tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post2438796443439129447..comments2023-07-07T10:56:11.083-04:00Comments on Shakespeare Geek: Performed Not Read, RevisitedDuane Morinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-90746596567106520992008-10-21T20:54:00.000-04:002008-10-21T20:54:00.000-04:00But wait...I thought the sonnets were published wi...But wait...I thought the sonnets were published without Shakespeare's permission?Duane Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-14443007554489704862008-10-21T20:36:00.000-04:002008-10-21T20:36:00.000-04:00I agree with Ren Girl. The plays are plays. If he ...I agree with Ren Girl. The plays are plays. If he had meant them to be published, perhaps we wouldn't have had to depend on Condell and Hemmings to cobble together the disparate pieces. If we have no definitive versions of the plays, it's because Will himself did not trouble to publish - as opposed to his sonnets, which were his "serious" works.David Blixthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780846615209177348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-307924754698866162008-10-19T09:53:00.000-04:002008-10-19T09:53:00.000-04:00Hey now, if that kind of thinking is good enough f...Hey now, if that kind of thinking is good enough for our vice presidential candidate, then it's good enough for..... wait... :-/Duane Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-77437103890941805392008-10-19T09:05:00.000-04:002008-10-19T09:05:00.000-04:00And the world was created in 7 days just over 5000...And the world was created in 7 days just over 5000 years ago!<BR/><BR/>(Don't forget the earth IS flat.)<BR/><BR/>Water - horses and drinking.Alan K.Farrarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-61199939268963153492008-10-17T23:29:00.000-04:002008-10-17T23:29:00.000-04:00There's NO doubt he was literary--and anyone a...There's NO doubt he was literary--and anyone arguing he was totally theater-oriented is going to have a hard time supporting that, given that he wrote a large amount of sonnets and several longer poems, & dedicated a lot of them to people who were involved in literary circles of the court.<BR/>However, I still subscribe that the <I>plays</I> (as opposed to anything else he wrote) were Kenna M. Kettrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10776932784085029019noreply@blogger.com