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  1. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  2. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  3. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  4. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  5. Theater Review: Julius Caesar by Dream Role Players


    Julius Caesar

    Hannah Baker – Director
    Aza Pietropaolo – Assistant Director 

    Julius 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.

    #Drama #DreamRolePlayers #PerformingArtsReviews #Theater #TheaterReviews #Theatre #WilliamShakespeare
  6. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  7. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  8. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  9. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  10. A quotation from Shakespeare

    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

  11. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=hiUHbqKIBdM

  12. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8q2WS6ahCnY

  13. 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

  14. "A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in the tongue of him that makes it." — William Shakespeare — — — #WilliamShakespeare #quote #quotes #joke #humor #funny #listener #jokester #teller #heard