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LOVERS OF SHAKESPEARE is a group for fans of the Bard. Topics are open to just about anything Shakespeare.

Members: 83
Latest Activity: Apr 19

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Welcome to Lovers of Shakespeare

To be or not to be, that is the question;
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to — 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause.

External Links
Internet Shakespeare Editions
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Royal Shakespeare Company
Simply Shakespeare

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Comment by Rob N on April 8, 2010 at 11:59am: No problem, I grew up near Stratford, most people who live there are pretty nonplussed by his work, but it sure does bring in the tourists. Radio 4 (BBC) suckered me on the 1st April; they said a locket had been found at the house which proved he was actually French! I believed it, but it was an April Fool, D'oh!

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on April 8, 2010 at 11:49am: Great links Rob. Thanks so much for posting.

Comment by Rob N on April 8, 2010 at 11:30am: They're currently digging up the site of the large house the Bard retired to in Stratford:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7558387/Arc...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/apr/05/william-shakespeare-e...

Comment by Menuk Menmeth on April 8, 2010 at 2:32am: Thanks for the welcome!

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on April 7, 2010 at 8:28am: Welcome Menuk. That's what this group is all about, to learn from one another. Not very active group, I'm afraid, but please take the time to go through the existing posts. : )

Comment by Ian Mason on April 7, 2010 at 12:38am: Ah, Menuk. There's a whole world waiting for you. Welcome.

Comment by Menuk Menmeth on April 6, 2010 at 8:47pm: I'm not all that familiar with Shakespeare, but I'm hoping to learn more.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on December 20, 2009 at 6:51pm: For Macbeth, the Orson Wells or the Roman Polanski versions are the best. And no, I have not read Wyrd Sisters, but I will check it out when I can.

Comment by Christopher Wilton on December 19, 2009 at 9:23pm: I really want to get into Richard III and Tempest but can't seem to find the time. Though I might just watch MacBeth tonight, or should I say this morning, it's just gone 3am here in Britain.

BTW: Have you read Terry Pratchett's discworld novel "Wyrd Sisters" there's some fun Shakespeare parodies to be found in there? Plus Terry is a (fellow) member of the British Humanist Association, which for me is always a plus.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on December 19, 2009 at 7:46pm: RE: Olivier's acting. I think that is a generational thing. He was acting in a way that was expected of him at that time, I think. Just like how people sing differently in different times. I like American music of the 1920s and 30s, and the women back then always sang with nearly falsetto, quavering voices. But that was the style.