Author Archives: odells15

A Fool’s Death

Posted on May 12, 2014 by odells15

King Lear was definitely the performance I had been looking forward to most. I’m quite familiar with the play and was even in a production my freshmen year of college. All that familiarity, of course, meant that I had a … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Literary Magpie

Posted on May 10, 2014 by odells15

This week we had our pre-show lecture on All’s Well That Ends Well with Dr. Will Tosh. We discussed where Shakespeare had gotten much of the plot for the play from, and Dr. Tosh called Shakespeare “the ultimate literary magpie.” The … Continue reading →

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An Ode to Double-Decker Buses

Posted on May 7, 2014 by odells15

Honestly, the transportation system here is top-notch. The tube, as the Londoners says, is fast and capable of taking you most places in the city in a fairly reasonable amount of time. But the tube cannot compare to the majesty … Continue reading →

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Polly Findlay’s Eerie Arden of Faversham

Posted on May 5, 2014 by odells15

                Going into this trip, I never expected to enjoy Arden of Faversham in performance as much as I did. Seeing the Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance has really shown me that a production … Continue reading →

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London: Not Just for Londoners

Posted on May 4, 2014 by odells15

In our information session last Friday when we arrived in London, we were told that many of the people here were immigrants from one place or another. Our presenter made a crack about it being difficult to find people who … Continue reading →

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Why are we here, anyhow?

Posted on April 30, 2014 by odells15

We’ve been here for over a week now, and one of the big questions we are being asked is why it’s important that we’re in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and later London, studying Shakespeare. Why couldn’t we have had a similar course in … Continue reading →

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Christian Imagery, Guilt, and Redemption in King Henry IV part I

Posted on April 28, 2014 by odells15

We saw the first part of Shakespeare’s King Henry IV on Shakespeare’s birthday in the town where the bard was born 450 years ago. The performance was electrifying, but even before the show began we were presented with a striking … Continue reading →

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Holy Trinity Church — A Link to the Past

Posted on April 26, 2014 by odells15

I’m a contradictory person in many ways, one of the most obvious being that I’m not at all religious yet I find churches beautiful and wonderful, peaceful places to be, at least when no mass is being held. I feel … Continue reading →

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Thoughts From Across the Pond

Posted on April 24, 2014 by odells15

I got a window seat on the flight out of DC because I was eager to see whatever could be seen while flying into London. Thanks to the cloud cover, that was little to nothing, although I did witness a … Continue reading →

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