400 years of Shakespoke

[ste d' indica]

He’s no John Bishop like…..

Indeed, Bill's work is often funny.

 

[peteblue]

Indeed, Bill's work is often funny.

Brilliant….

 

[Royal]

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

They were probably funny at the time but yeah, only the tragedies still slap as far as what I've seen
Macbeth is the greatest story ever told and I won't hear otherwise

 

[Old Blue 2]

Shakespeare = Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford...

 

[kev]

Shakespeare = Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford...

lol lol lol lol

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

 

[Old Blue 2]

lol lol lol lol

Go examine all of the facts...

 

[ste d' indica]

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

They were probably funny at the time but yeah, only the tragedies still slap as far as what I've seen
Macbeth is the greatest story ever told and I won't hear otherwise

When its played well, Much Ado is still pretty funny.

 

[ste d' indica]

And Twelfth Night actually.

 

[Vintage]

I enjoyed The Mechant Of Venice in School...maybe because I was the only Everton supporter in my class and my English teacher had a soft spot for the toffees and he was an utter gent that I actually tried to enjoy learning something

 

[AsiaAsia82]

They do ‘plays in the park’ in Chester with his stuff, good Tory evening out.

 

[Royal]

They do ‘plays in the park’ in Chester with his stuff, good Tory evening out.

I went over to the wirral to watch one a few years ago, you can have a lovely Tory evening out right here in Merseyside

 

[degsy]

Like you, I had a teacher who bought the stuff to life. Before him, I could barely read the stuff. I guess its a bit like cryptic crosswords. Until you are shown how to read them, they are a mystery.

Saw King Lear, (my fave) in Stratford, and Hamlet at The Hipprodome in Bristol. Hamlet was awful, cos the lead was a very drunk (cant remember his name, bloke in Aliens who had the alien explode out of his gut), but even still, the hush that descended when he started "that" speech, was palpable.

Ah That speech...the - I've got an ache in me guts like nobodies business - speech

 

[slipstream86]

I found out that the Lion King was based on Hamlet a few years ago. Absolutely blew my mind.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Back in the day when I worked for BT in Lahndan one of the lads who worked with me played in goal for the RSC and used to get comp'd tickets which he would then sell on to me for a fiver. Enjoyed lots of great plays and saw many actors perform but mostly remember it as a great way to impress the fairer sex tbh.

 

[Paris]

I love Ms Browns Boys too

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