Here's a list of the plays attributed to WIlliam Shakespeare. There's no significance to the order of the list, it's alphabetical, nor is there any significance to the bold face type it's only to differentiate between the titles (every other play is in bold face):
All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Cardenio The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Edward III Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Love’s Labour’s Lost Love’s Labour’s Won Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo and Juliet Sir Thomas Moore
The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Noble Kinsmen The Winter’s Tale
All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Cardenio The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Edward III Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Love’s Labour’s Lost Love’s Labour’s Won Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo and Juliet Sir Thomas Moore
The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Noble Kinsmen The Winter’s Tale
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Along with how many people know Shakespeare's (okay, or as well as how many people know somebody's) work, it's wold how many phrases we use every day that come from his plays!
Come full circle (King Lear) * Eating me out of house and home (Henry IV, Part 2)
Elbow Room (King John) * All’s well that ends well (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Give the devil his due (Henry IV, Part 1) * Wear my heart on my sleeve (Othello)
Love is blind (The Merchant of Venice) * Neither here nor there (Othello)
Something in the wind (The Comedy of Errors) * The be-all and end-all (Macbeth)
The naked truth (Love’s Labour’s Lost) * The green eyed monster ( Othello)
Wild goose chase (Romeo and Juliet) * Cruel to be kind (Hamlet)
A sorry Sight (Macbeth) * Fancy Free (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Brave new world (The Tempest) * More sinned against than sinning (King Lear)
Set your teeth on edge (Heny the IV) * Break the ice (The Taming of the Shrew)
Too much of a good thing (Twelfth Night) * A fool’s paradise (Romeo and Juliet)
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There have been countless screen adaptations of Shakespeare plays and here's the list!
There have been countless screen adaptations of Shakespeare plays and here's the list!
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Early in this episode Blondie mentioned the 18 plays that were unpublished at Shakespeare's death. We were a little fuzzy on what became of them, so let's clear it up now... Those 18 plays were first published in The First Folio in 1623.
It's wild to think that some of his best known plays were included in this group and we never would have even heard of them if not for this publication.
Early in this episode Blondie mentioned the 18 plays that were unpublished at Shakespeare's death. We were a little fuzzy on what became of them, so let's clear it up now... Those 18 plays were first published in The First Folio in 1623.
It's wild to think that some of his best known plays were included in this group and we never would have even heard of them if not for this publication.
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As I mentioned during the episode, my favorite of Shakespeare's sonnets is Sonnet 142: Love Is My Sin, And Thy Dear Virtue Hate,
and here it is...
Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate,
Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving:
O! but with mine compare thou thine own state,
And thou shalt find it merits not reproving;
Or, if it do, not from those lips of thine,
That have profaned their scarlet ornaments
And sealed false bonds of love as oft as mine,
Robbed others’ beds’ revenues of their rents.
Be it lawful I love thee, as thou lov’st those
Whom thine eyes woo as mine importune thee:
Root pity in thy heart, that, when it grows,
Thy pity may deserve to pitied be.
If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide,
By self-example mayst thou be denied!
The modern translation is basically;
Loving you is my sin, and your best virtue is hatred: hatred of my sin, based on your own illicit loving. But oh, compare your own position with mine and you will find that I don’t deserve to be reprimanded, or if I do, not from your lips, that have given as many sinful kisses and made as many false promises as mine have. We have both cheated in our marriages. If it’s fair for me to love you as much as you love those you lust after, while I lust after you, allow pity to be rooted in your heart so that when it grows you’ll also deserve to be pitied. If you expect to carry on with your illicit affairs and be pitied at the same time, you may be denied because of the example you are setting.
As I mentioned during the episode, my favorite of Shakespeare's sonnets is Sonnet 142: Love Is My Sin, And Thy Dear Virtue Hate,
and here it is...
Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate,
Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving:
O! but with mine compare thou thine own state,
And thou shalt find it merits not reproving;
Or, if it do, not from those lips of thine,
That have profaned their scarlet ornaments
And sealed false bonds of love as oft as mine,
Robbed others’ beds’ revenues of their rents.
Be it lawful I love thee, as thou lov’st those
Whom thine eyes woo as mine importune thee:
Root pity in thy heart, that, when it grows,
Thy pity may deserve to pitied be.
If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide,
By self-example mayst thou be denied!
The modern translation is basically;
Loving you is my sin, and your best virtue is hatred: hatred of my sin, based on your own illicit loving. But oh, compare your own position with mine and you will find that I don’t deserve to be reprimanded, or if I do, not from your lips, that have given as many sinful kisses and made as many false promises as mine have. We have both cheated in our marriages. If it’s fair for me to love you as much as you love those you lust after, while I lust after you, allow pity to be rooted in your heart so that when it grows you’ll also deserve to be pitied. If you expect to carry on with your illicit affairs and be pitied at the same time, you may be denied because of the example you are setting.
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At some point during this episode we were talking about the plays and Blondie wondered about whether they were all hand printed. I was pretty sure they weren't and wanted to talk about the early printing presses and what I struggled to remember was the Gutenberg press.
Johannes Gutenberg was working on his printing press as early as 1436, and printing had spread to about 275 cities in Europe by the end of the 15th century. As early as 1480, there were printers active in 120 different places in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Bohemia and Poland.
From that time on, it is assumed that "the printed book was in universal use in Europe, so certainly by Shakespeare's time his plays were no longer being printed by hand.
At some point during this episode we were talking about the plays and Blondie wondered about whether they were all hand printed. I was pretty sure they weren't and wanted to talk about the early printing presses and what I struggled to remember was the Gutenberg press.
Johannes Gutenberg was working on his printing press as early as 1436, and printing had spread to about 275 cities in Europe by the end of the 15th century. As early as 1480, there were printers active in 120 different places in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Bohemia and Poland.
From that time on, it is assumed that "the printed book was in universal use in Europe, so certainly by Shakespeare's time his plays were no longer being printed by hand.
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As part the The Captain's Knot for this episode I mentioned what I thought was a really great book on this topic. It's by a guy named James Shapiro and it's called Contested Will and if you click the underlined author and book title you'll get to it on Amazon, which I see now is free on Kindle Unlimited. Bonus!
As part the The Captain's Knot for this episode I mentioned what I thought was a really great book on this topic. It's by a guy named James Shapiro and it's called Contested Will and if you click the underlined author and book title you'll get to it on Amazon, which I see now is free on Kindle Unlimited. Bonus!