Lear and his Fool

The more I read this scene, the more I find it a thing not just of cleverness and slapstick, but of sweetness anddevotion. The…

What a piece of work is a man…

The scene in Hamlet where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first visit their college friend (in order to…

Swear not by the moon…

I’ve been listening to some recordings of Romeo & Juliet lately, and I’ve found this passage intriguing. Romeo tries…

More things in heaven and earth

This is a short quote, but it’s a classic…

Horatio. O day and night, but this…

Beatrice displays her wit

Certainly one of the great things about Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is the magnificent wit of its…

“O, that this too, too solid flesh…”

My favorite soliloquy in all of Shakespeare is not the most famous one. Most people would…

A bit of comedy from Twelfth Night

It’s been awhile since I posted a passage here at Bites of Bard. So today I thought I’d post one of…