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William Blogspere .13 - Henry 6, Part 3
4/1/07 HENRY 6, PART 3 You know, if Shakespeare loved the name "Henry" so much, why didn't he just marry it? Seriously, how many blogs is this now which START with "Henry"? And it's not over!...
Posted by TL on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:55:00 PST
William Blogspere .12 - Henry 6, Part 2
3/24/07 HENRY 6, PART 2 Okay, how dedicated am I to this blog project?! It's 10:45pm, and I'm on the road from Orlando to St. Augustine typing this on my Palm! Alright, at the end of ...
Posted by TL on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:20:00 PST
William Blogspere .11 - Henry 6, Part 1
3/18/07 HENRY 6, PART 1 So, these plays (the three parts of Henry 6) rarely, rarely see the lights of the stage in their original form. With some regularity, intrepid modern playwrights co...
Posted by TL on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:21:00 PST
William Blogspere .10 - Henry 5
3/11/07 HENRY 5 Thanks to Kenneth Branagh, more contemporary folks know this history play than almost any other in the Shakespeare canon. His incredible 1989 film version of the play intro...
Posted by TL on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:29:00 PST
Sunshine on my shoulders
Okay, I love LOVE LOVE biking to work.Granted, it's only a couple of miles each way, but there's just nothing like stepping on those pedals and pushing off, knowing that the only way I'm getting from ...
Posted by TL on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:06:00 PST
William Blospere .9 - Henry 4, Part 2
3/4/07 HENRY 4, PART 2 Okay, Shakespeare's a great playwright. I'd go so far as to say "the greatest." But here's one thing he really could use some work on: cliffhangers. I mean, c'mon; Grey's ...
Posted by TL on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:43:00 PST
Song memory
So, I'm at my desk, working.And I've got a crapload of songs on my music player in the background...seriously, like 36 hours worth. Random play. All sorts. Eva Cassidy. Josh Groban. The Decemberists. ...
Posted by TL on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:06:00 PST
William Blogspere .8 - Henry 4, Part 1
2/25/07 HENRY 4, PART 1 So, a history play? Does it get any more boring than that?! Not hardly. This play is the one where Shakespeare unveils (unleashes?) his most comic masterpiece: Sir John F...
Posted by TL on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:48:00 PST
Time marches on
So, I get a letter in the mail today.A friend of mine is retiring from a job he's done for 17 years now, and, after a lifetime working in theatre, he's moving to the next phase of his life. Scott's a ...
Posted by TL on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:49:00 PST
William Blogspere .7 - Hamlet
2/18/07 HAMLET Unabashedly, I state that I love this play. I love it for all the clichéd reasons: the somber prince, the "is he crazy?" debate, the spectacle, the language, everything. But I love ...
Posted by TL on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:10:00 PST