There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Here we have it. The greatest play ever written. The single most famous line Shakespeare ever wrote. The most iconic and mistaken image in the history of theatre. Nothing is more recognisable as Shakespeare than Hamlet, and nothing is … More Shakespeare Saturday: Hamlet
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. As You Like It is often considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies – if not the best. It is certainly important enough to have given name to the series of scholarly editions of his plays, The Arden Shakespeare … More Shakespeare Saturday: As you like it
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. This is one of the several Roman plays Shakespeare wrote, and although it is an independent work in all essentials, it does loosely connect to his later play Anthony and Cleopatra. Julius Caesar is the axial character in this play, but he is … More Shakespeare Saturday: Julius Caesar
Can this cockpit hold, the vasty fields of France? Henry V is the last play of the second tetralogy and the last pure history play Shakespeare wrote. Richard III had brought, chronologically, the story of the Plantagenet dynasty to an end, and Henry V was written during the final years of Elizabeth I’s reign. While … More Shakespeare Saturday: Henry V
