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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• For those half-remembered quotes

  
  Scatter Cushions — Authority: 130
  A ukulele! An ukulele! My kingdom for an ukulele!Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?Get your own quotes: That one is a bit easy though.
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• Sonnet 97 - How like a winter hath my absence been (Shakespeare)

  
  CrisisChronicles Online Library — Authority: 147
  XCVII. How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! What old Decembers bareness everywhere! And yet this time removed was summers time, The teeming autumn, big with rich increase, Bearing the wanton burden of the prime, Like ...
  5 hours ago

• Sonnet 96 - Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness (Shakespeare)

  
  CrisisChronicles Online Library — Authority: 147
  XCVI. Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness; Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport; Both grace and faults are loved of more and less; Thou makst faults graces that to thee resort. As on the finger of a thronèd queen The basest jewel will be well esteemed, So are those errors that in thee are seen To ...
  6 hours ago

• Glenn Beck Makes Me Want to Drink

  
  Sassafras Junction — Authority: 100
  My poor mother was dragged, by my father, to a Republican enclave in The Villages (picture Village of the Damned , but with the cast from Cocoon ).  It’s a community where everyone drives  golf cart and no one under 18 is allowed to stay longer than 48 hours (or else they harvest your youthful, supple skin to ...
  6 hours ago

• Sonnet 95 - How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame (Shakespeare)

  
  CrisisChronicles Online Library — Authority: 147
  XCV. How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame Which, like a canker in the fragrant rose, Doth spot the beauty of thy budding name! O, in what sweets dost thou thy sins enclose! That tongue that tells the story of thy days, Making lascivious comments on thy sport, Cannot dispraise, but, in a kind of praise; ...
  7 hours ago

• Sonnet 94 - They that have power to hurt (by Shakespeare)

  
  CrisisChronicles Online Library — Authority: 147
  XCIV. They that have power to hurt, and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmovèd, cold, and to temptation slow, They rightly do inherit heavens graces, And husband natures riches from expense; They are the lords and owners of their faces, ...
  7 hours ago

• Sonnet 93 - So shall I live, supposing thou art true (by Shakespeare)

  
  CrisisChronicles Online Library — Authority: 147
  XCIII. So shall I live, supposing thou art true, Like a deceivèd husband; so loves face May still seem love to me, though altered new, Thy looks with me, thy heart in other place. For there can live no hatred in thine eye, Therefore in that I cannot know thy change. In manys looks, the false hearts history Is ...
  7 hours ago

• Sonnet 92 - But do thy worst to steal thyself away (by Shakespeare)

  
  CrisisChronicles Online Library — Authority: 147
  XCII. But do thy worst to steal thyself away, For term of life thou art assurèd mine, And life no longer than thy love will stay, For it depends upon that love of thine. Then need I not to fear the worst of wrongs, When in the least of them my life hath end; I see a better state to me belongs Than that which on ...
  8 hours ago

• Sonnet 91 - Some glory in their birth, some in their skill (by Shakespeare)

  
  CrisisChronicles Online Library — Authority: 147
  XCI. Some glory in their birth, some in their skill, Some in their wealth, some in their bodys force, Some in their garments though newfangled ill, Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse; And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure, Wherein it finds a joy above the rest. But these particulars are not ...
  8 hours ago

• Love’s Yellow Flame

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  Young lover’s passion leads to commitment Promises made of their eternal love, Ceremony is filled with sentiment Overseen and blessed by the One above. United through life they will make the climb A bright burning flame of lasting passion; Sure that their love will stand the test of time, Pledged while ...
  18 hours ago

• More Shakespeare. This time on the software sales pitch.

  
  Thomas Otter — Authority: 445
    No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change: Thy pyramids built up with newer might To me are nothing novel, nothing strange; They are but dressings of a former sight. Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire What thou dost foist upon us that is old; And rather make them born to our desire Than think that ...
  22 hours ago

• Sushi Lies

  
  jrocknyc — Authority: 131
  wired.com : The team of researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History ordered tuna from 31 sushi restaurants and then used genetic tests to determine the species of fishes in those dishes. More than half of those eateries misrepresented, or couldn’t clarify the type of fish they ...
  1 day ago

• The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare

  
  Jenny's Books — Authority: 521
  Here’s what you should understand before reading Comedy of Errors .  My boy Shakespeare, he’s funny.  He’s all about being funny; he’s got funny down pat.  If you don’t believe me, I can only assume that it’s because you have never seen one of Shakespeare’s plays performed by actors with any hint of ...
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• Cymbeline on Wordle

  
  SCC English — Authority: 136
  No 28 in our Shakespeare Wordles series : Cymbeline. 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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• Super Heroes Who Are Super

  
  WELCOME TO HELL ~ by Glenn Walker — Authority: 121
  A week ago I saw simply the coolest show a comic geek could hope to see live. Presented by Plays & Players this was just amazing fun. Here’s how they describe it: Super heroes brought to life before your very eyes! Word-for-word staged readings of classic comic books featuring some of Philadelphia’s finest ...
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• Envious Admiration

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  It was the jest of times, it was the first of times.  To those who knew the life of blue.  To see or not to see, but loft, what fright through wander window makes?  It is your yeast, and Julio is the son.  To kill thyself is customary; to kill others just as well.  Betray, no stay and look at what I have ...
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• Nerdworld Soundtrack: Taylor Swift

  
  Mad Minerva 2.0 — Authority: 484
  Hey, its a fun, fluffy combination of campus scenery and fictional student life, a dash of Jane Austen, a few references to Shakespeare, pretty outfits, and a catchy tune by a cute country music star (oh, to be that young! *sigh*). Whats not to like? Its perfect for a cold rainy Friday evening.
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• Robots perform in A Midsummer Nights Dream, said to outdo the cast of New Moon

  
  Engadget — Authority: 873
  Shakespeares plays have a long, long history of being modded to fit the times. Weve seen Macbeths do the running man, and Cordelias dressed like Susie Sioux -- and weve also seen Forbidden Planet , so we know that Robby was just a tinned up Ariel. So robots in Shakespeare? Sure, weve seen that before, but what ...
  2 days ago

• Guessing Game: Name That Creepy Death Mask

  
  Flavorwire — Authority: 739
  A death mask, as the name suggests, is a wax or plaster cast made of a persons face following death. Life Magazine just posted a slideshow of 12 rather famous ones, and weve picked five of our favorites for you to ID after the jump. But dont get cocky. Thanks to slight distortions of the features caused by the weight ...
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• Police Blotter Shakespeare 2

  
  SCC English — Authority: 136
  The second of our versions of Shakespeares plots as US police reports :- Abraham Shylock (59), with an address at Ghetto Apartments, Canarregio Road, was arrested 11/18/09, appx 1800hrs, in connection with the attempted murder of prominent city merchant Mr Antonio di Venezia (53). It is alleged that witnesses heard ...
  2 days ago

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