06-08-2011, 07:45 AM
Why, thank you! Unfortunately, my eating regime precludes me from gobbling up good old suet-pudding, so this is the nearest I can come to a particular type of heaven -to have it wrapped around my soul, so to speak. And the power you have!
I am unlike you, Leanne, in that I think that Shakespeare was a kind of unfettered genius, both in the plays and sonnets -- though in all honesty, much more in the plays. I am constantly struck by the sheer originality and creativity which shines through in every area. I do think, however, that because he has had such an influence on the language, like Pushkin in Russia, a number of phrases must inevitably seem flatter and duller, and without their original freshness. Of course, he made mistakes, even, for example in some of his most famous pieces: I mean, the Seven Ages of Man. All good stuff, and interesting for its reference, like in Macbeth, to the idea that people are just like actors on a stage --- but SO WRONG when he gets to the 'Pantaloon' bit, and then sanz this,sanz that, sanz everything. It may apply to SOME people , but some of us are quite different.....
It is years since I read Marlowe, and I have never seen a play performed. I recall reading Edward II, and Dr Faustus, but not Mahomet (not likely to be performed any time soon), nor the Jew of Malta. If Wiki is right, he died at 27-- which alone seems to rule him out as a Shakespeare ghost-writer. Funny that so little is known of the life of either one.
I am unlike you, Leanne, in that I think that Shakespeare was a kind of unfettered genius, both in the plays and sonnets -- though in all honesty, much more in the plays. I am constantly struck by the sheer originality and creativity which shines through in every area. I do think, however, that because he has had such an influence on the language, like Pushkin in Russia, a number of phrases must inevitably seem flatter and duller, and without their original freshness. Of course, he made mistakes, even, for example in some of his most famous pieces: I mean, the Seven Ages of Man. All good stuff, and interesting for its reference, like in Macbeth, to the idea that people are just like actors on a stage --- but SO WRONG when he gets to the 'Pantaloon' bit, and then sanz this,sanz that, sanz everything. It may apply to SOME people , but some of us are quite different.....
It is years since I read Marlowe, and I have never seen a play performed. I recall reading Edward II, and Dr Faustus, but not Mahomet (not likely to be performed any time soon), nor the Jew of Malta. If Wiki is right, he died at 27-- which alone seems to rule him out as a Shakespeare ghost-writer. Funny that so little is known of the life of either one.