30 Days of Shakespeare - Day 28
Day #28: Your Favorite Joke
I confess, I have spent all day thinking about this prompt and I am coming up resolutely blank. It's not that I don't find Shakespeare funny, or witty, it's just... I don't think of him writing jokes as such. Ergo, I have decided on a Shakespeare anecdote which is a particular favourite of mine.
The company was performing Richard III, with Richard Burbage in the title role. A certain lady was deeply enamoured of his portrayal and requested by private communication that Burbage visit her in the evening, arrayed as the crippled king. Shakespeare himself intercepted the missive and decided to take action on his own. Burbage came to her apartments, as requested, only to discover that Shakespeare was already there. He was dismissed because "William the Conqueror comes before Richard III"
Day #1: Your favorite play
Day #2: Your favorite character
Day #3: Your favorite hero
Day #4: Your favorite heroine
Day #5: Your favorite villain
Day #6: Your favorite villainess
Day #7: Your favorite clown
Day #8: Your favorite comedy
Day #9: Your favorite tragedy
Day #10: Your favorite history
Day #11: Your least favorite play
Day #12: Your favorite scene
Day #13: Your favorite romantic scene
Day #14: Your favorite fight scene
Day #15: The first play you read
Day #16: The first play you saw
Day #17: Your favorite speech
Day #18: Your favorite dialogue
Day #19: Your favorite movie version of a play
Day #20: Your favorite movie adaptation of a play
Day #21: An overrated play
Day #22: An underrated play
Day #23: A role you've never played but would love to play
Day #24: An actor or actress you would love to see in a particular role
Day #25: Sooner or later, everyone has to choose: Hal or Falstaff?
Day #26: Your favorite couple
Day #27: Your favorite couplet
Day #28: Your favorite joke
Day #29: Your favorite sonnet
Day #30: Your favorite single line
I confess, I have spent all day thinking about this prompt and I am coming up resolutely blank. It's not that I don't find Shakespeare funny, or witty, it's just... I don't think of him writing jokes as such. Ergo, I have decided on a Shakespeare anecdote which is a particular favourite of mine.
The company was performing Richard III, with Richard Burbage in the title role. A certain lady was deeply enamoured of his portrayal and requested by private communication that Burbage visit her in the evening, arrayed as the crippled king. Shakespeare himself intercepted the missive and decided to take action on his own. Burbage came to her apartments, as requested, only to discover that Shakespeare was already there. He was dismissed because "William the Conqueror comes before Richard III"
Day #1: Your favorite play
Day #2: Your favorite character
Day #3: Your favorite hero
Day #4: Your favorite heroine
Day #5: Your favorite villain
Day #6: Your favorite villainess
Day #7: Your favorite clown
Day #8: Your favorite comedy
Day #9: Your favorite tragedy
Day #10: Your favorite history
Day #11: Your least favorite play
Day #12: Your favorite scene
Day #13: Your favorite romantic scene
Day #14: Your favorite fight scene
Day #15: The first play you read
Day #16: The first play you saw
Day #17: Your favorite speech
Day #18: Your favorite dialogue
Day #19: Your favorite movie version of a play
Day #20: Your favorite movie adaptation of a play
Day #21: An overrated play
Day #22: An underrated play
Day #23: A role you've never played but would love to play
Day #24: An actor or actress you would love to see in a particular role
Day #25: Sooner or later, everyone has to choose: Hal or Falstaff?
Day #26: Your favorite couple
Day #27: Your favorite couplet
Day #28: Your favorite joke
Day #29: Your favorite sonnet
Day #30: Your favorite single line