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Original Pronunciation Post…

Anyways Original Pronunciation has entered my world en masse this last week. If you are curious about OP then start by pressing here: which leads you to Paul Meier’s excellent free e-book. […]

A plain reading of the sonnets

Let’s call this a PLAIN reading of the Sonnets. Intent is a fickle mistress. What we intended and what we have done is here for your appraisal and approval. Or diss! Kan ook! […]

The 10 MUSE Sonnets

You can find the Muse in these sonnets. Note they are all capitalised. Also note how the tone of voice progresses. […]

Sonnets in Leiden

So take a quarter Scottish, Irish, Dutch and German cameraman add a trans-atlantic Brit and a city called Leiden. Follow a suggestion to film some sonnets special-like. […]

Sonnets Trailer Passion in Practice

So Passion in Practice will have a new life in May. For anyone interested the fb group page has all the information. True to actorly form we have no idea what that month will bring in the form of employment. […]

Sonnet 117 Passion in Practice

Well here speaks Yours Truly, who decided on this sonnet 5 mins before filming some RED HD footage to remember the Passion in Practice process week by: […]

Sonnet 71 Shakespeare’s Grave…

Embedding for Shakespeare. We feel like a press correspondent covering a war. Which the authorship question undoubtedly is. As much as we don’t want to choose sides, we know where we lie. Just as Shakespeare does in his grave. […]

3 Mills, Grumman & Paterson…

…Passion in Pieces: a Shakesperger sufferer’s review of the last week.

To get to 3 Mills in East London, (where the Thames tidal waters have ebbed and flowed for centuries) from Primrose Hill in North London, (a hilly vantage point overseeing London City), is a pleasant commute at 8am whether in weekday crush or weekend […]

The Dark Younger Man…

A dozen years ago I directed the one-act ‘The Dark Lady of the Sonnets’ by G. B. Shaw for the Leiden English Speaking Theatre at the Festival of English Theatre Societies (FEATS) Trophy for Best Overall play. Prince Laurents of Belgium handed me the trophy.

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Recommended reading from Dartmouth…

…here are the Shakespearean sonnets one should cover according to the Ivy League: 18 Shall i compare thee to a summer’s day? 29 When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes 55 Not marble, nor the gilded monuments 71 No longer mourn for me when i am dead 73 That time of year thou mayst […]