I've done a lot of Shakespeare onstage, and I'm not convinced that the Earl of Oxford was the author of all those… — Rhys Ifans Copy Share Image
I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
Shakespeare might have met Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in the white streets of London, or seen the serving-men of rival houses bite their… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously -… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare , rise; I will not lodge thee by… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
“For example, nowadays Shakespeare is identified with all that is lofty and high brown about culture. However, on May 10, 1849, what… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“Miss Rasputin, what a delight to finally meet you,” said the vamp, speaking with only the faintest hint of an accent. “Let’s… — Eve Langlais Copy Share Image
Even if you aren't a believer, there are incredible stories in the 'good book' that I guarantee you will keep you glued… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Suppose, for instance, that men were only represented in literature as the lovers of women, and were never the friends of men,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“The time approaches That will with due decision make us know What we shall say we have and what we owe. Thoughts… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I am rather partial to Shakespeare, though I haven't done loads. But when it's done right, there's nothing like it. There are… — Sophie Okonedo Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Into the breach, then. Against mobs of middle-aged moms and frightening harridans we shall prevail.” She nodded sharply, raising an invisible sword.… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
I come from the world of theater, and I know Noel Coward's writing well. He has such a specific voice, and was… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. "You're forgetting the Little… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
I've always loved Victorian melodrama. And I've always liked larger-than-life theater, providing it's truthful and honest. I like what the theater can… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Shakespeare, of course, makes us ever aware of transience, not only in the sonnets, but also powerfully in his plays - spectacles… — Martha Ronk Copy Share Image
“In actual fact, however, the revolt of Ibsen and Shaw against the conventional nineteenth century drama could very well be described as… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
Shakespeare was not a scholar in the sense we regard the term to-day, yet no man ever lived or probably ever will… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
“If Jupiter was in the ascendant when you were born, you are of a jovial disposition; and if you're not jovial but… — Mark Forsyth Copy Share Image
“I steal one glance over my shoulder as soon as we are far from the foreboding luminance of the neon glow, and… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
“Hamlet' dwarfs 'Hamilton' - it dwarfs pretty much everything - but there's a revealing similarity between them. Shakespeare's longest play leaves its… — Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter Copy Share Image
I look at my women with a Shakespearean element too - the variant of emotions they are capable of - it's not… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
If I'm going to be honest with you, when I trained at school, I feel like I was training to be a… — Rutina Wesley Copy Share Image
“There are many actors alone who haven't acted Pirandello or Shaw or Shakespeare for years because their plays are too aware of… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
King Lear by William Shakespeare frightens me. I've never done King Lear, I guess partially because my father dwindled into dementia in… — Gregory Doran Copy Share Image
If Shakespeare and Michelangelo were alive today, and if they decided to collaborate on a comic, Shakespeare would write the script and… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
[Romeo + Juliet] is relevant when Hamlet and all of that was out, when [William] Shakespeare wrote it. It's relevant now. It's… — Quindon Tarver Copy Share Image
I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare. When I was at school, I was in Hamlet. I played… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now,… — John Michael Higgins Copy Share Image
“History teaches us that Literary Book Awards have always been the quickest and easiest way to achieve global fame. They have helped… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
I didn't particularly aim to be a Shakespeare actor, but I suppose I had a certain gift or it; I certainly got… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up to nature.… — Montgomery Clift Copy Share Image
Shakespeare, with an improved education and in a more enlightened age, might easily have attained the purity and correction of Racine; but… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
“Just as Shakespeare filled his works with straightforward storylines, sex, violence, and bawdy jokes for the “groundlings” (the uneducated peasants who stood… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
Not Shakespeare. In college I took a Shakespeare class because I was an English major, and they had a Summer program called… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
“That's the real mystery, isn't it? Not whether he was a common merchant or the queen's son, but how he could understand… — Elise Broach Copy Share Image
I went to NYU Tisch for undergrad ,and it was amazing. My life then was extremely experimental with acting. I did crazy… — Katie Lowes Copy Share Image
I love William Shakespeare. He wrote some of the rawest stories. I mean look at Romeo and Juliet. That's some serious ghetto… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
No two dramatists think or write alike. Ten thousand playwrights can take the same premise, as they have done since Shakespeare, and… — Lajos Egri Copy Share Image
![“[Romeo + Juliet] is relevant when Hamlet and all of that was out, when [William] Shakespeare wrote it. It's relevant now. It's not a shocker, but then it is. I guess so because I'm in it, so it's shocking that it's still on TV. People are still talking about it. Hey, I'm still getting royalty…” quote by Quindon Tarver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/quindon-tarver-26055_checks_romeo-juliet-is-relevant-when-hamlet-and_1083521.jpg)
