2014年11月11日 星期二

Who says "This above all: to thine own self be true?"
Polonius from Hamlet Act 1, Scene 3, Page3.

2014年11月4日 星期二

Name the tree in Othello
"The poor soul sat sighing by a _________ tree"

The answer for that blank is sycamore.

2014年11月1日 星期六

Shakespeare Saturday



It is Shakespeare Saturday today, so here is your first extra fact about Shakespeare:

Shakespeare have 7 siblings. Their names are Joan(1558); Margaret(1562); Gilbert(1566); Joan II(1569); Anne(1571); Richard(1574); Edmund(1580).


2014年10月21日 星期二


What Shakespearean play contains the highest proportion of prose over verse?
The play The Merry Wives of Windsor contains the highest proportion of prose over verse. 
If you really don't believe me...
Well click this LINK to see it yourself.
:)

2014年10月20日 星期一

Shakespeare Insults
My Cousin's a fool, and thou art another.

The Insults that I made myself....
Thou bawdy beetle-headed foot-licker and Thou clouted base-court death-token.

2014年10月15日 星期三

Where is the Globe?
The Globe was an Elizabethan theatre which opened in Fall of 1599 in Southwark. The Southwark is now known as the Bankside. It is one of the most famous theatres there. The others are Swan, the Rose and the Hope. The Globe was the playhouse of the Lord Chamberlain's Men which would become the king's man in 1603. Most of Shakespeare's plays are performed there including Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, and Hamlet.

2014年10月7日 星期二

Who is wearing "Cross Garters" in all of Shakespeare's plays?

Malvolio, the main character from Twelve Night wore cross garters in the play.