Foreswear thin potations. ibid.
How quickly Nature falls into revolt when gold becomes our object. ibid. King
I know thee not, old man. ibid. Hal
Presume not that I am the thing I was. ibid.
And true love of the holy church. Henry V 1989 starring Kenneth Branagh & Brian Blessed & Charles Kay & Paul Scofield & Derek Jacobi & Christian Bale & Simon Shepherd & Alex McCowen & Judi Dench & John Sessions & Michael Maloney & Tom Whitehouse et al, director Kenneth Branagh, two conspirators
Now are we well resolved. ibid. Henry
Banish not him from thy Harry’s company. ibid. Falstaff
Read them and know I know your worthiness ... What should I say to thee, Lord Scroope. Thou cruel ingrateful savage and inhuman creature. ibid.
Thus comes the English with full power upon us. ibid. King of France
O now you noblest English. ibid. Henry
Harry, England and Saint George! ibid.
Shrill, shrieking daughters. ibid.
Is not their climate foggy, raw, dull. ibid.
There’s no remedy. ’Tis the curse of service. William Shakespeare, Othello, Iago, Globe Theatre, Sky Arts 2012
I am not as I am. ibid.
An old black lamb is tupping your white ewe. ibid.
Fathers, from hence trust not your daughter’s mind by what you see them act. ibid.
She has deceived her father and may thee. ibid.
If thou needs damn thyself, do it a more delicate way than drowning. ibid. Iago
Oh God. That men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their friends. ibid. Cassio
Wine is a good familiar creature to be well used. ibid. Iago
Beware, my lord, of jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds on. ibid.
Are you a man? Have you a soul or sense? ibid.
You are all resolved to die than to famish? Coriolanus 2011 starring Ralph Fiennes & Gerard Butler & Vanessa Redgrave & Brian Cox & Jessica Chastain & John Kani & James Nesbitt & Paul Jesson & Lubna Azabal & Ashraf Barhom et al, director Ralph Fiennes, First citizen
What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues? ibid. Fiennes
To a cruel war I sent him. ibid. mother
Had I a dozen sons, I had rather eleven die nobly for their country than one voluptuously served out of action. ibid.
The blood I drop is more medicinal than dangerous to me. ibid. Fiennes
Make up a sword of me! ibid.
For which you are a traitor to the people! ibid. bloke to Coriolanus
Oh mother, mother, what have you done? ibid.
Intolerance of the Jews was a fact of 16th Century life even in Venice, the most powerful and liberal city state of Europe. By law the Jews were forced to live in the old walled foundry or ‘Geto’ area of the city. After sundown the gate was locked and guarded by Christians. In the daytime any man leaving the ghetto had to wear a red hat to mark him as a Jew. The Merchant of Venice 2004 starring Al Pacino & Jeremy Irons & Joseph Fiennes & Lynn Collins & Zuleikha Robinson & Kris Marshall & Charlie Cox & Heather Goldenhersh & Mackenzie Crook & Jonh Sessions & Gregor Fisher & Ron Cook et al, director Michael Radford, opening caption
In truth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me. ibid. Antonio
Sufferance is the badge of all my tribe. ibid. Shylock to Lorenzo
Two households – both alike in dignity. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 1996 starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Brian Dennehy & Christina Pickles & Dash Mihok & Jesse Bradford & Zak Orth & Claire Danes & Paul Sorvino & Diane Venora & John Leguizamo & Harold Perrineau & Pete Postlethwaite & Paul Rudd & Vondie Curtis-Hall et al, director Baz Luhrmann, introduction
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. ibid.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet. ibid.
Do not swear at all. ibid.
Thou art wedded to calamity. ibid. priest
See what a scourge is laid upon your hate. ibid. rozzer
I shall do my friends no wrong for I have none to lament with. As You Like It, Orlando, Globe Theatre Sky Arts 2012
Your mistrust cannot make me a traitor. ibid. Rosalind
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. ibid. Jaques
It is a very vile life. ibid. Touchstone
When I think, I must speak. ibid. Rosalind
I am falser than vows made in wine. ibid. Rosalind
’Tis good to be sad and say nothing. ibid. Jaques
Can one desire too much of a good thing? ibid. Rosalind
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. ibid. Touchstone
I cannot hide what I am. ibid
Therefore my age is as a lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly. William Shakespeare, As You Like It II iii 52
Sixteenth century England and the American old West had a lot more in common than you might think. In Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is the story of a grizzled war vet, looking for his fortune, looking for a strong woman to call his own. Morgan Freeman: My Shakespeare, Sky Arts 2014
Is this play sexist or subversive? Controversial it may be but by my reckoning it’s Shakespeare's most compelling comedy. ibid.
Two thousand years ago two of the most powerful people in the world met and fell in love. This is the story of a Roman general who fell obsessively in love with an Egyptian Queen. Kim Cattrall, My Shakespeare s1e1: Cleopatra, Sky Arts 2014
Shakespeare created perhaps his biggest ever female role – that of Cleopatra. ibid.
Cleopatra 1963: one of the most expensive movies ever made. ibid.
One of Shakespeare’s later plays ... This is the story of their tempestuous love affair. ibid.
ATV 1974, Antony and Cleopatra. ‘I will be even with thee: doubt it not.’ ibid.
‘A tragedy with powerful elements of comedy.’ ibid.
She had affairs and children with the two great Roman leaders of the age ... Was it love or was it politics? ibid.
The final blow ... ‘He has a complete breakdown ... into madness.’ ibid.
By falling on his own sword: but even here he fails. ibid.
As her lover dies in her arms, Cleopatra’s world comes crashing down around here. ibid.
The world’s most famous lovers. The couple as we know them were born four hundred years ago at a theatre that once stood on this street. It’s where Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet first kissed. Joseph Fienes, My Shakespeare s1e2: Romeo & Juliet
Romeo and Juliet has spellbindingly beautiful poetry. Profound love ibid.
A play about love and a play about death. ibid.
A play full of magic, mayhem, sex, drugs and donkeys. Hugh Bonneville, My Shakespeare s1e3: A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
It’s a class English comedy ... Shakespeare begins to explore what is real and what isn’t. ibid.
It’s a romantic comedy ... The most likely place to find a production of the play is in the leafy environment of the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park – and I have a particular fondness for this place. ibid.