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Gawd, this is like the Friday Five went to grad school! …But I’ll
take a crack at it.
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> 1. Name the first five lines of Shakespeare that come into your head.
> (Don’t cheat–write the first five that you think of, then check for
> accuracy later.)
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Accuracy, schmaccuracy. Here’s what I think I know, and others can
correct me.

a. “Lechery? I defy lechery!” -Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, after
being accused of drunkenness and lethargy b. “Many a good hanging has
prevented a bad marriage.” -Feste the clown, in the same play
c. “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” -a minor character in the Scot’s Play,
forever altering the comedy landscape
d. “Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered.” -Hamlet, being
Hamlet
e. “Sweet lady Disdain, are you still living?” -Benedick, from the
play we like to call “Muchado” (pronounced moo-CHAW-doe)

> 2. The last Shakespeare play you went to see on stage.
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Twelfth Night, at the Globe in San Diego… five summers ago.
(Starring Harry Groener, the Mayor from “Buffy,” as Feste!)

> 3. The last Shakespeare film homage or adaptation you watched at home or at the movies.
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My Own Private Idaho, Gus Van Sant’s movie, on DVD at home

> 4. What Shakespeare homage/adaptation/plays are on your to be
> read/to be seen list?
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* Looking for Richard
* Speaking of Pacino, I’ll check out the new Merchant of Venice
* I never saw the Ethan Hawke Hamlet

> 5. Name a favorite Shakespeare-inspired work.
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All-time favorite: “10 Things I Hate About You.”

> 6. Why do you think Shakespeare’s plays are still popular?
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Language, yes, but if that was all there was to it we’d have a lot
more Marlowe and Kyd fans. It’s the characters and the lovely hints of
a deeper, more meaningful inner state in each of them. It was
something of an innovation for characters’ motives to be not just
hidden from one another but also, at times from the audience.