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Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Henry IV, Part 2
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard … Continue reading
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Henry IV, Part 1
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard … Continue reading
2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: The Merchant of Venice
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard … Continue reading
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: King John
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard … Continue reading
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Tagged Harold Bloom, W.H. Auden, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare
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“Every choice I’ve ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic.” — Peter Brook
“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space, whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Ellen Terry, Glass Menagerie, Laurette Taylor, Orson Welles, William Shakespeare
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Richard II
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Richard … Continue reading
2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Midsummer … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballet Shoes, comedy, Harold Bloom, W.H. Auden, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Romeo & Juliet
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost Romeo & Juliet The play starts with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Camille Paglia, Harold Bloom, romantic drama, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, W.H. Auden, William Hazlitt, William Shakespeare
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“Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.” –Ellen Terry
“It is only in comedy that people seem to know what I am driving at!” — Ellen Terry It’s her birthday. In 1907, great English actress Ellen Terry (approaching her 50th year onstage) appeared in George Bernard Shaw’s satirical Captain … Continue reading
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Tagged Ellen Terry, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Irving, William Shakespeare
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2026 Shakespeare Reading Project: Love’s Labour’s Lost
My progress: Shakespeare Reading Project Henry VI, parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III Two Gentlemen of Verona The Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors Love’s Labour’s Lost It’s been a long time since I’ve read … Continue reading