Since I was going to see Het Toneel Speelt’s production of King Lear, I figured I might as well read it, since that brings me closer to finishing my copy of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Cutting a few corners, one could condense King Lear down to this: the elderly King Lear wants to… Read more »
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Seen Live & First Lines: Macbeth
One of the things on my list of 100 things to do before the Grim Reaper comes to claim me was seeing a play by Shakespeare. It’s addictive. While it’s no goal to see all plays, by now I have seen three: Richard III, A Midsummernight’s Dream—with a storm scene that is one of the… Read more »