Any Shakespeare Nerds in the House?

ClintHarris · Post by **ClintHarris** » September 10th, 2012, 4:14 pm

Wo-ho-ho! Yup!

Marc Majcher · Post by **Marc Majcher** » September 10th, 2012, 10:02 pm

Werd.

OhNicole · Post by **OhNicole** » September 10th, 2012, 11:28 pm

Oh here, here... I am a nerd for Shakespeare. Even been in Taming of the Shrew. Yuppers.

thedward · Post by **thedward** » September 11th, 2012, 7:08 am

I definitely enjoy Shakespeare.

KathyRose · Post by **KathyRose** » September 11th, 2012, 11:09 pm

The first acting class I ever took was "Playing Shakespeare" at The State Theatre in 2003! I'd just returned from London, celebrating my retirement by going to see Sean Bean performing as Macbeth at the West End's Albery Theatre. That class was so much fun (after I got past my initial terror of performing for members of the Austin Shakespeare company), I started a new career as an actor!

I don't harbor hopes of ever performing Shakespeare on stage. I'm not age-appropriate for my favorite roles: Beatrice, Queen Margaret in R-III, etc. But I've taken several classes on Shakespearian text analysis, monologues and scene work, because in class, you can play anyone! And I DID play Calpurnia at the Blue Theatre in 2010, in Jill Swanson's production of "Shakespeare's Husbands and Wives."

To be honest, at this point, it takes a really outstanding production of a Shakespearean play to get me into a local theater to see one. Hidden Room Theatre's recent "original practices" production "Rose Rage" (which condensed the Henry VI trilogy into two 2-hour plays) filled that bill to a T!

jesspasc · Post by **jesspasc** » September 12th, 2012, 7:59 am

Love him! To Echo Ryan & Jon, I was an English major but I don't know as much about him as I should.

hujhax · Post by **hujhax** » September 12th, 2012, 1:32 pm

Also a Shakespeare fan & improvisor. (I was an English major, once upon a time.)

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Lindsey with an E · September 13th, 2012, 10:50 am

Compared to most folks, yes, compared to these folks, I'm a mild dabbler. Was an English major for a time and took one class (in 1997), did one studio class and a scansion workshop with Austin Shakes and a class with the State acting school. Been to a few shows around town, not as many as I'd like.

joplin · Post by **joplin** » September 14th, 2012, 3:33 pm

Bigtime.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · September 14th, 2012, 3:51 pm

joplin wrote:Bigtime.

Shakespeare fun fact: the very first play i ever acted in was A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring Joplin as Puck. i played Demetrius. the production also featured other Austin improv alums Ben Sterling (as Oberon) and Jon Benner (Snout).

er...i mean...nope.

Caeriel · Post by **Caeriel** » September 17th, 2012, 4:56 pm

Love Shakespeare. First theater I ever did was Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, which we performed at the Folgers Shakespeare Library in DC when I was in elementary school. I got big laughs as Brutus because I aimed too low when I stabbed Caesar. Then I went on to get really into Shakespeare in high school and college (everyone else in Hampshire's theater program was doing experimental black box theater and I was all about the bard. Even got my first paid acting gig in Merry Wives of Windsor.

contentlove · Post by **contentlove** » September 19th, 2012, 1:36 am

Ayup.

Meghan W · Post by **Meghan W** » September 20th, 2012, 10:23 pm

Did you just ask so that you could hear everyone universally agree that they love William Shakespeare?

Snarky question aside, it holds a special place in my heart because the Hideout's second run of Improvised Shakespeare was the first show I was in at the Hideout. Man guys, memories . . .

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · September 21st, 2012, 9:07 am

Meghan W wrote:Did you just ask so that you could hear everyone universally agree that they love William Shakespeare?

SHAKESPEARE SUCKS! TEAM MARLOWE FOR THE WIN!

Katherine · Post by **Katherine** » September 22nd, 2012, 9:55 am

Yes! I'm a huge fan!