Final Drafts of William Shakespeare’s Manuscripts Found – Entertainment – Avant News:
It’s a joke, folks :). But I liked it. Particularly Sonnet 116 as a limerick.
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Most of the posts in this category are simply leftovers from a previous era before the site had categories. Over time I plan to reduce that number to zero and remove this category. Until then, here they are. I had to put something in the box.
Hamlet, interpreted by Chickens
Savage Chickens: Alas, Poor Yorick! Cartoon
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Cancer theory on bard’s death ‘nonsense’
Cancer theory on bard’s death ‘nonsense’, says Stanley Wells, chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford.
“The idea that you could diagnose somebody’s mortal illness on what could be a speck of paint is ridiculous.”
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Prince Charles’ version of “To be…”
Not sure what I make of Prince Charles’ version of “To be…”, but it certainly goes under the heading of “Shakespeare Stuff” and I’d never seen it before. Apparently he was attempting to make a point about how flat and boring modern cliches are. Honestly, though, isn’t all speech flat and boring when compared to Shakespeare? Especially when you compare it against the most famous thing he ever wrote?
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One hankie to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them
This blog post deserves a link for making the connection between the handkerchief in Othello, and the One True Ring from Lord of the Rings. After all, don’t people start to act really strangely (and darkly) when they come into possession of the hankie? Emilia even claims that Desdemona “reserves it evermore about her to kiss and talk to.” I can’t recall her calling it “my precious”, though, but still!
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