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Old 29-11-2009, 12:19 PM
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Some say that Shakespeare's sister wrote the plays.
But, conspiracy theories abound.
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Old 29-11-2009, 12:45 PM
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Written by Queen Elizabeth with help from Shakespeare (he wrote the title.)
A farewell to Lord Blackadder who was setting sail for the Cape of Good Hope.

EDMUND
When the night is dark
And the dogs go bark
When the clouds are black
And the ducks go quack
When the sky is blue
And the cows go moo
Think of lovely Queeny
She'll be thinking of you.


"Blackadder 2" episode 3 "Potato".

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Old 29-11-2009, 12:50 PM
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Old 29-11-2009, 03:47 PM
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You're not in lone company.

Also there has always been doubt whether William Shakespeare was a real person.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakesp...rship_question

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Phew well thats comforting to know (jen sits next to Steven) I thought i was going to be canned for this one haha
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Old 29-11-2009, 03:51 PM
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Too many to choose from but I would have to say my favourite is "Merchant of Venice".
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Old 29-11-2009, 05:34 PM
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Developed a taste for the Bard's plays when I was in year 11 and 12 ,
liked Chaucer's and Dunn's stuff too. The language took a bit of getting used to (in the old english) ....

Fav play .... that's a toughy .... probably "the Scottish one" or the one about Danish prince who's uncle knocked off his brother to marry his sister in law and become king is a good one too..

ABC1 shows old b/w movie versions of the Shakespear plays in the wee hours on a regular basis .
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Old 29-11-2009, 05:48 PM
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Humm a toughie....but given my distain for our legal system I rather always liked Henry VI....

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - (Act IV, Scene II).

The smartest thing any ruler has ever said!!!
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Old 29-11-2009, 05:54 PM
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My favs would be Henry V, Macbeth, Hamlet & Much Ado About Nothing.
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Old 29-11-2009, 06:06 PM
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I remember going to a Melbourne University Shakepearean play when I was a teenager. I can't remember which play it was but my lasting memory was one of the "actors" seemed to do nothing but spit at the audience. Being near the front made it an unpleasant experience and almost led me to jump onto the stage.....

Anyway it put me off Shakespeare for life.

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Merchant of Venice.. only because we studied it in year 11
in high school..AND.. much later in life I did visit a dentist
by the name of Shylock (almost that name ) anyway .. who I swear every time I left his surgery He didith take a pound of flesh nearith the heart ...from the bank account at least.
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Humm a toughie....but given my distain for our legal system I rather always liked Henry VI....

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - (Act IV, Scene II).
The smartest thing any ruler has ever said!!!
But they still haven't put it into practice. (With apologies to a few friends who are solicitors, barristers, and a judge.)
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Old 29-11-2009, 07:10 PM
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Hank t' IV,
The bit were 'ee urges his troops to give the fr****** a d**n good kicking - and they do! They took the switch out of the closet and thrashed 'em sensless!
Rooo-oool Britannnya!
Engerland, Engerland, Engerlaaaaand!

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Old 29-11-2009, 07:31 PM
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Ah, Billy Wobble Dagger.
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Old 29-11-2009, 08:04 PM
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"You can't appreciate Shakespeare until you've read him in the original Klingon." -- General Chang (Star Trek VI)

http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/shakespeare/star.trek.html
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friends, romans and countrymen.... undoubtedly, it has to be Julius Caeser
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Old 30-11-2009, 11:22 AM
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Haven't read any since college but Macbeth is always one of the classics.

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Old 30-11-2009, 07:41 PM
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Difficult to select a favourite but I've always had a liking for the monologue from As You Like It
that begins-

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
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