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Tag Archives: play
Sweat at Cleveland Play House: A Quick Review
I just want to write a quick review of the play Sweat, which I saw at the Cleveland Play House last weekend. I had been looking forward to that show ever since this season was announced, and Sweat did not … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s Game of Thrones: Cleveland Shakespeare Festival Performs Macbeth
One of the greatest points of pride in my life is that I have never seen a single episode of Game of Thrones. And I never will. (Well above my limits of violence.) But I do not need to wonder … Continue reading
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Tagged Cleveland, Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, MacBeth, play, Shakespeare, theater
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The Very Truth and Nature of Ambivalance: My Thoughts on Romeo and Juliet
On an earlier post commemorating the birthday (really the day of his baptism) of Shakespeare, I commented that “I hate Romeo and Juliet just as much as the next person.” A commenter asked me, “How you can you hate Romeo … Continue reading
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Tagged Drama, play, R&J, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, theater, Tragedy
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Is Hamlet a Failed Play?
I just read a collection of literary criticism about the character of Hamlet. By far the most intriguing piece of criticism was from TS Eliot. TS Eliot argues that Hamlet is a failed play. He argues that Shakespeare wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Hamlet, Literary Criticism, play, Shakespeare, Summer of Hamlet, theater, TS Eliot
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