Portfolio Tag: Shakespeare - Tudors - Renaissance
An Alphabet of My Likes and Dislikes
This project is based on a very similar series of blog posts that I saw in BeetleyPete‘s blog and liked so much that I decided I’ll have a go at it, too — not least because it may also serve as an introduction to those of you who haven’t been following me for a long […]
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The BookLikes Crowdsourced Reading Lists
The Complete Lists Crowdsourced! A Badass Booklikes Booklist: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qYl32e0L3R3X_82XldWaCOt2naBFtvoJsaQY8zzUU3E/edit#gid=0 Historical Fiction Essential Reading: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PqlPzGtuuiuoy8z04LNVl-QWJpe2M0ihTV_xkMSTMBM/edit#gid=0 Essential History Reading List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wvymq7mUjdIllr0a2eNoN6XXwIhu6UvpUAsRUNFtObQ/edit#gid=0 Own Contributions General / Main List Books With a Difference Crowdsourced: More Books With a Difference — Fiction Crowdsourced BookList: A Shorthand Quickie Towards the 1001 (Part 1: General Fiction & Nonfiction) Crowdsourced BookList: […]
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Kill Your Darlings
Aaaand … that’s a wrap. My Kill Your Darling Books. Green Round: Team MbD – Lillelara – TA Round 1 Suspect Own guess / card played: Madeleine L’Engle – wrong – 5 points Correct guess: None Victims Own guess / card played: Katniss Everdeen – 5 points Correct guess: None Crime Scenes Own guess […]
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On Page and Screen
Bringing together great literature and its equally great screen adaptations. Note: Authors are included here if I own a screen adaptation of at least one of their works and have either reviewed / blogged about that screen adaptation or about any one of the author’s literary works. At the same time, however, for each of […]
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Measure for Measure
Globe Theatre, London: outside, stage and stalls, and stage roof and balcony Introduction I was initiated into the unique world of Shakespeare’s poetry and plays in high school and, I believe like many people, though instantly smitten with the man and his works, meandered a while before settling on my all-time favourite piece – […]
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