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CASSIUS: You gods, it doth amaze me
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Julius Caesar, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 135ff (1.2.135–138) (1599)More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespare #williamshakespeare #juliuscaesar #cassius #acclaim #flaws #power #strength #weakness
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CASSIUS: You gods, it doth amaze me
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Julius Caesar, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 135ff (1.2.135–138) (1599)More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespare #williamshakespeare #juliuscaesar #cassius #acclaim #flaws #power #strength #weakness
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CASSIUS: You gods, it doth amaze me
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Julius Caesar, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 135ff (1.2.135–138) (1599)More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespare #williamshakespeare #juliuscaesar #cassius #acclaim #flaws #power #strength #weakness
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CASSIUS: You gods, it doth amaze me
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Julius Caesar, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 135ff (1.2.135–138) (1599)More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespare #williamshakespeare #juliuscaesar #cassius #acclaim #flaws #power #strength #weakness
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Theater Review: Julius Caesar by Dream Role Players
Julius Caesar
Hannah Baker – Director
Aza Pietropaolo – Assistant DirectorJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
July 10, 2026: Longfellow Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cast
Julius Caesar – Robin Abrahams
Brutus – Jaryn Wilcox
Cassius – Elizabeth Ross
Marc Antony – Angelo Alexander
Casca – Mary Parker
Metellus – Lisa Burdick
Cinna – Lucia A. Grunko
Decius – Crow J. Traphagen (u/s Brutus, Caesar)
Octavius/Funeral Citizen 1 – Delaney Walkes
Lucius/Artemidorus/Funeral Citizen 2 – Hayley Haggerty
Calpurnia/Lepidus/Popilius/Funeral Citizen 3 – Paula Hawthorne (u/s Cassius, Antony)
Soothsayer/Cobbler/Servant/Funeral Citizen 4 – Kris Kim (u/s Casca, Decius, Cinna, Metellus)Last night I enjoyed free Shakespeare in the park, courtesy of the Dream Role Players and an almost all-woman and nonbinary cast. The park in question is Longfellow Park, overlooked by the house of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who I would expect would love seeing Shakespeare performed in his front yard. Hannah Baker’s direction of the play takes a dark political humor approach. Shakespeare’s words are not changed but they are delivered in a humorous manner emphasizing the pettiness of political infighting and misguided notions of honor. Also, for some reason Cassius rides a Segway scooter for the entire play. I don’t know if it’s supposed to represent a chariot or just a bit of absurdism. Like many Shakespeare works, I had several moments of “oh, that’s where that phrase comes from,” perhaps more often than typical. Previously, I was only familiar with the scenes from Julius Caesar that my high school Latin teacher had us act out every year on the Ides of March.
Familiar faces in the cast include Robin Abrahams (A King and No King), Jaryn Wilcox (Mariette in Ecstasy), and Mary Parker (director of A King and No King).
Julius Caesar continues at Longfellow Park tonight and tomorrow and then July 17-19, before moving to Herter Park in Allston for two shows on July 24-25. All performances begin at 7pm.
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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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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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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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MALCOLM: Be comforted.
Let’s make us med’cines of our great revenge,
To cure this deadly grief.
MACDUFF: He has no children. All my pretty ones?
Did you say “all”? O hell-kite! All?
What, all my pretty chickens and their dam
At one fell swoop?
MALCOLM: Dispute it like a man.
MACDUFF: I shall do so,
But I must also feel it as a man.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Macbeth, Act 4, sc. 3, l. 252ff (4.3.252-261) (1606)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #macbeth #family #grief #killing #manliness #masculinity #mourning #murder #revenge #vengeance
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HELENA: Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity.
Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind;
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Nor hath Love’s mind of any judgment taste.
Wings, and no eyes, figure unheedy haste.
And therefore is Love said to be a child
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1, sc. 1, ll. 238ff (1.1.238-245) (1605)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #midsummernightsdream #blindness #enchantment #fallinginlove #love #loveatfirstsight #passion #perspective #badjudgment #poorjudgment #romance
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"Cherish" is a song by American singer #Madonna from her fourth studio album, #LikeAPrayer (1989). It was written and produced by Madonna and #PatrickLeonard, and was released by #SireRecords as the album's third single on August 1, 1989. "Cherish" was built around the themes of love and relationships, with #WilliamShakespeare's #RomeoAndJuliet being one of the major inspirations. The track also included a line from "Cherish" by the 1960s band #theAssociation.
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"Cherish" is a song by American singer #Madonna from her fourth studio album, #LikeAPrayer (1989). It was written and produced by Madonna and #PatrickLeonard, and was released by #SireRecords as the album's third single on August 1, 1989. "Cherish" was built around the themes of love and relationships, with #WilliamShakespeare's #RomeoAndJuliet being one of the major inspirations. The track also included a line from "Cherish" by the 1960s band #theAssociation.
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It's the anniversary of Shakespeare's death & @unesco World Book and Copyright Day. We hope you have the pleasure of reading something interesting today!
Here's a view of the reading rooms of SUB Göttingen, with the #Shakespeare shelves on the right#WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2025 #WilliamShakespeare #DOTD #LibraryLove
