March 10, 2009
A portrait recently came to light that experts say is the only portrait of Shakespeare painted during his lifetime, and so the only accurate depiction of how he really looked. As a friend who passed this story along observed, "Shakespeare was a babe!" I don't know if I'd go ...
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December 21, 2008
"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one/ Of sprites and goblins."...
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Michael Dirda
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"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one/Of sprites and goblins."...
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December 19, 2008
His plays may feature bawdy wenches alehouse innuendo violence mindaltering drugs and even a touch of crossdressing....
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We did this via email (her website): * When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I had absolutely no idea. I hated grownups who asked that question. * How did you find out that writing was your thing? I always loved to write. It’s one of those things that I just knew, deep...
Your Moral Leader
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Luke Ford
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November 20, 2008
There is a version of Hamlet called the bad quarto, which was the first to be printed, in 1603. It is a pirated edition, designed by an unknown bookseller to cheat Shakespeare of his royalties. To make it, the pirate hired one of the minor actors, the man who played Marcellus, to write out what he c...
On An Overgrown Path
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October 17, 2008
I don't know about anywhere else, but after a burst of unseasonable warmth last weekend (that saw me wearing t-shirt and shorts), it's been perishing cold here the last two mornings, so I thought I'd bring you an appropriate sonnet by Shakespeare: 126. Spring and Winter ii When icicles hang by the w...
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Michele
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July 10, 2008
Last weekend, I mentioned that I had bought a copy of Joseph Pearce's The Quest for Shakespeare and Poetry of Roy Campbell, which he (Pearce, that is) edited. I read The Quest over the weekend. If you are interested in the possibility (or, as it seems to me, probability) that William Shakespeare was...
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June 24, 2008
The Celtic Sage has a certain interest in etymology so here is the first of an occasional series on word origins – the next one will be on the 694 sayings of John Milton which have entered the English language – three times more than the sayings attributed to William Shakespeare! However let us ...
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June 06, 2008
A star of a beloved TV series has died in a vehicle accident shortly after shooting for the upcoming season wrapped, a network executive confirmed yesterday. But the network will not disclose the name of the star lest it upset fans....
washingtonpost.com - The TV Column (washingtonpost.com)
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