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Post by Philip Ayres on May 27, 2015 12:47:24 GMT
I know we have some Shakespeare fans in the house:  Which quote is from which play? |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 27, 2015 17:21:43 GMT
Never mind that! He also gave us the one-two-three composite insult, making use of the following words:  Martin |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 27, 2015 17:53:45 GMT
Magnificence! All of it!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 27, 2015 19:34:53 GMT
You would say that you ruttish fat-kidneyed boar pig!
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Post by The Doctor on May 27, 2015 21:03:47 GMT
Vain swag-bellied puttock!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 27, 2015 21:31:45 GMT
Errant Dizzy-eyed lout!
*brandishes sward*
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 15, 2016 22:23:52 GMT
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Post by Rich on Jan 16, 2016 14:33:40 GMT
Shakespeare's insults in badge form make an excellent prize in English lessons.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 16, 2016 16:17:07 GMT
Excellent! At one point I had a load of the words from Martin's post above as magnets on the side of a filing cabinet; the kids loved that. I used to use a sheet like that as a starter to get them to sit in a circle and insult each other.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 17, 2016 18:25:14 GMT
I have Shakespeare insult magnets on the fridge,
The fridge is not called Midge.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jan 17, 2016 19:21:01 GMT
Midge Ure?
Or not sure?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 22, 2016 11:14:59 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2016 20:13:07 GMT
Ralph will watch this.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 22, 2016 21:04:38 GMT
That's quite a list of programmes. Hmm. Best organise a school event to coincide I suppose. Where do I find the time for that...
Mind you, mid-April Year 7 will be doing Macbeth, so that might give me a start.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2016 22:02:05 GMT
I begin to feel 400 Years Since Shakespeare Died hype starting to grip me. This must be the year I get through the plays I haven't seen yet. And get to Stratford for Culture!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 4, 2016 22:04:39 GMT
Pffft. No sticker book. Not interested.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2016 22:09:06 GMT
Are you not aware of the huge avalanche of Shakespeare tat coming down the pike this year for the anniversary tie-in? I will be genuinely shocked if there is not a sticker book! A Monopoly set would be amazing.
Hmmm. Must get to The Globe again this year too. Will have to get a plague rat puppet in the tat shop this time.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 4, 2016 23:49:21 GMT
See now I'm trying to think of what Shakespeare tat I'd go for. Action figures I might. I've got a cardboard model of the Globe I've never put together. Shakespeare is usually about things to read with me.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 4, 2016 23:51:21 GMT
Oh I do have a tea towel covered in blood stains with "Out damned spot!" Written on it. That made me laugh.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2016 23:54:21 GMT
Have I recommended the David Weston books Covering McKellen and Covering Shakespeare here?
Well worth a read.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 5, 2016 9:13:37 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 5, 2016 10:52:05 GMT
I'm spending a ton of time in London in the first half of this year, plus another week in Stratford with my dad to celebrate his 75th, so booked to see a lot of Shakespeare. Saw The Winter's Tale at the Globe (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) in Feb. and seeing Pericles and The Tempest there later this month. Cymbeline in Stratford in May (along with non-Shakespeare stuff). Romeo and Juliet at the Garrick in June, with whatshername from BBC's War & Peace / Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. And then RSC is going on tour with Midsummer Night's Dream, including to Cardiff - and Glasgow for any Scots who are interested - www.rsc.org.uk/a-midsummer-nights-dream/tour-dates-and-venues . Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 5, 2016 12:25:15 GMT
Yeah, that's the Shakespeare action figure I have, but it's in the older blister packaging. I'm sure there was a Jane Austen in that line too as well as Dickens.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2016 17:41:57 GMT
Thanks to the kindness and generosity of Mr Merrifield of this parish I was able to get to the last performance of this. Really good fun. The contrast between the professional actors and the local amateurs was quite high but helped to showcase the strengths of each which made for an interesting watch. There had been some edits to the play to give the local amateurs a better shake of the stick (otherwise it could have been quite unbalanced) which titled the play in some interesting directions that were new to me. The way it is done is that local kids are the Fairy Train and the local amateurs are Bottom and the other 'rude mechanicals' with the professional RSC actors doing everyone else. I've enjoyed the live stream cinema screenings of RSC productions but great to finally see one 'in the flesh'. Well worth catching if this touring production comes near enough to you during its run. There was also some fine tat available. I regret on passing on the tea towel, darn it. Hoping to get to Stratford at some point in the summer if I can get a few ducks lined up in the right order. Having been to the Globe and now seeing an RSC production in person it is the next logical step. ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT, TITANIA. -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 3, 2016 23:10:12 GMT
I agree with all of the above. The theatre was a touch over hot though. And the lady next to us was in danger of her life and all for the sake of checking her texts during the play... uhh.
Great play though and some fine performances overall. I did find the local actors lurch a bit too much towards pantomime at times.
Next week... King Lear down in Manchester.
WHAT JEALOUS UNICRON?
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 10, 2016 22:30:49 GMT
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. King Lear. Amazing stuff. Great acting, costumes, effects and a 360 degree stage that the audience sits all the way around and above while inside a giant version of the crystal maze final stage room.
This production has erased my poor opinion of the play that I gained on first viewing with NTL live last year.
Now.. who put my servant in the stocks?! *Learage*
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 14, 2016 19:33:42 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2016 20:11:15 GMT
I must have this!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2016 9:35:59 GMT
If I can remain extremely frugal for a couple of months I should be able to swing five nights in Stratford for soaking up as much Shakespeare tat as possible. Therefore going to the RSC there is a must. I was initially slightly disappointed to see that the Bill play on the week I can go is A Midsummer Night's Dream (that I recently saw in Glasgow) but then the Rude Mechanicals are being done by a different lot of amateur actors that week so I shall see it anyway as that will make it different and I cannot possibly pass up on seeing a Bill play in Bill Town in Bill Year!
The other ones on that week are The Alchemist by Ben Johnson and Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Both are writers I have read about in regards to Bill but never seen their stuff and it's the RSC so it can't possibly be bad so booked them too. That's three evenings sorted! So I get to see the Swan Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
I've had to plump for the cheapest tickets but as song as I can hear what is going on that's fine and I am sure the atmosphere will be good. Really looking forward to all three having enjoyed a few live streams in the cinema from that building.
Naturally by day I shall have to hunt for Bill's missing skull.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2016 9:37:33 GMT
It's being streamed in cinemas too. Alas I'm away that day so will catch it on the Iplayer later. -Ralph |
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