson #selfaffirmation #selfawareness #selfdetermination #selfdirection #selfevaluation #selfperception #selfunderstanding #villain
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The murder of Desdemona, from Orson Welles’ Othello – Gefunden – Von Wolfgang Sofsky
Die über drei Stunden dauernde Tragödie von der Intrige des Jago und der Eifersucht des Mohren hat Welles auf einen 90minütigen Film gekürzt. Er endet bekanntlich mit der Frage des Othello an die schöne Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), ob sie zur Nacht schon gebetet habe, schließlich soll die Todgeweihte nicht sterben, ohne sich mit dem Himmel ausgesöhnt zu haben. Der Tod der Desdemona (Othello V,2) wird bei Welles zu einem grandiosen Schauspiel von Licht und Schatten, Schönheit und Entschlossenheit, Liebe, Eifersucht, Angst und Tod:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5nfj6DfwCs
https://holbachinstitut.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/orson-welles-othello-2/
#Aufklärungen #Film #Medien #OrsonWelles #Othello #Schauspiel #Theater #Video #WilliamShakespeare #WolfgangSofsky #wordpress -
Film Review: HAMLET (2025): Riz Ahmed Uniquely Plays the Title Role in a New Spin on the Bard's Classic Tragic Story
#AneilKaria #ArtMalik #AvijitDutt #EbenFigueiredo #Hamlet #JoeAlwyn #KrishMisra #MichaelLesslie #MorfyddClark #MovieReview #RajivSharma #RizAhmed #SheebaChaddha #TimothySpall #Vertical #WilliamShakespeare
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QUEEN: Uncle, for God’s sake speak comfortable words.
YORK: Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts.
Comfort’s in heaven, and we are on the Earth,
Where nothing lives but crosses, cares, and grief.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 2, sc. 2, l. 82ff (2.2.82-83) (1595)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardii #pessimism #burden #cares #comfort #grief #hope #humancondition #life #misery #world
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Too pee or not to pee.
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PERICLES: Kings are Earth’s gods; in vice their law’s their will;
And if Jove stray, who dares say Jove doth ill?William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Pericles, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 108ff (1.1.108-109) (1607) [with George Wilkins]More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #pericles #accusation #king #law #monarchy #nobility #power #questioning #royalty #vice #immunity #abovethelaw
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"To beer or not to beer"
- William Shakesbeer#KätToon #Shakespeare #Beer #BadPuns #WilliamShakespeare #FanArt #Bier #SchlechteWortwitze #FanArtFriday
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IAGO: I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Othello, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 129ff (1.1.129-131) (1603)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #othello #iago #havingsex #lovemaking #sex #sexualintercourse