I admit it. I find Shakespeare to be uncomfortably enigmatic.
That doesn't mean I don't enjoy the occasional Shakespearean play. A Midsummer Night's Dream is probably my favorite farce. I like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew - although I never really believed Katherina needed to be tamed - and oddly enough, The Merchant of Venice. Despite the fact that Shylock is made a fool in the end, I've always found him to be a sympathetic character. I was fortunate enough to play Portia at summer camp once upon a time and thrilled to deliver her speech about the quality of mercy...is not strain'd...it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.
To this day, I remember the entire passage.
I recently visited my parents and they handed me a magazine article about the real William Shakespeare - you see, they live in a community that is best known for its world-class Shakespearean theater.
The article begins by asking the following question: What did Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens, Henry and William James, Mark Twain, Orson Welles and Walt Whitman have in common? Answer: Not one of them believed that William Shakespeare wrote 38 histories, comedies and tragedies as well as 154 sonnets.
Even more fascinating than that question is John Hundson's theory regarding Shakespeare's true identity.
John Hundson is a graduate of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham, England. He believes the real Shakespeare to have been a young, female, Italian Conversa, Amelia Bassano, whose musician father was brought to the English court by Henry VIII. Amelia was educated and fostered in the home of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk. While there, she caught the eye of Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdson, son of Mary Boleyn and cousin to Elizabeth the First. She became his mistress, a relationship that lasted for a decade. After she became pregnant with his son, she was sent from Court and married off to one of her cousins.
Amelia Bassano was a well-educated, literate woman. She was known in her own lifetime as a writer.
Here's a link to the online article - I think this subject is absolutely fascinating!
http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1584
Oops! Almost forgot! Visit me anytime at my place: http://juliarachelbarrett.net
You are always welcome!
That doesn't mean I don't enjoy the occasional Shakespearean play. A Midsummer Night's Dream is probably my favorite farce. I like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew - although I never really believed Katherina needed to be tamed - and oddly enough, The Merchant of Venice. Despite the fact that Shylock is made a fool in the end, I've always found him to be a sympathetic character. I was fortunate enough to play Portia at summer camp once upon a time and thrilled to deliver her speech about the quality of mercy...is not strain'd...it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.
To this day, I remember the entire passage.
I recently visited my parents and they handed me a magazine article about the real William Shakespeare - you see, they live in a community that is best known for its world-class Shakespearean theater.
The article begins by asking the following question: What did Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens, Henry and William James, Mark Twain, Orson Welles and Walt Whitman have in common? Answer: Not one of them believed that William Shakespeare wrote 38 histories, comedies and tragedies as well as 154 sonnets.
Even more fascinating than that question is John Hundson's theory regarding Shakespeare's true identity.
John Hundson is a graduate of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham, England. He believes the real Shakespeare to have been a young, female, Italian Conversa, Amelia Bassano, whose musician father was brought to the English court by Henry VIII. Amelia was educated and fostered in the home of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk. While there, she caught the eye of Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdson, son of Mary Boleyn and cousin to Elizabeth the First. She became his mistress, a relationship that lasted for a decade. After she became pregnant with his son, she was sent from Court and married off to one of her cousins.
Amelia Bassano was a well-educated, literate woman. She was known in her own lifetime as a writer.
Here's a link to the online article - I think this subject is absolutely fascinating!
http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1584
Oops! Almost forgot! Visit me anytime at my place: http://juliarachelbarrett.net
You are always welcome!
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