Pericles

The first half (maybe three-fifths) of "Pericles" contains the worst writing found in any Shakespeare play. Fortunately for Shakespeare's reputation, he didn't write it: some hack--probably the ephemeral George Wilkins--is responsible instead. Much of the verse of the first three acts is difficult,......more

This was fucking bananas and by no means Shakespeare’s most accomplished or most coherent work (which would make sense, given that he only coauthored it) and it felt like it was trying to be 12 different plays (of 12 different genres) crammed into one, but my god I enjoyed it SO MUCH? I think this i......more

Preface Although superficially similar in form, most scholars do not consider that the Abridged Pericles belongs to the Madelinian Canon; the most plausible theory holds that it was partly or wholly composed by an imitator, possibly a Manfred Reiner (the spelling is uncertain), who lived in Geneva ar......more

Man on the Run 4 November 2017 Well, I believe that I've got seven plays, and the poems, and I would have read all of Shakespeare's extant works. While I do have a copy of his complete works sitting in my lounge room, a part of me doesn't want to read it, first of all because it is a huge volume and......more

Shakespeare külliyatına devam ediyorum ve yolum bu ÇOK ama ÇOK TUHAF esere vardı. Yani gerçekten, kendisinin en garip oyunu denilmesi boşa değilmiş. Bu kitabın başlarını Shakespeare'in yazmadığı, kitabın ortasından sonra devraldığı iddiaları var, hiçbir dayanağım yok ama bence yüzde yüz doğru! Zira......more