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...meticulous analysis of the character’s development over time in productions and in secondary literature. Although she reminds us repeatedly that we will never know the playwright or the definitive answer to the problems Shylock presents, Garber brings us as close as possible to this Elizabethan genius of theater. It’s a good thing that the book focuses on these better known works, as a lack of familiarity with one or more of the plays will diminish the amount of insight that one can glean. Knowing at least the basic plot proves necessary for full appreciation...
...father carries a flashlight and has been known to set napkins on fire trying to read the words on his menu," says Richard Foss, a California restaurant critic who has launched a service called Menu Repairmen. Foss cites Elizabethan fonts and old-German typefaces as egregious examples of hard-to-read styles used by pubs to signal authenticity...
...When he heard the news, Kozol was back in Cambridge, where he planned to enroll in graduate school at Harvard to study Elizabethan literature...
...Arlo D. Hill ’08 first stumbled across this verse from Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” after searching his name on Google, although he says that his name was probably more inspired by folk artist Arlo Guthrie than the Elizabethan poet.“My parents didn’t know of the reference,” says Hill, whose first name also happens to mean “hill.” “They wanted an ‘A’ name after my great-grandfather...
...event which, at the very least, sure beat deciphering scenes from “0” with your English 120 TF. The theme of the show was “Courses of True Love: Comic and Tragedy,” and even Shakespeare novices could appreciate the Elizabethan pickup lines. FM suggests that the next time you’re at the Delphic, try quoting Benedict (Samuel L. Linden ’10) from Much Ado About Nothing to get some action: “The world must be peopled!” Obviously Harvard students need some help...