Litsy

Happy Shakespeare's birthday to all who celebrate! I'll be spending my evening finishing Harold Bloom's treatise on Falstaff, the second volume I'm reading in his Shakespeare's Personalities series after picking up his book on Lear late last year. Next up- Cleopatra! #Shakespeare

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GingerAntics

Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year | Allie Esiri

I REALLY didn‘t like Falstaff, so I‘m always thrown a bit when people rave about him. He just comes off as so bloody childish. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Maybe I‘m taking him - or life - too seriously, but I just don‘t like him at all.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka #falstaff #unpopularopinion #merrywivesofwindsor #henryivpart1 #henryIVpart2

Faibka Another one I haven‘t read 🤦🏻‍♀️ this book is really poking me to get on with reading the plays I‘m still missing! I‘m loving the historical tid bits! 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka I am adoring those parts, yes!!! 💙💙💙 4y

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Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare

I really can‘t wait for these two get their revenge in the #GreasyKnight. I think #Falstaff is about to get everything that‘s coming to him after this act. He‘s got Mistress Page and Mistress Ford after him, as well as Master Page.
#Shakespeare #MerryWivesofWindsor #shakespearereadalong

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GingerAntics @Mtroiano @KatieanneF @rabbitprincess @rjsthumbelina @CoffeeNBooks @Graywacke @Rachbb3 @batsy @Lcsmcat @zsuzsanna_reads @Balibee146 @Faibka @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Jess_Read_This @wordzie @ladyneverwhere @jewright 5y

CoffeeNBooks I really enjoyed this act! I can't wait to see how this all plays out... 5y

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Graywacke @CoffeeNBooks Me too. Curious 5y

GingerAntics @CoffeeNBooks @Graywacke I‘m with you both. I was so excited for Act III I had to stop myself from reading it last night. 5y

Lcsmcat @CoffeeNBooks @Graywacke Me too! It was hard not to read ahead. 5y

Rachbb3 Same here. I'm wondering what they have in store. I enjoyed the comic relief of the Dr not understanding the insults too. 😆 5y

jewright I can see classic Shakespeare humor about to start. Some fun lines—Mrs. Page— “I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste man.” And host—“throw cold water on thy choler” (the early version of take a cold shower!) 5y

GingerAntics @Rachbb3 I‘m going to have to look that up. It sounds fun. lol 5y

GingerAntics @jewright it gets funnier if you remember that “merry” is the early version of horny. lol 5y

batsy I agree, Act 2 was a lot of fun. I enjoyed how Mistress Quickly played Falstaff. 5y

GingerAntics @batsy it‘s great! Isn‘t it? 5y

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GingerAntics

Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare

This is my favourite part of Act II, and possibly my favourite reference to Falstaff ever!
#Shakespeare #MerryWivesofWindsor #shakespearereadalong #Falstaff #GreasyKnight

TheBookHippie Almost caught up 🤣🤣🤣 unplugging took a toll on my reading too 😳 5y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie sometimes you just gotta unplug, though. 5y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics yes or padded room shall be ordered 🤣🤣🤣 5y

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie exactly! Constant connection, this crazy 24 hour news cycle, is driving so many people nuts. 5y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I had 10 days off- I feel renewed for sure!!! We are seriously considering one day 24 hour period each week as a family. 5y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie that actually sounds like a good idea. It‘s easy to forget that life exists away from the internet these days. There are certainly days I miss the days before the internet was in every home. 5y

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Henry IV, Part 2 | William Shakespeare