400 years of Shakespoke

[Leylo]

Went to Alsop school in the eightees the only Shakespeare we knew was the pub in kirkdale/bootle lol lol

 

[terryefc]

So many great words from Shakespeare - I think he was the first to use the word 'Turn' in Julius Ceasar but alack and alas his words were folorn.
I would like to offer Bill some advice from Will though - you won't get a pound of flesh - so exit stage left pursued by a bear pit.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Spent a few hours this afternoon watching the world go by at

Generally love a bit of Shakespeare. It's definitely not something to be read but seen. They're plays after all, not novels. I remember an impromptu visit to see Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe a few days after our wedding a few years ago. Magic stuff.

 

[verreauxi]

"Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops."

My dad used to say this to me as a kid on most mornings, so much so that I remember and find myself saying it to my kid.

 

[Littlesue]

Too posh for me, thought Benny Hill was a better story teller

 

[kev]

I quite like most of the plays . . . but . . . well it's just that . . . I heard they were all written by Edward de Vere anyway

 

[Tommy Chong]

Verily, 'tis a most mirthful and momentous anniversary this annum, marking 400 years since the publication of the 'first folio' of the collected plays of William Shakespeare.

Now I love me some Shakespoke. I'm not a scholar or owt, but love seeing his plays performed, adapted and reimagined. I had an English teacher with a genuine passion for him and a capability to articulate the weight, humour and continued importance of Shakespeare.
He took a gang of us down to Stratford to see Henry IV at the RSC and I was hooked. I've got tickets for Cymbeline in May and As You Like It in June. Gonna try and get to the Globe for the first time as well.

What say ye then noble friends? Fans? Any favourite performances? Any thespians past or still?

Shakespeare - boss I reckon.

I like dressing like a hunchback and going:

'Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York!'

 

[Clarky cat]

I for one am grateful to William Shakespeare. If it wasn’t for him, I would not of seen the racist “Alf Garnett“ with his minuscule knob out, portraying his particular version of an insane King Lear when I was in the sixth form.

What‘s good for the goose is good for the gander.

I preferred Ben Jonson

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Big shakey fan here, a fellow of infinite jest.

 

[magicjuan]

Shifty dude. He was high on crack and totin' a machine gun.

 

[TGW89]

I love Ms Browns Boys too

Do you also like getting socks and Lynx shower gel for xmas off distant relatives?

 

[peteblue]

Spent a few hours this afternoon watching the world go by at

looks like you’ve put a bit of weight on there Bruce, have you given up the bike…

 

[peteblue]

Verily, 'tis a most mirthful and momentous anniversary this annum, marking 400 years since the publication of the 'first folio' of the collected plays of William Shakespeare.

Now I love me some Shakespoke. I'm not a scholar or owt, but love seeing his plays performed, adapted and reimagined. I had an English teacher with a genuine passion for him and a capability to articulate the weight, humour and continued importance of Shakespeare.
He took a gang of us down to Stratford to see Henry IV at the RSC and I was hooked. I've got tickets for Cymbeline in May and As You Like It in June. Gonna try and get to the Globe for the first time as well.

What say ye then noble friends? Fans? Any favourite performances? Any thespians past or still?

Shakespeare - boss I reckon.

He’s no John Bishop like…..

 

[coollino]

Do you also like getting socks and Lynx shower gel for xmas off distant relatives?

My favourite Macbeth quote

 

[malfosse]

I like a bit of Shakespeare.
However, "the comedies". Wow.