For comprehensive coverage of the festival, check out Weekend on Jan. 6, catch a free performance of "Twelfth Night" on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage at 6 p.m. Dan Zak The Shakespeare in Washington festival ( ) boasts 100 productions from 60 arts organizations. YOU:Shakespeare came up with "fount," too. YOU:You know that Shakespeare coined the word "amazement," as well as 500 others, according to the Oxford English Dictionary? The list includes "radiance," "lackluster," "madcap," "fathomless". The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious, if it were so it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answered it. The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones, so let it be with Caesar. But, to my amazement, "The Comedy of Errors" is the shortest at 1,787 lines. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears, I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. "Hamlet," of course, is his longest play at 4,042 lines. Maybe you're a descendant of Shakespeare's sister, Joan. Two of his three children had children, but they all died without children. YOU:Legitimate descent from Shakespeare is impossible. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. In fact, I love him so much I think I could be his great-great-great-great-great grandson. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar’s, to him I say that Brutus’ love to Caesar was no less than his. TITUS:Ah, yes, that's why I love Shakespeare. 1 Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears and listen to this PowerPoint presentation on William Shakespeares Julius Caesar Grade 10 Elizabeth. He appreciated its wild, free and uncivilized thinking. (Brutus, Act 3 Scene 2) Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. But, as a nature lover, he meant it as a compliment. (Antony, Act 3 Scene 1) Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. YOU:Thoreau once compared "Hamlet" to a fungus. TITUS:I performed Hamlet in a regional production last year. What better way to neutralize Titus's posturing than with some blistering bits of trivia you can use throughout the festival and year-round: Let's call him "Titus." He'll want to strike up a conversation just to demonstrate the depth of his knowledge. This entry was posted in Me, Theatre on 28 April 2006 by Andrew.You may find yourself in line with a real know-it-all when the Shakespeare in Washington festival kicks off Jan. In case that doesn’t ding your dong: the cast is very talented and I’m assistant directing (which generally involves trying to sneak as many cheap gags past the proper director as possible). Missing virgins, confused potions, cunning disguises, mistakes, fakes, rhymes, crimes… Comedy ensues, generally. There’s a frankly ridiculous plot: the slave, Pseudolus who wants his freedom the lovers, Hero and Philia, who want each other the great general, Miles Gloriosus, who wants Philia too Domina, Hero’s mother, who likes the look of Miles Senex, Hero’s father, who is generally trying to escape from Domina. Features a script by M*A*S*H writer Larry Gelbart (and Bert Shevlove, who didn’t write for M*A*S*H but evidently was still very funny), and some surprisingly catchy songs by the generally-dissonant Stephen Sondheim.Īnd, well missus, you don’t get many of them to the pound. It’s wall-to-wall with high-camp and low comedy. Friends, Romans, countrymen Exordium, lend me your ears Synecdoche I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Think of it as a proto-Carry-on-Up-Pompeii… It literally was the prototype for Up Pompeii, and starred Frankie Howerd in the London stage version. It’s spectacularly funny and you should buy a ticket this instant. A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum opens on Tuesday 13 June at The Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |