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@Sassy Colombian A little known fact on Shakespeare , for Sofia , is that he used to travel around England presenting his plays and it is believed that for about a month he stayed "next door" to me - well about 1/2 mile away but we are one of the nearest houses - at Rufford Old Hall and performed a play in the Great Hall which is absolutely perfectly preserved ( no massive restoration needed ) until this day and can be freely visited.

There's also the tale of the ghost of the Old Grey Lady ( no not my mum ) in the village but that's for another day.
 
Morning Peeps and especially the birthday girl @Gwladysover .

Well , since I did my extensive watering and subsequent rain dance it hasn't stopped and today is no exception!

Ahead of the great gravel spread Mrs J has swopped her day at the Rescue shop and has buzzed off early to do her good deeds leaving me in charge of Rosie ( and Tintin - but he looks after himself ).

Got to take mum to Drs later for a check up so this morning I will catch up on some table tennis admin. At last weeks Club AGM I managed to divest myself of the secretaries job and although I am still league chair person ( so PC aren't we!) it's one less headache so today I will do the handover.

Have a lovely day everyone . Think we might get a new player today ? Nah you're right.
 
Morning all, thank you so much for the birthday wishes. I mentioned before my dilemma regarding attending a funeral today, I have decided to go so will be saying a final goodbye to a lovely lady this morning. Had a family party yesterday so that leaves the afternoon free for a bit of pillaging, Fred. lol Yes I am seventy thanks for reminding me, your turn will come.;) Have a lovely day all.?
 
jazzy said:
Like Gwladys I studied Shakespeare at A level.
The language used at that time can be distracting and difficult to understand/ follow. So we used to rewrite large passages into modern English. The underlying message of what Shakespeare was setting out became a bit clearer but the lyricism and beauty of the language was lost.
See if you can download ( probably on YouTube) a soliloquy of Richard Burton quoting Shakespeare. Have you daughter ( and friends) listen to it with their eyes closed.
Don't bother about them understanding the words , just the flow of the language . It is very powerful and eventually you will get to understand the meaning of the words and then the incredible underlying message.
In the same way as Mozart and Beethoven , Shakespeare was a genius and arguably Britain greatest human.
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Controversial opinion here. Not a fan of Shakespeare at all. I do like Macbeth but that's about it. I find it all incredibly tedious and the jokes aren't funny - even allowing for 400 or so years of evolution of humour. I saw an outdoor production of Twelfth Night set in Durham Castle and was bored sh*tless. We had to read a Shakespeare play every year as part of our English syllabus. The one I did for O Level was Merchant of Venice.
I'm also a bit of a fan of the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe actually wrote Shakespeare. Marlowe was better educated, had knowledge of military life, court matters and legal protocol, could speak several languages - all of these things appear in many Shakespeare plays. Marlow had also travelled extensively. Shakespeare never left England. I love a good conspiracy theory!
 
anjelikaferrett said:
Controversial opinion here. Not a fan of Shakespeare at all. I do like Macbeth but that's about it. I find it all incredibly tedious and the jokes aren't funny - even allowing for 400 or so years of evolution of humour. I saw an outdoor production of Twelfth Night set in Durham Castle and was bored sh*tless. We had to read a Shakespeare play every year as part of our English syllabus. The one I did for O Level was Merchant of Venice.
I'm also a bit of a fan of the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe actually wrote Shakespeare. Marlowe was better educated, had knowledge of military life, court matters and legal protocol, could speak several languages - all of these things appear in many Shakespeare plays. Marlow had also travelled extensively. Shakespeare never left England. I love a good conspiracy theory!
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Oh Anj how could you?

Merchant of Venice is my favourite Shakespeare play.

And to cast doubt on the Bard's brilliance - shame on you.
 
anjelikaferrett said:
Controversial opinion here. Not a fan of Shakespeare at all. I do like Macbeth but that's about it. I find it all incredibly tedious and the jokes aren't funny - even allowing for 400 or so years of evolution of humour. I saw an outdoor production of Twelfth Night set in Durham Castle and was bored sh*tless. We had to read a Shakespeare play every year as part of our English syllabus. The one I did for O Level was Merchant of Venice.
I'm also a bit of a fan of the conspiracy theory that Christopher Marlowe actually wrote Shakespeare. Marlowe was better educated, had knowledge of military life, court matters and legal protocol, could speak several languages - all of these things appear in many Shakespeare plays. Marlow had also travelled extensively. Shakespeare never left England. I love a good conspiracy theory!
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So really what you're saying Anj is that you're not a fan of Christopher Marlow ?
 
Gwladysover said:
Morning all, thank you so much for the birthday wishes. I mentioned before my dilemma regarding attending a funeral today, I have decided to go so will be saying a final goodbye to a lovely lady this morning. Had a family party yesterday so that leaves the afternoon free for a bit of pillaging, Fred. lol Yes I am seventy thanks for reminding me, your turn will come.;) Have a lovely day all.?
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Pics of the pillaging, or we won't believe you.?
 

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