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“We look back at Shakespeare and regret our absence from him because it seems an absence from reality.”
Conclusion to The Play’s The Thing Part Two By Dennis Abrams ———————————- Honestly, I can’t believe it’s over. For two and half years, We’ve been reading and talking and thinking about Shakespeare. And to help bring this to a close, … Continue reading
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“Who besides Shakespeare can continue to inform an authentic idea of the human?”
Conclusion to The Play’s the Thing Part One By Dennis Abrams It’s hard to believe it’s been two and half years since we started our journey through Shakespeare’s plays. For me, it’s been incredibly educational, fulfilling, inspiring, and downright fun. … Continue reading
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“I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.”
Othello Act One By Dennis Abrams ———————————– MAJOR CHARACTERS Othello, a black soldier, the “Moor” of Venice Desdemona, Othello’s new wife Michael Cassio, Othello’s lieutenant Bianca, a courtesan in love with Cassio Iago, Othello’s ensign (a lower-ranking officer) Emilia, Iago’s … Continue reading
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“Our natures do pursue,/Like rats that ravin down their proper bane,/A thirsty evil, and when we drink we die.”
Measure for Measure Act One, Part One By Dennis Abrams ———————————— MAJOR CHARACTERS Duke Vincentio of Vienna Angelo, the Duke’s deputy Escalus, an old councilor Claudio, a young gentleman Juliet, Claudio’s betrothed Isabella, Claudio’s sister, a novice in a nunnery … Continue reading
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“Beware the ides of March.”
Julius Caesar Act One By Dennis Abrams ———————- Major Characters Julius Caesar (later a Ghost) Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife The conspirators against Caesar: Marcus Brutus, Caius Cassius, Casca, Trebonius, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, Cinna and Caius Ligarius Portia, Brutus’s wife Lucius, … Continue reading
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“Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crowned king/Of France and England, did this king succeed;/Whose state so many had the managing/That they lost France and made his England bleed.”
Henry V Act Five By Dennis Abrams ————————— Act Five: At a peace conference in France, the two sides negotiate terms – one of which is a marriage between Henry and Catherine. Henry privately courts and woos here and she … Continue reading
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“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;/For he to-day that sheds his blood with me/Shall be my brother…”
Henry V Act Four By Dennis Abrams —————————- Act Four: The night before battle, Henry visits his demoralized troops in disguise. One soldier, named Williams, is challenged by the King for doubting the value of their mission. In the morning, … Continue reading
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“So a’ cried out ‘God, God, God!’ three or four times. Now I, to comfort him, bid him a’ should not think of God; I hoped there was no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet.”
Henry V Act Two By Dennis Abrams ———————————- Act Two: As the country prepared for war, Bardolph, Nim and Pistol play to enlist, but end up brawling. They are interrupted by a summons to Falstaff, who, broken by Henry’s rejection … Continue reading
“No one in the play understands Falstaff fully, any more than Hamlet was understood by the persons around him. They are both men of genius.”
Henry IV Part Two Act Five, Part Three By Dennis Abrams ————————- I’ve decided to give the last word on Act Five and the Rejection of Falstaff to one of my favorite critics of Shakespeare. A.C. Bradley, who gave this … Continue reading
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The Play's The Thing 