Inspired by one of my favourite Blackadder clips…
Dear Mr Shakespeare, Today I must write
and give a whole hearted thank you, to you.
Like the sun, your words are shining so bright
across the stars and history, it’s true.
Present students are filled with weary eyes
as line by line, we dissect plays like frogs
incomprehension we cannot disguise
as we pull on our fifteenth century togs.
However, fair is fair on the world’s stage
when you master the human condition.
With your timeless life lessons on the page
so all your descendants could rendition.
So thank you for the last four hundred years
and cheers to you sir! I raise my warm beer!
Charlie Ann Alford 
Wonderful Charlie, having taught Shakespeare for a long time and work out ways to perform it let me say the plays are full of jokes, but more importantly from my perspective as a teacher of performance also full of an almost never ending way of performing his plays. My students and I had a lot of fun with his words.
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Thanks. My life with Shakespeare has always been a roller coaster. Myself in Year 7 used to resent the English class that analysed every line of his soliloquies but then my older self loved performing them in the school play (especially when we gave it a modern twist). Most of all now, I realise all the life lessons his work has taught us. It certainly has been an interesting journey.
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The older you get the more you see in his work. And yes there are many life lessons. Performance certainly brings the plays to life. You would have learnt a lot from that exercise.
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Have to share this on twitter Charlie – brilliant.
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Thanks and share away 🙂
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Thank you for the doubled (doublet) smiles at Blackadder and your words – cheers and a hey nonny yes!G:)
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