The very best of William Shakespeare

[hilts]

Infamy infamy they've all got it infamy

 

[Vic]

powerful

'Friends, Romans, countrymen'​

I'm not sure it can ever work properly without the countrymen to have their minds turned. One of the beauties of Shakespeare is its adaptability (to other cultures - there's a Globe theatre in Tokyo - and other settings like the film version of Macbeth set as drug warfare in Sheffield). Try this, beginning with Brutus.

 

[tregyblue61]

I thought the screen play he wrote for The Undiscovered Country - Star Trek VI - was quite good.

I've not read the original Klingon version mind.

 

[dickie davies]

Three to beam up Mr Scott

 

[Roy Munson]

Andrew Scott's Hamlet is incredible. Brings an intense anxiety to the character, which is equal parts captivating and disturbing.

 

[fathellensbellend]

Shakespeare didn’t write a thing, his daughter was illiterate, it was all the work of Christopher Marlowe

 

[BrianW]

Shakespeare didn’t write a thing, his daughter was illiterate, it was all the work of Christopher Marlowe

Many women at that time (and later) were illiterate. I don't think you can base much on that evidence. Female education was rarely a priority unless you were royal, noble or Sir Thomas More.

As an aside, the richest member of my family, when I was a kid, was my Great Uncle Joe. He was illiterate too. And his parents were not nobility, He might have inherited maybe £100 from his Mum. Ended with a massive house in Brooklands and more brass than he could count.

 

[RiversideBlue]

Many women at that time (and later) were illiterate. I don't think you can base much on that evidence. Female education was rarely a priority unless you were royal, noble or Sir Thomas More.

As an aside, the richest member of my family, when I was a kid, was my Great Uncle Joe. He was illiterate too. And his parents were not nobility, He might have inherited maybe £100 from his Mum. Ended with a massive house in Brooklands and more brass than he could count.

Was it those mint balls he invented?

 

[BrianW]

Was it those mint balls he invented?

Good joke, but no. It was just a mixture of hard work and not spending a right lot.

 

[fathellensbellend]

Many women at that time (and later) were illiterate. I don't think you can base much on that evidence. Female education was rarely a priority unless you were royal, noble or Sir Thomas More.

As an aside, the richest member of my family, when I was a kid, was my Great Uncle Joe. He was illiterate too. And his parents were not nobility, He might have inherited maybe £100 from his Mum. Ended with a massive house in Brooklands and more brass than he could count.

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