As Valentine’s Day approaches, I’m getting inundated with “Shakespeare’s Most Romantic Valentine’s Love Quotations” links. I find most of them incredibly boring, because so little thought goes into them. They all say the same thing, and for the most part there’s little thought in them other than “Oh hey look, Shakespeare mentioned love, let’s use … Continue reading Blind Cupid

Reader Elena let me know that she’s running her Shakespeare Reading Challenge again for the coming year and asked me to get the word out to Shakespeare Geeks. How many of the plays you think you can read during the year? Challenge Extended! First off, the Levels: 1. Puck: Read 4 plays over the year, … Continue reading Shakespeare Reading Challenge 2011 : Sign Up Now!

Ok, best opening lines was fun, now let’s do best ending.  I don’t think I’ll stick with “ending line”, that might be a bit tricky to pull off.  Might not always work as just a single line, in other words. Here’s the rules : Must be the actual ending.  Work backwards from the definite end … Continue reading Best Ending Lines?

Sad days lately, with the death first of Gary Coleman and now Dennis Hopper.  I had no idea that Hopper was originally trained in Shakespeare, did you? The Hollywood Reporter: You trained in Shakespeare, and then went to work with James Dean in 1955’s "Rebel Without a Cause." Dennis Hopper: I thought I was the … Continue reading RIP, Easy Shakespeare Rider