Hmm think i'll wait for some more vote to go down, easy to throw your vote away when there are so many options!
Hmm think i'll wait for some more vote to go down, easy to throw your vote away when there are so many options!
Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest. - R L Stevenson
Currently Reading: Dead Souls - Gogol
Hello Shakespeare Discusion Group,
One little question:
I've seldom read Shakespeare in the past (just a few plays in highschool and college) but am really willing to read more and this discussion group seems like a great oportunity.
My only doubt is whether or not you have to be a Shakespeare "expert" to join this group and your discussions?
I've been looking at some of the plays availvable online and i seems that as far as understanding is concerned, I'm ok. But, will being a Shakespeare "illiterate" be a problem?
Currently reading:
The Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlansky
Nothing to worry about. Almost all of us here are casual readers, Lugdunum. We'd love you to join us (and vote for Merry Wives)
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I know it won't win, but I had to go for Measure for Measure, since it is a play rather displeased with comedy and one which baffles me.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Having just travelled to Stratford to see a fab (if disturbing) production of The Taming of the Shrew I'd be fascinated to see the ensuing conversation...
I would like to remind everyone that this poll will be closed on August 31st.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Voted to balance the polls, as The Merry Wives of Windsor is perhaps the weakest work by Shakespeare, and I really wish to read something else (if someone wants their Falstaff fix, they should read the Henry IV plays).
Humm....don't know what to vote for now. I will read MWOW and let you know if I like it, Scher. I always wanted to read it but have not gotten to it either, Virgil. I like Falstaff very much in Henry IV, but not sure what I will think of him in this MWOW - it is a comedy, right? I have read many of the plays on the list, so if I don't vote for that one, maybe another one will catch my fancy. One of my favorite plays actually is "Richard III" - now there is a true thriller! But if you are looking for comedy, instead, I will think on that awhile.
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I just can't make up my mind................
With Scher's passionate persistence I might just vote for Merry Wives..Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Nothing to worry about. Almost all of us here are casual readers, Lugdunum. We'd love you to join us (and vote for Merry Wives
But on another note, I remember reading Measure for Measure a few years back and faintly recall being entertained by it..hmm..Let's see..
Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!
the whole boatload of sensitive!
— Allen Ginsberg, Howl II.
How about if I add my passionate persitence for Merry Wives also?With Scher's passionate persistence I might just vote for Merry Wives..
But on another note, I remember reading Measure for Measure a few years back and faintly recall being entertained by it..hmm..Let's see..
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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There is something eternally funny about this sentence!How about if I add my passionate persitence for Merry Wives also?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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There is something eternally funny about this sentence!
You are right!! Isn't that what Falstaff does in the play?
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Merry Wives and Mechant of Venice are now tie.....if someone wants to throw a kitkat my way I could be persuaded..
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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