Methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more!
Macbeth does murder sleep”—the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life’s feast.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
He has his good and bad. Love The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and pulling the occasional quote to remind the English majors in the office that they aren’t the only ones that know about him. Honestly, haven’t read any since high school, though I’ve attended and performed in a few through the years. I got to be the bear in a horrible performance of The Winter’s Tale when a buddy was directing.
@f00l Literary historians will someday note that your comment marks the moment when the Meh forums diverged suddenly from somber tragedy to nutty farce.
Is it weird that I have not heard that Friend Romans quote in literally years but before I checked out Meh today I got an email from a coworker (to a group of us) that started with the quote (down to including play, act and scene). Since “there are no coincidences,” what does this mean?
/8ball am I about to die like a shakesphere character? Signs point to yes
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
http://shakespeare-online.com/biography/wordsinvented.html
I love seeing performances of the comedies.
@craigthom I prefer the tragedies. They’re much funnier.
@f00l Oh oh oh! I know this one. “A rose by any other name / would also be pretty neat.”
I truly appreciate his work and the influence it has had, but in terms of actually consuming it, it’s not for me.
Shakespeare in the Park is the best. Free performances under the stars with friends
Best thing ever was seeing Shakespeare in Klingon.
@CaptAmehrican
Shakespeare, rattle sword.
First, lets kill all the lawyers…
Had a great professor for Shakespeare course in college. Made all the difference in the world.
He has his good and bad. Love The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and pulling the occasional quote to remind the English majors in the office that they aren’t the only ones that know about him. Honestly, haven’t read any since high school, though I’ve attended and performed in a few through the years. I got to be the bear in a horrible performance of The Winter’s Tale when a buddy was directing.
@simplersimon
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExitPursuedByABear
@f00l Literary historians will someday note that your comment marks the moment when the Meh forums diverged suddenly from somber tragedy to nutty farce.
@UncleVinny
I’m honored.
Does West Side Story count?
@cranky1950
Better music and modern dance, worse language.
: )
@cranky1950 What light through yonder tenement window breaks?
@cranky1950
@PocketBrain
O Tony, Tony! wherefore art thou Tony?
Deny thy Jets and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Shark.
What’s in a name?
@PocketBrain
That which we call a trash
By any other name would smell as foul;
I dunno Shakespeare without closeups of Olivia Hussey’s bazooms always seemed to lack a certain verve.
@cranky1950
So you appreciate the lavish set decoration or special effects?
@f00l definitely the special special effects.
@f00l
@cranky1950
@f00l NOW THAT’S SHAKESPEARE!
Billy Shakespeare was the Oliver Stone of his time.
@jmendenhall
Perhaps he was a bit better with words.
@jmendenhall Is it nobler in the mind to suffer the magic bullets of outrageous fortune …
Is it weird that I have not heard that Friend Romans quote in literally years but before I checked out Meh today I got an email from a coworker (to a group of us) that started with the quote (down to including play, act and scene). Since “there are no coincidences,” what does this mean?
Signs point to yes
/8ball am I about to die like a shakesphere character?
Dang!!!
Woot! Still here! Magic eight ball fail!
/giphy ball lose
I wish I understood the language. It needs to be translated
@smilingjack I remember that you could buy books with a side by side of modern English. Here’s an online version.
http://m.sparknotes.com/nfs/
@f00l Guess you had to be there.