Best of the Bard: Skipping and second chances

In my post today, I wanted to share a couple of other random bits that I wanted to mention but don’t necessarily deserve their own posts. I’d love to hear what you think of these! Plays you can skip: I really hesitated to list some plays that I thought readers can skip, because all of Shakespeare’s plays have a kind…

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What’s next?

findingthebard: Wow. Well, how about that, eh? 38 plays read and written about. Take a look at the Playlist (I still think that’s clever lol) to catch up. It took me longer than the year I originally planned on, but you know. I still made it! I really hope you enjoyed following along, and that you maybe found one or…

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Best of the Bard: Top 8 Scenes from Shakespeare

Time for part 2 of my Best of the Bard series: my top favorite scenes from all of Shakespeare’s work! Even after 38 plays, there are certain moments that stand out to me that took my breath away, made me squeal, broke my heart, or just in general kind of blew my mind. These are the scenes, exchanges, or moments…

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What’s next?

Wow. Well, how about that, eh? 38 plays read and written about. Take a look at the Playlist (I still think that’s clever lol) to catch up. It took me longer than the year I originally planned on, but you know. I still made it! I really hope you enjoyed following along, and that you maybe found one or two…

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The Tempest, and Shakespeare’s Epilogue

Well, we’re here. The last of Shakespeare’s 38 plays. The Tempest is one of those that has a special place in my heart. I read it for the first time on a family vacation (in the battered old copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare that had no footnotes or explanations) and liked it well enough at the time. The more…

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goodticklebrain: Getting to know Shakespeare a little better at @utahshakespeare. (at Utah Shakespeare Festival) That sounds about right to me.

Hamlet: Trying and living well

What is there to say about what could easily be considered the most famous play of all time – and one of the greatest plays of all time to boot?  Of all the Bard’s work, I think I have returned to Hamlet more than any other. This is in part because there are some really great film adaptations, and also because…

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