About Quote by Haris Pasovic

I always love the court fool in Shakespearean times, in Henry VIII's time. The fool can say all kinds of stuff that the other…

— Cornelia Parker

I wanted to tell a romantic and dark side of Ottoman history that was also slightly political, saying to the previous generation of writers,…

— Orhan Pamuk

“In the Ottoman times, there were itinerant storytellers called "meddah. " They would go to coffee houses, where they would tell a story in…

— Elif Shafak

Critchley and Webster’s fierce, witty exploration of Hamlet makes most other writing about Shakespeare seem simpleminded.

— Hari Kunzru

I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements…

— Sefi Atta

Shakespeare's plays were a great Teutonic Valhalla with brilliant sunshine at times and violent tempests at others. The world to him was a battlefield,…

— Bjornstjerne Bjornson

“Life repeats Shakespearian themes more often than we think. Did Lady Macbeth, Richard III, and King Claudius exist only in the Middle Ages? Shylock…

— Varlam Shalamov

I'd read Shakespeare in school, translated into isiXhosa, and loved the stories, but I hadn't realised before I started reading the English text how…

— John Kani

I went to drama school for three years, and the whole thing there is that hopefully you are introduced to a man called William…

— Hayley Atwell

I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and…

— Rachel McAdams

I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as…

— Xavier Samuel

I think working on Shakespeare was a big part of my time at drama school. I'm so glad that I got to know Shakespeare…

— Andre Holland