Full readings of Shakespeare's plays and other works in the public domain along with comments and text analysis. A podcast for lovers of beautiful thoughts and words!... more
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December 26, 2022130. Antony and Cleopatra continued - Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun Cleopatra is distraught to hear of Antony's marriage to Octavia. Sextus Pompey makes peace with the Triumverate.
...more December 22, 2022129. Antony and Cleopatra continued - You shall have time to wrangle in when you have nothing else to do. Antony leaves Egypt and Cleopatra to meet Octavian and Lepidus to meet the threat of Pompey. Agrippa arranges a marriage between Antony and Octavia, Octavian's sister.
...more December 19, 2022128. Anthony and Cleopatra begins - Eternity was in our lips and eyes Anthony is neglecting his duty while dalying with Cleopatra. He receives news that his wife, Fulvia, has died.
...more December 15, 2022127. Christmas Bonus - The Journey of the Magi I read and analyze T.S Eliot's Christmas poem, "The Journey of the Magi." I include a reading of Lancelot Andrewe's Christmas Homily that Eliot stole, err relied heavily upon in this poem.
The image of the Christmas card sent with Eliot's poem is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi#/media/File:T_S_Eliot_1927_The_Journey_of_the_Magi_No_8_Ariel_Poems_Faber.jpg
A recording of Eliot reading the poem is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCVnuEWXQcg
...more November 21, 2022126. Life of Anthony - Selections from Plutarch Anthony, in misfortune, was most nearly a virtuous man.
...more November 17, 2022125. Plutarch on Julius Caesar's Death We read Plutarch and see how much Shakespeare stole. Rather a lot, really.
...more November 10, 2022124. Julius Caesar concludes - This was the noblest Roman of them all His life was gentle and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might stand upAnd say to all the world “This was a man.”...more November 07, 2022123. Julius Caesar continued - O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet Great Caesar's Ghost! And the Battle of Philippi begins.
...more November 01, 2022122. Julius Caesar - continued - There is a tide in the affairs of men Anthony and Octavius join forces against the conspirators. We see Brutus and Cassius quarreling.
...more October 27, 2022121. Julius Caesar continued - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Antony's famous funeral oration.
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