The second act of The Winter’s Tale begins with Continue reading “The Winter’s Tale – Act Two plot synopsis: a baby delivered and news delayed”
The second act of The Winter’s Tale begins with Continue reading “The Winter’s Tale – Act Two plot synopsis: a baby delivered and news delayed”
The authorship question for The Winter’s Tale is pretty much a slam-dunk. It’s Shakespeare, through and through.
What’s interesting (at least to me) is the sub-question of order…
It’s July and a Friday, which means a new summer blockbuster is being released. A new Spiderman. Excuse me while I yawn. To ditch the boredom, I’ve updated the Bill / Shakespeare Project YouTube channel to include a playlist for The Winter’s Tale…
The playlist includes:
Continue reading “Friday Film Focus: The Winter’s Tale YouTube update”
The Winter’s Tale begins in the court of King Leontes of Sicilia, as Camillo and Archidamus, lords from Sicilia and Bohemia, respectively, bring us–the audience–up to date. Think the two numbered gentlemen at the beginning of Cymbeline, or Kent and Gloucester in King Lear. Archidamus urges Camillo to visit Bohemia, where he’d find a “great difference” (I.i.3) from Sicilia, and Camillo says this may happen “this coming summer” (I.i.5) when the Sicilian king repays the Bohemian king for his kindness in his current visit to Sicilia.
Continue reading “The Winter’s Tale – Act One plot synopsis: twin lambs torn asunder”
The title of this entry is mostly a misnomer. We’re not talking sources in regards to The Winter’s Tale, but source. Singular. There are a few elements that seem to have been influenced by other works, but they feel more like shouts-out or intertexts rather than stolen properties.
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New month, new play! The Winter’s Tale…
Here are some images from around web:
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This week’s podcast concludes our two-month discussion of Cymbeline. We’re going to start off with a directorial concept for the play, and end with a overview-y conclusion.
Continue reading “Podcast 156: Cymbeline — a concept, cast (not really), and conclusion”
A new month, another play: The Winter’s Tale.
This is our penultimate play (though, realistically speaking, it’s not… when this is all said and [not] done, I’m going to hit up some of the “other” works…but not until I’ve done the poetry).
So. Cymbeline.
What the hell? Continue reading “Cymbeline: wrap-up”