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Dec 6th, 2007, 01:43 PM
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Just did a look, and the only Shakespeare I see running (major productions) during March (ends the 29th) is Much Ado About Nothing with the wonderful Zoe Wanamaker and Simon Russell Beale at the National. I'd do that over the Globe productions ANY DAY!
Not Shakespeare, but I'd really be looking at tickets for then for Importance of Being Earnest with the wonderful Penelope Keith through March and April.
Not Shakespeare, but I'd really be looking at tickets for then for Importance of Being Earnest with the wonderful Penelope Keith through March and April.
Dec 6th, 2007, 01:51 PM
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"that said yeh a lad who went to such a school could have learnt all those classical references without going to Oxbridge, etc. i guess - after all we here have the perfect example in flanneur"
What are you rabbitting on about now?
1. Shakespeare went to school. De Vere didn't. Didn't go to a school. Didn't go to a university. Just got some other toffs to tell him a few stories. The lunacy about the Oxford theory is that <b> practically the only thing we know for certain about Shakespeare's youth is that he got a better education than the Earl of Oxford </b>. So all this crap about "how could he know all the references to Plutarch or Livy?" is just doolally.
2. What on earth makes you think I didn't get my degree at a civilised university? You surely don't imagine I went slumming at Harvard or somewhere unspeakable on the Continent?
What are you rabbitting on about now?
1. Shakespeare went to school. De Vere didn't. Didn't go to a school. Didn't go to a university. Just got some other toffs to tell him a few stories. The lunacy about the Oxford theory is that <b> practically the only thing we know for certain about Shakespeare's youth is that he got a better education than the Earl of Oxford </b>. So all this crap about "how could he know all the references to Plutarch or Livy?" is just doolally.
2. What on earth makes you think I didn't get my degree at a civilised university? You surely don't imagine I went slumming at Harvard or somewhere unspeakable on the Continent?
Dec 6th, 2007, 02:01 PM
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laustic, here is a Covent Garden flat I've had bookmarked for a while. It is a two bedroom. Is that what you're looking for?
http://www.londonchoice.com/property...p?property=244
http://www.londonchoice.com/property...p?property=244
Dec 6th, 2007, 02:05 PM
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Patrick -- That looks really great, but it's a bit over my ideal budget -- was hoping for a cap of about 1000 pounds. I found a good prospect on VRBO, but I'm anxious about using VRBO as I've never used it for an international property. I'm going to wait to hear back from Lisa and then make a decision...Looks like no matter what I'm going to have to go a bit out of my comfort zone (flying into Heathrow/different flat and neighborhood) for this trip. Thanks so much for all of your help!
Dec 6th, 2007, 06:31 PM
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The only alternate author theory I find interesting is that (at least some of) the plays and sonnets were the work of Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke.
It doesn't matter whether another man wrote them, but it sheds a different light if they came from a female hand.
It doesn't matter whether another man wrote them, but it sheds a different light if they came from a female hand.
Dec 7th, 2007, 07:01 AM
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Jury seems out about the Q and i agree it's not important as the plays are great works.
Who Actually Wrote Shakespeare?Since Shakespeare's four centuries' ago, hypotheses put forward are that: Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare, Edward de Vere (Earl of Oxford) wrote Shakespeare ...
www.onlineshakespeare.com/whowrote.htm
Who Wrote Shakespeare
However, perhaps the strongest argument for each of them is not so much that they have evidence that, for example, Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s works, ...
http://www.urbana.k12.oh.us/699/oh/a...ntroversy.html
Shakespeare Authorship
This page is dedicated to the proposition that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare. Anti-Oxfordian arguments from a traditional point of view.
shakespeareauthorship.com/
How We Know That Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare: The Historical Facts
A strong, tight web of evidence shows that a real person named William Shakespeare wrote the poems and plays attributed to him; that a real person named ...
shakespeareauthorship.com/howdowe.html
flanneur if you're saying you went to Harvard that explains your eruditeness - an American education.
Who Actually Wrote Shakespeare?Since Shakespeare's four centuries' ago, hypotheses put forward are that: Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare, Edward de Vere (Earl of Oxford) wrote Shakespeare ...
www.onlineshakespeare.com/whowrote.htm
Who Wrote Shakespeare
However, perhaps the strongest argument for each of them is not so much that they have evidence that, for example, Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s works, ...
http://www.urbana.k12.oh.us/699/oh/a...ntroversy.html
Shakespeare Authorship
This page is dedicated to the proposition that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare. Anti-Oxfordian arguments from a traditional point of view.
shakespeareauthorship.com/
How We Know That Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare: The Historical Facts
A strong, tight web of evidence shows that a real person named William Shakespeare wrote the poems and plays attributed to him; that a real person named ...
shakespeareauthorship.com/howdowe.html
flanneur if you're saying you went to Harvard that explains your eruditeness - an American education.
Dec 7th, 2007, 09:35 AM
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Obviously i did not go to Harvard ("Harvard of the midwest" though as some like to call it)
going to Harvard explains, perhaps, flanneur's erudition
and perhaps also his rude-ition as claimed by some.
going to Harvard explains, perhaps, flanneur's erudition
and perhaps also his rude-ition as claimed by some.
Dec 7th, 2007, 09:47 AM
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I'm most certainly NOT saying I went to Harvard, and thought I made that pretty clear. On principle, I wouldn't - and won't - have anything to do with a university that practises the system of legacy admissions.
In Britain we believe in meritocracy.
In Britain we believe in meritocracy.
Dec 7th, 2007, 12:01 PM
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Getting back to the original post, it looks as though the Globe has for sale one of its productions on DVD, and a general overview which includes performance extracts. I don't know if they have them for all DVD zones, but they'd be mad not to. So you could see a performance without having to get cold or wet.
And as for Who Wrote Shakespeare, I recommend Jasper fforde's "The Eyre Affair", in which a cosy evening in is likely to be interrupted by a visit from Marlovians or Baconians evangelising door-to-door.
And as for Who Wrote Shakespeare, I recommend Jasper fforde's "The Eyre Affair", in which a cosy evening in is likely to be interrupted by a visit from Marlovians or Baconians evangelising door-to-door.
Dec 8th, 2007, 10:53 AM
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flanneruk, backing up a bit, I applaud and agree with your position on legacy college admissions. Embroiled in the scramble for college admissions as my daughter now is, I hope she doesn't get into my alma mater (coincidentally The Harvard of the Midwest) even though it's her first choice and is right here in town. Entitlement annoys me. Plus it's crazy expensive there.
Now, a meritocratic monarchy: there's a concept. The top job would go to the best looking, smartest and most poised figurehead of each generation.
laustic, go to the Globe for a perfomance next time. It really is fun, they do a great job, and you get to cross the Millenium Bridge.
Now, a meritocratic monarchy: there's a concept. The top job would go to the best looking, smartest and most poised figurehead of each generation.
laustic, go to the Globe for a perfomance next time. It really is fun, they do a great job, and you get to cross the Millenium Bridge.
Dec 8th, 2007, 12:40 PM
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Back to the OP's question: we went to the globe on a cold wintry day, and it was wonderful. The guide for the tour of the theater was an actor/tech who was part of the building and planning experience and quoted passages from the plays with complete ease.
