Ugh. I hate reading Shakespeare. Shakespeare isn’t meant to be read, it’s meant to be watched. That’s why reading him is always so boring, because they’re plays, so it’s like reading a transcript of something you should be watching.
Mark Twain on the other hand is a fantastic author to read, and he’s getting canceled all over the place too. Once you understand how he writes dialects his books take on another dimension.
“The Innocents Abroad” is a great book about his trip to the Holy Land around the turn of the last century, when overseas cruises to the Mediterranean were all the rage. He sure didn’t like Arabs very much, lol.
It can be useful to read him before seeing the play performed, because you can follow more easily. And, lamentably, sometimes they cut him. He likes to pace a story. Some directors like to hurry his pacing and cut him to hurry his pace.
But cancelling him is a crime against humanity. No really.
Buy him in hard cover, buy him in one-play editions that have difficult language explained on the opposite page, keep him as your own.
Ugh. I hate reading Shakespeare. Shakespeare isn’t meant to be read, it’s meant to be watched. That’s why reading him is always so boring, because they’re plays, so it’s like reading a transcript of something you should be watching.
Mark Twain on the other hand is a fantastic author to read, and he’s getting canceled all over the place too. Once you understand how he writes dialects his books take on another dimension.
“The Innocents Abroad” is a great book about his trip to the Holy Land around the turn of the last century, when overseas cruises to the Mediterranean were all the rage. He sure didn’t like Arabs very much, lol.
Shakespeare is great both read and watched.
Oh yes, he's about being performed. Oh yes.
It can be useful to read him before seeing the play performed, because you can follow more easily. And, lamentably, sometimes they cut him. He likes to pace a story. Some directors like to hurry his pacing and cut him to hurry his pace.
But cancelling him is a crime against humanity. No really.
Buy him in hard cover, buy him in one-play editions that have difficult language explained on the opposite page, keep him as your own.