Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight I would like to discuss the works of the immortal bard - William Shakespeare. Now, Shakespeare is a hard man to understand because of his writing style, but did you know that Shakespeare wrote in modern English? However, English (even modern English) has undergone a severe transformation in the last 500 years or so. The key to understanding Shakespeare is by reading Shakespeare; the more you read, the easier it is to understand. Once you are able to understand the plays, you will begin to find how funny of a man Shakespeare really was. In fact, there are some theater productions who like to make it easier for today's English speaker to understand Shakespeare's plays. Watch these links to see one such group known as the Reduced Shakespeare Company reinact Romeo and Juliet (the entire play) in 20 minutes. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVyqiskpMk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKUyq-uCZr0
Now after watching a fantastic interpretations by skilled actors, I am sure you are going to go out and read the whole works of William Shakespeare.
This blog is so named Mr. Lynch's Marshy Blog because 1) it was created by Mr. Lynch, and 2) it will baffle the mind and be a wonder of wonders to those who follow it carefully.
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