Shakespeare

Shakespeare, the Bard, who lived from 1564 to 1616, through the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I of England, was, arguably, the greatest European dramatist. You can find his complete works on the web, follow his life, and debate what he looked like.

Bloggers may be writing about modern performances, about the great controversy over whether Shakespeare really was the writer of "his" plays, or debate what he looked like. And the Bard now has his own personal newspaper.

He probably didn't say: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely bloggers."

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Shakespeare”

• November 28 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 551
  On November 28: 1520 Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. 1582 William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway paid a £40 bond for their marriage licence. 1628   John Bunyan , ...
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• English Teaching 5

  
  SCC English — Authority: 137
  Its worth teachers checking out David and Ben Crystals site Shakespeares Words , based on their glossary and language companion of the same name - annotations, a glossary, play circles of characters (such as this on e on As You Like It ), and a wealth of other interesting material.
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• Much Ado About Nothing on Wordle

  
  SCC English — Authority: 137
  No 32 in our Shakespeare Wordles series : Much Ado About Nothing . Wordles are created by Jonathan Feinbergs online tool here ; the more times the word appears in the text, the larger the word. In our Shakespeare Wordles , the entire text, including the name indicators of the characters before they speak, is ...
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• Guest Post: Dot

  
  A Bochur In Lubavitch — Authority: 131
  Here are some poems originally recited by Dot, from Animaniacs: Little Miss Muffet Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet And what a big tuffet she had. So if youre feeling insecure Just stand next to her And then you wont feel quite so bad. Thank you. The Shoe There was an old woman who lived in a shoe And, ...
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• Matt Wilson and John Munson emerge from the dark night as The Twilight Hours

  
  Another Form of Relief — Authority: 110
  It’s an odd journey that has led to The Twilight Hours . Long time readers will be aware of my love for late 80s / early 90s Minnesota band Trip Shakespeare . When that band dissolved, bassist John Munson went on to join Semisonic , while front man Matt Wilson seemingly wandered around in the abyss, releasing ...
  16 hours ago

• Exit, pursued by a bear

  
  The Plashing Vole: parataxis — Authority: 143
  This is my favourite stage direction in Shakespeare - perhaps the best ever because it doesnt give the producer any help at all. Its from The Winters Tale , one of Bills stranger, most dream-like and proverbial plays, written near the end of his career - packed with deeply subversive musings on justice, blood and ...
  23 hours ago

• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: KISS ME KATE

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 595
  On this day in 1953, M-G-M released KISS ME KATE. Directed by GEORGE SIDNEY and based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, this show had the distinction of cantaining some of the greatest songs COLE PORTER ever wrote (and that’s saying something).  A post-modern re-telling of SHAKESPEARE’S classic TAMING ...
  23 hours ago

• Many Eyes Visualization of King Lear

  
  SCC English — Authority: 137
  The Many Eyes website has in its stable the great Wordle tool, but also plenty of other ways of presenting and visualizing data. This includes text, and weve been experimenting by in-putting the entire text of King Lear . The one below is a Word Tree version of the play: just type in any word, and watch as all ...
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• Othello on Wordle

  
  SCC English — Authority: 137
  No 31 in our Shakespeare Wordles series : Othello . Wordles are created by Jonathan Feinbergs online tool here ; the more times the word appears in the text, the larger the word. In our Shakespeare Wordles , the entire text, including the name indicators of the characters before they speak, is included. Thus ...
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• Modern horror fiction à la ShakespeareAs from your graves rise...

  
  Considering Lily — Authority: 483
  Modern horror fiction à la Shakespeare As from your graves rise up, and walk like sprites To countenance this horror! —Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth II.iii.79-80 (via bardbot )
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• A Thanksgiving Thought From Shakespeare

  
  The Skeptical Bureaucrat — Authority: 127
  From Much Ado About Nothing (which is playing now at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia, but closes on Friday, so hurry!) I give you this bit of dialog that sums up my holiday plans: MESSENGER A lord to a lord, a man to a man; stuffed with all honourable virtues. BEATRICE It is so, indeed; ...
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• Review and Blog Tour for Shakespeare Ashes by Chris DeBrie

  
  Marta's Meanderings — Authority: 419
  Join Chris DeBrie, author of the novel, Shakespeare Ashes (Infinity, June ‘09) , as he virtually tours the blogosphere in November on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion ! Review DeBrie has written a really smart, funny book that is sure to have readers scrambling to read ...
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• Modern horror fiction à la Shakespeare

  
  Considering Lily — Authority: 483
  Modern horror fiction à la Shakespeare
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  The Frugal Chariot — Authority: 125
  Todays Shakespeare Sonnet #102 CII.My love is strengthend, though more weak in seeming;I love not less, though less the show appear:That love is merchandized whose rich esteemingThe owners tongue doth publish every where.Our love was new and then but in the springWhen I was wont to greet it with my lays,As Philomel in ...
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• Archive shedding light on Shakespeares times goes online

  
  PCA2 — Authority: 489
  Archive shedding light on Shakespeares times goes online : This is nerdy AND cool. Really.
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• Archive goes online

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Tudor documents show the pulling power of Titus Andronicus, the cost of darning and fears about the plague A unique archive on the theatre of Shakespeares times, revealing everything from the price of a ferry ticket across the Thames to the cost of a tumblers breeches, becomes available free to the world today when ...
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• Theatre Links, November 24

  
  Marissabidilla — Authority: 423
  Sarah Ruhls In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play --which I saw at its first preview at Berkeley Rep --has now opened on Broadway. Here is a round-up of the critics opinions . Going by this scale, I think my personal grade would be in the B or B-minus range... generally enjoying the play while also thinking that ...
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• The Truth Will Out, and Other Lies

  
  Gene's Blog — Authority: 476
  “The truth will out,” along with what seems a million other terms and phrases, is credited to Will Shakespeare and, as with so many other wise Bard aphorisms, is generally true.   Except when it isn’t. We’re bombarded daily with news reports, announcements, statements many of which, based on their sheer ...
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• Theater Review | The Age of Iron: A Story So Complicated It Needs Two Playwrights

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  “The Age of Iron”: From left, Elliot Villar, Steven Skybell and FinnWittrock in a retelling of the Trojan War at the Classic Stage Company.
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• Theater Review: The Bard in Rep

  
  The Arts Fuse Blog — Authority: 126
  Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, in repertory at the Gamm Theatre , Pawtucket, Rhode Island, November 25 through December 5, 2009. Shakespeares star-crossed lovers meet in the Gamm Theatre production Reviewed by Caldwell Titcomb To celebrate the start of its 25th ...
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