Jamie is more an antique Roman than a Dane. He is straight and
slender, and more than common tall. He is ill at reckoning, but he
knows a hawk from a handsaw and is advised what he says, neither
disturbed with the effect of wine nor heady-rash, provoked with raging
ire. He is an unfee'd lawyer, but not covetous for gold. He is a foe
to tyrants. He is not gamesome, and does lack some part of that quick
spirit that is in Antony. He loves not wisely but too well. He is a
better scholar than he thought he was, so he'll call for pen and ink
and write his mind.
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2013-07-27 19:09 - A Rowling In the Nest -
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- 2013-06-15 15:55 - It’s Guys Like You Mickey - link I had a lot of thoughts about this and started writing them in a comment but then I thought that, being a civil servant and having worked in the Department for Education not too long ago, I probably shouldn't. But in reference this this — <...
- 2013-04-27 18:22 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 10 - Coriolanus - link Yes, I'd heard it was less Rossiterean, so hopefully less distracting. It was very noticeable on stage.
- 2013-04-27 15:07 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 10 - Coriolanus - link Sorry I'm late! Yeah, showing your wounds was an actual thing in electoral campaigns. There's a story about one time when a candidate was doing it and had a toga malfunction that he then turned to his advantage by making an inspiring speech along the lin...
- 2012-12-18 23:21 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 9 - As You Like It - link (Also I do think it's a strong possibility that the 'lion attack' story is something Orlando and Oliver cook up between them to impress / worry Rosalind. What with Oliver having until very recently been all eeevil and scheming, and Orlando being plainly t...
- 2012-12-18 23:14 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 9 - As You Like It - link This is one of my favourite Shakespeare comedies (out of the, er, two or three Shakespeare comedies I've actually seen). It's just really playful and winky. Also it was I think probably the first Shakespeare play I ever saw — I was about ten years ...
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- 2012-09-16 13:08 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 5 - Timon of Athens - link And now I'm having unwanted Bilbo v Gandalf naked wrestling thoughts. D:
- 2012-09-15 15:16 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 5 - Timon of Athens - link Hope you enjoy (or probably by the time you read this it should say 'enjoyed') the NT production! Timon is another one I saw when I was quite young and I really didn't know what to make of it except that I didn't really like the guy or feel...
- 2012-08-07 20:21 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 2 - Cymbeline - link Oh and also can I just join in the love for that BBC radio Lord of the rings. The music is so good too! The only version where I don't wish they'd cut out Tolkien's random pointless songs.
- 2012-08-07 20:04 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 2 - Cymbeline - link I have actually seen Cymbeline on stage! I think it was the RSC at the Barbican. Quite some years ago: I was probably in my mid-teens and it was sort of tangentially relevant to my historical interests (Roman Britain and all that). I also remembe...
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