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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent | Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea

My new audiobook. Dench is magnificent. She‘s about 90 now. And while we must suffer through another reader reading her words (a good reader), her answers have been sparkling through my 1st hour - on Lady Macbeth and on Stratford-upon-Avon. Old #shakespearereadalong peeps - you will want to check this out.

Bookwomble Barbara Flynn is another national treasure actor, though perhaps an emerald to Dame Judy's diamond 😊 4w

Graywacke @Bookwomble that‘s cool. I don‘t know anything about her. She does a good job here, and her voice is a good fit. 4w

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Lcsmcat

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent | Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea

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Reading this, hearing Judi Dench‘s voice in my head, makes me want to reread every Shakespeare play, and watch the RSC productions online. I wish I‘d had it nearby as we read them in the #shakespearereadalong days!

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3mo

Graywacke I‘m just an hour in. So amazed already. Where‘s my Macbeth? Or was that a library copy. I agree with @TheBookHippie ‘s ♥️s 4w

Lcsmcat @Graywacke She does make you want to read with the Riverside Shakespeare by your side, doesn‘t she? Glad you‘re enjoying it. 4w

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TheBookHippie

The Sonnets of William Shakespere | William Shakespeare

https://apple.news/AcoQfjO7iQWm-y01Njktd3A

#shakespearereadalong peeps

KadaGul @TheBookHippie What an interesting article! Thank you for sharing. 6mo

Hooked_on_books I think we should start a rumor that Joan actually wrote the sonnets and plays. 😬 6mo

TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books yes. I‘ve thought it before🙃🙃🙃🤣 6mo

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JennAndrew

The Comedy of Errors | William Shakespeare

I thoroughly enjoyed the #shakespearereadalong of yore, even though life got in the way and I drifted away a few plays in. I‘m taking my kids to see their first Shakespeare this year (in Stratford-upon-Avon, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, I‘m so excited, haven‘t been for years!) and feel a reignited passion! I‘ve decided to set myself a year of Shakespeare, following the old format of an act or two a week. Starting here- let‘s see how it goes!

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TheBookHippie

The Winters Tale | William Shakespeare

Rereading
Good day for it.

I‘m missing my #SHAKESPEAREREADALONG

Graywacke Was thinking that too, missing our group. Great play, this. 9mo

TheBookHippie @Graywacke Agree, on both statements . 9mo

Cuilin I loved that reading group too. Great read. 9mo

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batsy I miss the group too! Loved giving my brain a workout 😆 9mo

TheBookHippie @batsy 🤣💯 9mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin ♥️ 9mo

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batsy

Italian Backgrounds | Edith Wharton

"Still more Shakespearian is the scene of the pearl. Cleopatra, enthroned in state at the banqueting-table, lifts one hand to drop the jewel into her goblet, and in her gesture and her smile are summed up all the cruel grace of the 'false soul of Egypt'". Love it when words collide, in this case #WhartonBuddyRead & #ShakespeareReadAlong ? @Graywacke

The detail in this painting ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Banquet_of_Cleopatra_(Tiepolo)

TheBookHippie 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 9mo

batsy @TheBookHippie So gorgeous! 9mo

Graywacke I think this was my favorite line in this second part. 9mo

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batsy @Graywacke Same! 9mo

Lcsmcat That line jumped out at me too. But I think my favorite section was when she not-so-subtly pans George Elliott. Wharton is the queen of snark. 9mo

batsy @Lcsmcat Oh no, I must have missed that...zoned out when I read it, maybe 🙈 I did enjoy her snark towards George Sand! 9mo

Lcsmcat @batsy I shouldn‘t post before I‘ve had my coffee. I meant Sand. 9mo

batsy @Lcsmcat Haha, no that's a relief! I was worried I had missed out on reading the book while reading the book 😁 9mo

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erzascarletbookgasm

Shakespeare's Sonnets & Poems | William Shakespeare

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I‘ve been dipping in and out of these sonnets in leisure, (and in mood), sometimes listening to Patrick Stewart‘s recitals, other times reading the text then with the help of a reading guide. In such a concise structure with fixed pattern verses, so much emotional depth can be found, it just amazes me. I don‘t understand them all or enjoyed each of them, but the rich language, and wit of some of them are a pleasure to read and return to in future.

erzascarletbookgasm #shakespearereadalong Thanks for leading @GingerAntics sorry I‘ve been a terrible group member. 2y

Graywacke Great post, and congrats on finishing 2y

Cathythoughts Beautiful review Jessie ❤️ 2y

batsy Wonderfully put! The sonnets are a total experience. So glad we did this group read 💚 2y

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TheBookHippie

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Alexander Text (Collins Classics) | William Shakespeare

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsIgiH-E8yg&t=239s

Many of us first encountered Shakespeare‘s plays as text before experiencing them as theater. Shakespeare is textual. He‘s also typographic. In this free public lecture, Claire Bourne illuminates how typographic decision-making—from typefaces to page design—has shaped how we read and engage with Shakespeare.

COVID has me still weak and reading is eh so …Shakespeare

#shakespearereadalong peeps

TheBookHippie Claire M. L. Bourne is Assistant Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. She is author of Typographies of Performance in Early Modern England and editor of the essay collection Shakespeare/Text.
2y

julieclair Hope you are feeling better soon! 2y

TheBookHippie @julieclair I‘m past the I want to die phase at least. Now just so incredibly exhausted. 2y

julieclair Ugh. Hang in there. Sounds like it really hit you hard. 😩 2y

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Lcsmcat

Edward III: The Perfect King | Ian Mortimer

Hey #shakespearereadalong gang, what‘s a good, readable, biography of Edward III? I‘m particularly interested in his personal life, not his wars, and nothing sleep-inducingly academic. Thanks in advance. @GingerAntics @merelybookish @Graywacke

GingerAntics Hmmm… the only book I can honestly say I‘ve read that had Edward III in it that wasn‘t Shakes was Ed West. If you like your history a bit snarky, you‘ll love him, but his book isn‘t entirely about him. It‘s more about the social and political world of medieval England, but it centres itself around Edward III‘s reign in a sense. It‘s not strictly chronological, more thematic, so some people didn‘t like it for that reason, too.

England in the Age of Chivalry . . . And Awful Diseases: The Hundred Years�TM War and Black Death

Lcsmcat @GingerAntics Thanks. I may add that to my list. I decided to start with Mark Ormrod‘s biography, which seems to be about the man rather than the warrior, if you know what I mean. . I‘m only one chapter in, but it‘s very readable so far. 2y

Graywacke I have no idea. But I‘m really curious. 2y

GingerAntics @Lcsmcat I look forward to your thoughts on Ormrod‘s book. I‘ve never been sure if I want to read it or not. (edited) 2y

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Graywacke

All the Sonnets of Shakespeare | William Shakespeare

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After I finished the Sonnets, I kept reading this book, rereading the Sonnets in the odd ordering here, but at a rapid pace. I finished this week. #shakespearereadalong

This edition deconstructs the narrative under the sonnets, reordering them in what might be the order of actual composition. And adding sonnets from the plays. It's terribly destructive, but also forces us to look at each sonnet differently, which is actually really nice. 👇

Graywacke The editors do two wonderful things: For each poem they give a one-line explanation/synopsis. And then in the back they present the whole poem in plain words. This is crazy helpful. But, oddly, their notes on specific words and phrases are terribly done. Anyway, I'm glad I had this version, but very grateful I also had a different version too (with the correct ordering and with high-end notes). (edited) 2y

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