The very best of William Shakespeare

[AliBobbyJ]

"Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney sweepers, come to dust."

From "Cymbeline": about dying and with a joke included.

 

[trotsky]

Yep. Beat me to it. From Othello.

You sir, are wrong and I claim my pound of flesh! 'All that glisters ...' is from The Merchant of Venice. This is the only time that my 'studying' of the the play has been of any use to me at all ;-)

 

[Fred_Quimby]

You sir, are wrong and I claim my pound of flesh! 'All that glisters ...' is from The Merchant of Venice. This is the only time that my 'studying' of the the play has been of any use to me at all ;-)

I studied this for A-level my friend. I will give you chapter and verse on returning home.

 

[Paulpowersleftfoot]

Not into him.

I agree
Much ado about nothing

 

[Saddleworth2]

You sir, are wrong and I claim my pound of flesh! 'All that glisters ...' is from The Merchant of Venice. This is the only time that my 'studying' of the the play has been of any use to me at all ;-)

Is the correct answer.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I studied this for A-level my friend. I will give you chapter and verse on returning home.

hmmm. Did you pass though?

 

[Saddleworth2]

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
King John

And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe.
And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;
And thereby hangs a tale.
As You Like It

 

[trotsky]

hmmm. Did you pass though?

If Fred answered a question on Othello by quoting The Merchant, I very much doubt it.
And Fred, I'll give it a miss on 'the chapter and verse' offer. I've got a coat of Dulux* to watch dry.
* Other paints are available (but not Crown, obviously)

 

[Fred_Quimby]

If Fred answered a question on Othello by quoting The Merchant, I very much doubt it.
And Fred, I'll give it a miss on 'the chapter and verse' offer. I've got a coat of Dulux* to watch dry.
* Other paints are available (but not Crown, obviously)

I stand corrected. :(

 

[Champions again in 2012]

Shylock's ‘how like a fawning publican' soliloquy from the Merchant of Venice and Richard III open soliloquy ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent' weren’t bad. Had the pleasure of seeing Derek Jacobi as Richard III what seems a lifetime ago now.