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4 giorni fa · In Timon of Athens, Timon tries to borrow “ fifty-five hundred talents ” from his friend Lucilius. That’s 120 tonnes of silver, Eastaway tells us.
5 giorni fa · The BBC had screened many Shakespearean adaptations before, and by 1978, the only plays which they had not shown in specifically made-for-TV adaptations were Henry VIII, Pericles, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. [7]
1 giorno fa · As the actor waits for the curtain call on closing night while the play’s heterosexual couples take the spotlight, he muses on the failure of both his production and the modern theatrical scene at large to engage with queer readings of Antonio and Sebastian’s relationship. In a very funny summary, he recounts Antonio’s actions in the play (“I exit stage right to book a hotel room ...
5 giorni fa · Johnston Forbes-Robertson. That was the name of the first owner of the red book. Forbes-Robertson was a legendary Victorian actor who played Hamlet into his sixties. The book itself was a Temple ...
1 giorno fa · Othello. "Othello and Desdemona in Venice" by Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856) Othello ( / ɒˈθɛloʊ /; full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, around 1603. The story revolves around two characters, Othello and Iago . Othello is a Moorish military commander who was serving as a ...
2 giorni fa · The film's portrayal of the titular king's relentless pursuit of truth, despite the grave implications of his findings, showcases the depth and complexity that define the characters and stories of Greek mythology.
17 ore fa · To determine which of Shakespeare’s plays are the worst, one first has to determine which plays are Shakespeare’s. I have always blithely relied upon an introductory volume I happened to purchase in my early twenties, Gareth Lloyd Evans, The Upstart Crow (1982). It lists thirty-seven plays. Not long thereafter I started collecting the Folio ...
