On Merchant of Venice 5.1.273-9 --
Antonio, you are welcome;
And I have better news in store for you
Than you expect. Unseal this letter soon;
There you shall find three of your argosies
Are richly come to harbor suddenly.
You shall not know by what strange accident
I chanced on this letter.
And the note, from Arthur Quiller-Couch and John Dover ( Read more... )

So I am watching that Playing Shakespeare ep where John Barton talks with Patrick Stewart and David Suchet about playing Shylock (it's class prep).

OMG, the voice Stewart uses for Shylock is even plummier than his normal voice. (He says in the video he played Shylock as the sort of foreigner who speaks the language better than the natives, whereas ( Read more... )

Went to see The Merchant of Venice this afternoon with dakiwiboid and her family/friends, who were all quite lovely. I had a very nice time -- didn't make it along for Chinese food afterwards, as I wanted to get some studying done (and I actually did manage to make some inroads into Paradise Lost. This is my fifth time through it; can you imagine?) but maybe ( Read more... )