The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
I did 'Othello' at the Oregon Shakes - I was at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for two and a half years. That's… — James Avery Copy Share Image
“An Eleventh Pretender by Stewart Stafford Pardon me, thou art king Of paling November’s hedgerow, Demanding fealty from December, That crowns the… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
I spent six years touring the world playing Shakespeare, Molire, Shaw, Goldsmith... But I slowly came to realise that the people you… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
“It were for me To throw my sceptre at the injurious gods; To tell them that this world did equal theirs Till… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When I was an undergraduate I had very badly annotated editions of Shakespeare's sonnets, all of which left out the important fact… — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
Profound subject matter can be encompassed in small space - for proof, look at any sonnet by Shakespeare! — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
From Shakespeare to Robi Thakur, everyone has written stories about people and incidents around them. There is no creativity minus reality irrespective… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
In 1600, Shakespeare's London was a city of 200,000 people. At the same time, there were already over a million in Tokyo. — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
“I have always derived great comfort from William Shakespeare. After a depressing visit to the mirror or an unkind word from a… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Shakespeare in the Park is one of the greatest gifts in New York City. You just have to wait for the tickets… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father… — Felicity Kendal Copy Share Image
“[Measure for Measure] leaves me with the sense that life is all there is, so we might as well live it as… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
“Oh, William, what pitiable creatures we men are! When we go to church we make the devil angry, when we enjoy ourselves… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey?” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“He was digging in his garden--digging, too, in his own mind, laboriously turning up the substance of his thought. Death--and he drove… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“The English language [during the Elizabethan era] wasn't standardized. There were no official dictionaries. There was no cultural belief that words should… — Bayard Louis Copy Share Image
“...imagine anybody having lived forty-five or fifty years without knowing Hamlet! One might as well spend one's life in a coal mine.” — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
“You pretty much have to take the job since you hit him with the car.” — Kathy Bryson Copy Share Image
