Daily Archives: November 9, 2015

An Excerpt from David Bruce’s “William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’: A Retelling in Prose”

Posted on November 9, 2015 by davidbruceblog

For what it’s worth (possibly very little), here is my retelling in contemporary English of part of a comic scene (3.4) in Much Ado About Nothing. In this scene, Hero, a woman who is engaged to Claudio, is getting dressed … Continue reading →

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Daria Defines “Edgy”

Posted on November 9, 2015 by davidbruceblog

“As far as I can make out, edgy occurs when middlebrow, middle-aged profiteers are looking to suck the energy — not to mention the spending money — out of the ‘youth culture.’ So they come up with this fake concept of … Continue reading →

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David Bruce: Anecdotes About Death

Posted on November 9, 2015 by davidbruceblog

In November of 1778, John Henderson (1747-1785) was playing Falstaff in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1.” The previous Wednesday, a nobleman had died in a duel over a quarrel about gambling, shocking the society of Bath. Mr. Henderson spoke Falstaff’s … Continue reading →

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