A fairly large cast congregates in the Forest of Arden. Most are forgettable, but three stand out. Touchstone, the jester, spars with ribald wit and provides much of the play’s comic feel. Jacques, the melancholic noble, is probably best remembered for his “All the world’s a stage” speech in Act ...
I've not yet read all of Shakespeare's plays, but I do not seem to care much for his plays about love, including Romeo and Juliet. So far, the only two exceptions to this have been The Taming of the Shrew and Love's Labour's Lost.The problem I have with Shakespeare's love plays is that they are alm...
20 December 2011:I've just seen a wonderful production of this play at Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney. Inventive and joyous, the cast sparkled and brought the language alive. Such a treat!
The fun of Shakespeare's comedies isn't in the plots but in the pure genius of his language. Many of his best lines have become such staples of common usage that most people aren't even aware they're quoting Shakespeare. If they DO know, you can forget about asking them which plays the lines come f...
“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?” This famous line essentially becomes the main theme of this play. Several young characters in the play are linked by this common thread, but that’s not to say that there aren’t consequences to their actions. Like Shakespeare’s other comedies mistaken ...
I watched a version of this play set in 19th century Japan recently. I don't know why it was set in 19th century Japan since all the principals remained European and they all ended up in the Forest of Arden dressed like...well, 19th century Europeans.But it did prompt me to reread the actual play, a...
Loved Rosalind, a multi-faceted character who embodies and rejects the the conventions of romantic love, well known in the Elizabethan Age, which included falling in love at first sight, emotional disturbances, sleeplessness, etc. These symptoms, though, are generally suffered by the male, since the...
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