Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[toni]

Oh you're so sweet Miss T. You would make a great little sister. Thank you.

I wanna be your sister, too, Virgil! Although now that I think about it, you could be more like my uncle..

[Virgil]

Sure Toni. You really know how to compliment a guy.

[toni]

thanks. I never thought I could say that before, you know. When I used to tremble at the sight of your name.
Now, I like to believe you are a simple guy with a passion for literature.

[luckydove]

Hey guys! It really is a comfortable place here but I "disappeared" for quite some time and I'm sorry for that.

I'm a Chinese girl. Days before I was occupied by the test of GRE and now I'm busy with the application and research as well.

I miss you and I hope I can come here more after the application.

[msdirector]

Hi All...

I'm pretty new here, but I have contributed to some of the Shakespeare's Hamlet discussion on the "Ghost" thread and so I have had the chance to "meet" Virgil and some others.

My names Arlene, I'm 59, married, and I have always been a voracious reader of just about everything. I've been a professional stage director and dramaturg in the NYC/NJ area for over 20 years, and my passions are New Play Development - I work in close collaboration with several playwrights in the development and production of their new plays and musicals - and Shakespeare. With the exception of some high school plays, I didn't get into theatre until I was 34 when I "accidently" ended up getting an Associate degree in theatre arts and started acting, stage managing and directing in community theatre as an increasingly intense hobby for over 10 years. At that point I had the good fortune to Assistant Direct and Stage Manage for a wonderful NY director who encouraged me to ge into directing professionally and eventually became my mentor and a dear friend.

I've always loved Shakespeare, but recently I've become more passionate in my study of his work, and several years ago I was thrilled to be accepted to study for an MA in "Shakespeare & Theatre" in a wonderfully innovative part-time program at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. I had my first class there last summer and am currently working on my next two classes through long-distance learning. This coming summer I will return to Stratford to take my final class and then begin work on my dissertation, which will focus on an alternative approach to the roles of Ophelia and Gertrude in Hamlet, exploring the reinterpretation of both characters as more active participants in the actions of the play than are traditionally presented, particularly in their relationships with Hamlet, Claudius and each other. Hopefully, it will include a full production of Hamlet that I will direct. This has been a dream of mine for years, but I never believed I could actually do it... Apparently being a cockeyed optimist pays off, because here I am, living my dream!

I'm happy to be here and to meet you all and, hopefully, to get the chance to contribute to some good, passionate, but friendly discussions.

[tucsongirl]

Hi Arlene! Welcome. Congratulations on your achievements! Great Job. Nice to have you here!

[toni]

I've always loved Shakespeare, but recently I've become more passionate in my study of his work, and several years ago I was thrilled to be accepted to study for an MA in "Shakespeare & Theatre" in a wonderfully innovative part-time program at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. I had my first class there last summer and am currently working on my next two classes through long-distance learning. This coming summer I will return to Stratford to take my final class and then begin work on my dissertation, which will focus on an alternative approach to the roles of Ophelia and Gertrude in Hamlet, exploring the reinterpretation of both characters as more active participants in the actions of the play than are traditionally presented, particularly in their relationships with Hamlet, Claudius and each other. Hopefully, it will include a full production of Hamlet that I will direct. This has been a dream of mine for years, but I never believed I could actually do it... Apparently being a cockeyed optimist pays off, because here I am, living my dream!

I'm happy to be here and to meet you all and, hopefully, to get the chance to contribute to some good, passionate, but friendly discussions.

Wow, a stage actress and a theatre director in my midst? I must be lucky! If you must know, I quite fancy being a theatre actress.. I plan on taking acting workshops next summer and I can't wait!

I am happy for you, ms director, your dreams are coming true. That must be the greatest feeling a human could ever feel. I have yet to feel that, though.

Oh, and btw, Welcome to Litnet!

[msdirector]

Hi Arlene! Welcome. Congratulations on your achievements! Great Job. Nice to have you here!

Thanks, Tuscongirl!

[msdirector]

Wow, a stage actress and a theatre director in my midst? I must be lucky! If you must know, I quite fancy being a theatre actress.. I plan on taking acting workshops next summer and I can't wait!

I am happy for you, ms director, your dreams are coming true. That must be the greatest feeling a human could ever feel. I have yet to feel that, though.

Oh, and btw, Welcome to Litnet!

Hi Toni! Thanks for the welcome.

I know that you don't want to hear this, but you are young yet and have lots of time to work on making your dreams come true. I'm convinced that if you want something enough you can make your dreams come true. Sometimes not in the way you originally thought you wanted them, but sometimes in ways that turn out to be much better. Remember, I didn't start working on my dream until I was much older than you. It's amazing how much your dreams change throughout your life. At 16 I wanted to be a veterinarian! In college I studied to be a medical technologist and actually got my degree in that and worked in the field for about a year. Then I was a wife and stay-at-home-Mom for years. Then I was a Tupperware Lady. Then, while I was studying theatre and doing community theatre I did silk flower design and even had my own store! It wasn't until I was past 45 that I realized how important theatre and directing was in my life and that it was really what I had been moving toward all my life.

Acting professionally is one of the most difficult careers there is. But if you have talent and are willing to work really hard, to study to learn the skills you will need and have passion, determination and perseverence, you too may have a chance to follow your dreams and to feel the joy of seeing them come true. Taking acting workshops is a great start for you. I hope you have a wonderful time with them.

[Vedrana]

Hi. Just thought I would add something to this thread.

I've posted on this website before, but I've never seen this thread.

I get the feeling I'm not going to sound as impressive as everyone else, but I'll press on. I live in Australia. I have played the piano since I was ten, and the violin for a bit less. I've done year 12 Italian, but I wouldn't boast of being a hugely fluent speaker.

I love the music of Mozart (Happy 250th Mozart!). I also like Rachmaninov, Schubert, Ravel, Saint-Saens and I would have to say I cannot live without "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

I really enjoy reading (obviously), and while I haven't read just about every book in English Classical literature, I figure I have many years yet to do that. I like the works of Jane Austen, Anne Bronte, P.G. Wodehouse (though I haven't read much of his yet), Oscar Wilde, and Henrik Ibsen. I have other favourite books, but these are just some authors I thought of. There are about a thousand other books I have not yet read (or have started but never got round to finishing), and I hope you can all offer me a few recommendations.

[miss tenderness]

Oh you're so sweet Miss T. You would make a great little sister. Thank you.

ya,I had to take this movement,Virg>>>the girl was scared so,if miss tenderness likes the guy ,then ,she may accept that the woolf guy is a nice person
see? she wants to be your sister now I make wonders

[pham le van]

I'm a vietnamese girl and am studing in France. 23, married. I have a great desire to study foreign literatures and hope to find as much interesting information on it as I can on this wonderful website.

[miss tenderness]

hi Le Van, enjoy it around pretty gal welcome to all new comers.

[OZEED]

Hi Toni! Thanks for the welcome.

I know that you don't want to hear this, but you are young yet and have lots of time to work on making your dreams come true. I'm convinced that if you want something enough you can make your dreams come true. Sometimes not in the way you originally thought you wanted them, but sometimes in ways that turn out to be much better. Remember, I didn't start working on my dream until I was much older than you. It's amazing how much your dreams change throughout your life. At 16 I wanted to be a veterinarian! In college I studied to be a medical technologist and actually got my degree in that and worked in the field for about a year. Then I was a wife and stay-at-home-Mom for years. Then I was a Tupperware Lady. Then, while I was studying theatre and doing community theatre I did silk flower design and even had my own store! It wasn't until I was past 45 that I realized how important theatre and directing was in my life and that it was really what I had been moving toward all my life.

Acting professionally is one of the most difficult careers there is. But if you have talent and are willing to work really hard, to study to learn the skills you will need and have passion, determination and perseverence, you too may have a chance to follow your dreams and to feel the joy of seeing them come true. Taking acting workshops is a great start for you. I hope you have a wonderful time with them.

Well said msdirector, I love people that make their dreams come true.
Heres to big dreams!
WELCOME ALL!!!

[Sad Guy]

Hi every friendly body in this great website
I'm a new member and I'd like to read about the American literature in depth because I'm not American . I'm Arabic and I read a lot of the arabic literature , and some of the American too . Recently I came to America to study . I've been living at the pacific ocean caost for about 6 months , specificly in Oregon State . So , that's why I want to read more and more about America . I read a little bit about how the American essence came into being , but the most important for me is to know about the literature history and who were the most famous writers in the American history .

I abologize if there is any grammar or spelling mistake

thanks Pensive for giving us this chance to introduce ourselves