Forsooth, egad!, and odds bodkins!! Yes, I say, I doth went to a Shakespearian play last night. Except for not understanding half of the language spoken, the Merry Wives of Windsor was most enjoyable. Can anyone make sense of this?
SIR HUGH EVANS SHALLOW Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it: if he were twenty Sir JohnFalstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire.
SLENDER In the county of Gloucester, justice of peace and'Coram.'
SHALLOW Ay, cousin Slender, and 'Custalourum.
SLENDER Ay, and 'Rato-lorum' too; and a gentleman born,master parson; who writes himself 'Armigero,' in anybill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, 'Armigero.'
SHALLOW Ay, that I do; and have done any time these threehundred years.
SLENDER All his successors gone before him hath done't; andall his ancestors that come after him may: they maygive the dozen white luces in their coat.
I doth thinketh not.
But really, I must doff my Michael Jackson-like fedora to all the actors for remembering such lines as the above and to put them across so that, I, the unwashed one, could follow what was going on.
I think the last live performance I went to see was a puppet show held at St.Thomas church in 1953 or ’54. I remember it to be quite violent so I suspect it must have been a Punch and Judy show. When I got home I whacked my friend Ron Cuthbert with a piece of two by four. If it was all right for Judy it was all right for me.
I wonder if Punch and Judy have been banned or at least rated PG?
The Merry Wives of Windsor was not violent though the great Falstaff wound up in a laundry hamper and dumped into the Thames. And then Mr. Ford walloped him with a cudgel. Poor Falstaff, alas. All he wanted was a bit of rogering.
I doth thinketh not.
But really, I must doff my Michael Jackson-like fedora to all the actors for remembering such lines as the above and to put them across so that, I, the unwashed one, could follow what was going on.
I think the last live performance I went to see was a puppet show held at St.Thomas church in 1953 or ’54. I remember it to be quite violent so I suspect it must have been a Punch and Judy show. When I got home I whacked my friend Ron Cuthbert with a piece of two by four. If it was all right for Judy it was all right for me.
I wonder if Punch and Judy have been banned or at least rated PG?
The Merry Wives of Windsor was not violent though the great Falstaff wound up in a laundry hamper and dumped into the Thames. And then Mr. Ford walloped him with a cudgel. Poor Falstaff, alas. All he wanted was a bit of rogering.
I think I must see if Coles notes still exist. Coles notes?? I’m dating myself. I’ll just turn to good old Google.
Until next time. . .
Prithee, no more prattling; go. I'll hold.
Prithee, no more prattling; go. I'll hold.
This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in oddnumbers.
Away I go.
They say there is divinity inodd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. Away!
I did enjoy the play last night. I have a bizillion coles notes at the store. I'll have to have a look for the Merry Wives of Windsor.
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