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dragonzfaerieThe Mary Baldwin College Mlitt in Shakespeare produces a biannual news letter called the Folio. In it there is a list of ten things which make a person a Shakespeare geek. After reading them and realizing I fit the bill in most cases, I thought I'd share some of my own.
You know you are obsessed with Shakespeare when...
You see an actor on television and your first thought is that person would be great for a particular shakespearean role.
Currently, I'm thinking that the amazing Paul Gross would make an awesome Posthumous (from Cymbeline). The only problem is that he's already too old for the part, though I contend that he could still pull it off even at his age.
For those not familiar with the character, Posthumous marries Imogen the daughter of Cymbeline. He is banished for it and while in exile praise the virtue, beauty and chastity of his love when a man, Iachimo, challenges that he in fact could seduce her. Iachimo fails but convinces Posthumous that he has in fact succeeded, throwing Posthumous into a jealous rage during which time he orders imogen be killed. This does not happen but for much of the rest of the pay he believes it has.
For those not familiar with Paul Gross, he is a wonderful Canadian actor, director, writer, producer and singer who is currently in an ABC show called Eastwick (which is still up in the air for me.) In the past three weeks, I have tried to get my hands on as much of his stuff as possible and found that he would make a GREAT Posthumous. He just needs to figure that out. Oh well.
You know you are obsessed with Shakespeare when...
You see an actor on television and your first thought is that person would be great for a particular shakespearean role.
Currently, I'm thinking that the amazing Paul Gross would make an awesome Posthumous (from Cymbeline). The only problem is that he's already too old for the part, though I contend that he could still pull it off even at his age.
For those not familiar with the character, Posthumous marries Imogen the daughter of Cymbeline. He is banished for it and while in exile praise the virtue, beauty and chastity of his love when a man, Iachimo, challenges that he in fact could seduce her. Iachimo fails but convinces Posthumous that he has in fact succeeded, throwing Posthumous into a jealous rage during which time he orders imogen be killed. This does not happen but for much of the rest of the pay he believes it has.
For those not familiar with Paul Gross, he is a wonderful Canadian actor, director, writer, producer and singer who is currently in an ABC show called Eastwick (which is still up in the air for me.) In the past three weeks, I have tried to get my hands on as much of his stuff as possible and found that he would make a GREAT Posthumous. He just needs to figure that out. Oh well.
